Lupita Nyong’o is the Most Powerful Young Woman in Kenya

While Oprah still reigns supreme as the empress of celebrity power in the world, Lupita Nyong’o calls the shot in Kenya. Last week, Forbes revealed the 20 Most Powerful Young African Women 2013 in which Lupitais the only other Kenyan apart from Author Wangechi Mutu.

According to Forbes, this generation of young African women is the most ambitious yet. They are eager to build industries, reform societies, save lives, rewrite history, and transform the continent.

Forbes annual “20 Young Power African Women” list illuminates the brightest stars and Africa’s most outstanding female game changers. It enlisted a group of young, professional African women to help identify the most innovative, courageous, daring and successful young women aged 45 and under.

It is a subjective list, no doubt, but it’s the closest you will get to a definitive list.

Here are the great women;

1. Isabel Dos Santos – Angolan, Investor.

2. Mimi Alemayehou – Ethiopian, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

3. Vera Songwe – Cameroonian, Country Director, World Bank, Senegal

4. Tara Fela-Durotoye – Nigerian, Founder, House of Tara

5. Rapelang Rabana – South African, Entrepreneur

6. Claire Akamanzi – Rwandan, Chief Operating Officer, Rwanda Development Board

7. Valentina da Luz Guebuza – Mozambiquan, Investor

8. Hadeel Ibrahim – Sudanese, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

9. Alengot Oromait – Ugandan, Member Of Parliament

10. Monica Musonda – Zambian, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Java Foods

11. Lindiwe Mazibuko – South African, Politician & Parliamentary Leader for Democratic Alliance (DA) Minoush

12. Abdel-Meguid – Egyptian, Private Equity Investor, Entrepreneur, Investment Banker

13. Ola Orekunrin – Nigerian, Medical Doctor & Founder, The Flying Doctors

14. Sibongile Sambo – South African, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of SRS Aviation

15. Lupita Nyong’o – Kenyan, Actress and Filmmaker

16. Amini Kajunju – Democratic Republic of Congo, President & CEO, Africa-America Institute

17. Folake Folarin-Coker – Nigerian, Fashion Designer

18. NoViolet Bulawayo – Zimbabwean

19. Author Wangechi Mutu – Kenyan, Artist and Sculptor

20. Angellah Kariuki – Tanzanian, Politician