Selection
The Innovators
By
Cédric Gouverneur
Published on 23 September 2026 at 12h09
They are African, working across a wide range of highly specialised fields — industry, energy, agriculture, healthcare, technology, AI, defence and more. Some are young; others are grandparents. Among them are business leaders and trade unionists, intellectuals and brilliant young minds. What they all have in common is a determination to change the rules of the game and build genuine sovereignty. Here are fifteen profiles, each showing in its own way a path forward.