Inside, Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf tops the 20 most influential women in Africa in the magazine's first ever list. She narrowly beat Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's minister of Finance, who was second in the list compiled with strict criteria used by researchers working for Forbes Africa.
Zimbabwe's VP, Joice Mujuru is ranked number 5 while the daughter of Angola's president, Isabel Dos Santos is number seven and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, Graca Machel is number 15.
Managing editor, Chris Bishop, said, "It is an honour to be at the helm of the first ever Forbes Africa. We will celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit the length and breadth of the continent. Our lists will be researched rigorously and we hope they will be heeded and debated from Cape Town to Cairo."
