Two African women are to be found amongst the 100 most powerful women on earth of American business magazine Forbes. Africa's first female president Ellen Johnston Sirleaf, dropped considerably. Last year the newly elected president of Liberia appeared on number 51, now she closes the ranks at number 100. Getting elected was the easy part, so Forbes Magazine, putting her country back together after a 14-year civil war proves to be more difficult. The prime minister of Mozambique Luisa Diogo is the highest ranking African on the list at 89. The magazine praises the Mozambican for her fight against poverty and her efforts to interest Chinese business leaders to invest in agricultural technology in her country. Maybe I should pay her a visit when I'm back in Maputo in November.
