About African Achievers Awards
An institution built around African achievement.
Recognition is only the beginning.
Our Story
From annual recognition to year-round impact.
For more than 16 years, African Achievers has recognised outstanding African leadership and achievement. Building on this legacy, we are advancing a year-round Pan-African platform for leadership, dialogue and collaboration, connecting the people and institutions shaping Africa’s future.
Our Governing Board
Mustapha Njie (TAF)
Chair, Governing Board of African Achievers Awards
Her Excellency, Amb. Prof. (Mrs.) Olufolake Abdulrazaq
Co-Chair, Governing Board of the African Achievers Awards
Mr. Clement Chukwuka
Member, Governing Board of African Achievers Awards
Our Advisory Board
Dr. Lejune Lockett
Chair of the Advisory Board
Sarah Fafa Kpodo
Vice Chair of the Advisory Board
Mrs Ipupa Fadeyi
Corporate Executive | Board Director | Leadership & Governance Strategist
Our Mission
Advance African leadership and recognise excellence.
Our Vision
An Africa whose ideas and leadership shape its own future.
Our Purpose
Recognize. Connect. Develop. Influence
We recognise achievement, connect leaders and institutions, develop emerging talent and contribute to the ideas shaping Africa’s future.
Our History
A legacy in motion.
More than 16 Years of African Excellence.
Since its founding, African Achievers has built a growing record of distinguished Africans across business, public service, academia, technology, culture, philanthropy and beyond.
Their achievements form part of our history.
Our Network
Across Africa. Across sectors.
African Achievers is a Pan-African network of people, institutions and ideas.
Our work connects Africa’s regions and creates opportunities for its leaders to meet, exchange and build.