The economy of Equatorial Guinea has traditionally been dependent on commodities such as cocoa and coffee,but is now heavily dependent on petroleum due to the discovery and exploitation of significant oil reserves in the 1980s. In 2017,it graduated from "Least Developed Country" status,one of six Sub-Saharan African nations that managed to do so.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is an Equatoguinean politician,dictator,and former military officer who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since 1982. Previously,he was the Chairman of the Supreme Military Council from 1979 to 1982. As of 2024,he is the second-longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world,behind Cameroon's Paul Biya.
Africa has a large quantity of natural resources,including diamonds,sugar,salt,gold,iron,cobalt,uranium,copper,bauxite,silver,petroleum,natural gas and cocoa beans,but also tropical timber and tropical fruit.
Benin is a coastal country located in the Gulf of Guinea in Western Africa,which is a resource rich region. Energy in Benin has a diverse energy mix and takes several forms including:solar,wind,hydropower,biomass,fossil resources,and mineral resources. Out of this energy mix,about 60% of energy comes from biomass. Benin is also dependent on energy imports from Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. While power plants and other energy facilities were built in the 1950s and 1960s,the lack of investment has led to deterioration over time. Similarly,its location in the Gulf of Guinea has led to an attempt of oil production starting in the late 1980s. However,due to unprofitable operations,oil production halted in 1998.
In 2018,Nigeria's primary energy consumption was about 155 Mtoe. Most of the energy comes from traditional biomass and waste,which accounted for 73.5% of total primary consumption in 2018. The rest is from fossil fuels (26.4%) and hydropower.
Energy use and development in Africa varies widely across the continent,with some African countries exporting energy to neighbors or the global market,while others lack even basic infrastructures or systems to acquire energy. The World Bank has declared 32 of the 48 nations on the continent to be in an energy crisis. Energy development has not kept pace with rising demand in developing regions,placing a large strain on the continent's existing resources over the first decade of the new century. From 2001 to 2005,GDP for over half of the countries in Sub Saharan Africa rose by over 4.5% annually,while generation capacity grew at a rate of 1.2%.
Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola,professionally known as DJ Cuppy or simply Cuppy,is a Nigerian disc jockey,musician and producer. She is the daughter of Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola. She grew up in Lagos and moved to London at the age of 13.
Uche Pedro is a Nigerian entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of BellaNaija,a media tech brand known for entertainment and lifestyle content. Under her leadership,BellaNaija's social footprint has grown through its collective brands - BellaNaija.com,BellaNaija Weddings and BellaNaija Style - to be the largest on the African continent with more than 200 million impressions each month.
Omoyemi Akerele is a Nigerian executive,businesswoman and entrepreneur. Akerele is the founder and CEO of Lagos Fashion Week,Style House Files and special advisor to the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC). She has several advisory positions including Industrie Africa and Jendaya,and has been an advisor to the MoMA,the Victoria &Albert Museum,UN, British Fashion Council and State of Fashion Netherlands.
Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and UK-trained economist and information technology expert. She is the founder and executive director of Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC),a non-profit organisation that empowers women and girls socially and economically through education in Information technology. W.TEC was established in the year 2008. She is a fellow of Ashoka and a recipient of the Anita Borg Institute (ABIE) Change Agent Award.
Adenike Adebukola Akinsemolu is a Nigerian sustainability advocate,educator,author,and a social entrepreneur. She is a lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University. She is known as one of the country's leading experts on environmental sustainability.
Mfon Ekpo is a Nigerian entrepreneur and author. In 2017,Ekpo was named one of the most inspiring and influential women in Nigeria by Leading Ladies Africa and shortlisted for the British Council Alumni Awards for Social Impact in Nigeria. Ekpo serves as an Executive Director with The John Maxwell Team.
Omotunde Adebowale David,popularly known as Lolo1,is a Nollywood actress,and a Nigerian radio presenter. She hosted the radio programme,‘Oga Madam’on Wazobia FM 95.1,till 2019 when she left and joined Lasgidi FM as the general manager and an on-air personality.
Wofai Samuel is an international communications executive and media personality from Nigeria.
Miss Africa Great Britain is a beauty pageant open to African women resident in the United Kingdom. The winner becomes a goodwill ambassador for Miss Africa Great Britain,charged with designing and implementing a charity program based on her Pageant Platform.
Ifeanyi Orajaka is a Nigerian engineer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Green Village Electricity (GVE) Projects Limited,a renewable energy business in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi is a Nigerian women's rights activist. She is the founder of the Stand to End Rape (STER) Initiative. In 2019 she was the second Nigerian woman to be named to Time 100 Next list,and she was the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year for that same year.
Gabriel Mbega Obiang Lima is an Equatorial Guinean politician who has served as Minister of Finance,Economy and Planning since February 2023. He previously served as Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea.
Nj Ayuk is a Cameroonian attorney,author,and businessman.
Chinwe Egwim is a Nigerian Economist,Banker,Corporate Executive,Technocrat,and author,who serves as the Chief economist,and Head of Economic Research and Intelligence of Coronation Merchant Bank. She formerly served as the lead economist at FBNQuest Merchant Bank,and was an executive member of WIMBIZ. In 2021,she was elected as an executive member of Association of Professional Women Bankers under the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria,and was appointed a member of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee in 2023.
