Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was the first person from Sub-Saharan to win a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986

Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist who has won four Grammy awards

Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid or Starboy is a Nigerian singer and songwriter who has won many awards including a Grammy for his collaboration with Beyoncé and Saint Jhn on Brown Skin Girl.

Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma and the Guinea national team

Author and widow of former Palestinian Authority President, Yasser Arafat

Letsie III became the King of Lesotho in 1990 when his father Moshoeshoe II was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 and tragically died in early 1996.

Oluwatosin Ajibade aka Mr Eazi and Njobvu (his self-anointed Zambian name) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi is the fifth and current President of Botswana.

Somali-American fashion model, actress, entrepreneur and widow of English rock star, David Bowie

Tidjane Thiam is an Ivorian businessman, and the executive chairman of Freedom Acquisition Corp