OkayAfrica has released its annual “100 Women” list which celebrates incredible African women around the world.

Kadi Sesay was born on March 4, 1949 in Rotifunk, Moyamba District, in Southern Sierra Leone, a then British Crown Colony. Her parents are from the Temne ethnic group from the rural chieftaincy town of Rhombe in Lokomasama Chiefdom of the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

Nadia Nakai Kandava was born to a South African Father and a Zimbabwean mother on the 18th of May, 1990. She relocated to Kenya at age 16 with her parents before returning to South Africa a number of years later.

Rowlene Nicole Bosman was born in Elsies River, Cape Town on the 3rd of March, 1997. She spent most of her years performing in various singing and dancing competitions.

Yvonne Manzi Makolo was born in Rwanda but voluntarily migrated to Canada in 1993. She lost her father at an early age and she and her elder sister were subsequently raised by her mother. She returned to Rwanda 10 years later in 2003.

Adaeze Osakwe, also known as Ada Osakwe, is a Nigerian Agro-economist, Economist, Entrepreneur and Corporate Executive who is the founder, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Agrolay Ventures and Nuli Juice.

On the 5th of October, Nadia Murad Basee Taha was awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. She is a German based Yazide-Iraqi human rights activist. The winners were announced in Oslo, the Norwegian capital.

As brave as the attempts by several women have been in running for several political posts over the past few years, not many have received as much excitement as that of 2019 female Presidential aspirant, Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies.

Eunice Atuejide was born Eunice Uche Julian Atuejide on August 16, 1978 to parents of Enugu origins. She was born in Lagos state and spent the formative years of her life there. She attended Onike Girls Primary School in Lagos, spent one year in the affiliated secondary school before transferring to Reagan Memorial Girls Secondary School also in Lagos.