Famed Music Mogul And Young Entrepreneur Joe Kariuki Named The Second Most Powerful Top 40 Visionaries In Africa!
It was John Quincy Adams,the great American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States who said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” and this seems to be the same mantra that Joe Kariuki,the popular Kenyan entrepreneur applies in all of his dealings.
Formidable and indestructible,Joe Kariuki has risen the ranks of entrepreneurship and swam in the deepest waters of the World of showbiz and social connectivity,emerging as a leading voice on the local showbiz scene and also as an indomitable force in the world of business and leadership.
And while he has himself won many accolades in the past,and done marvelous things already with his young self,over the weekend,the Candy and Candy President was awarded with yet another accolade that he didn’t see coming.
As a result of his tireless efforts to empower African women and alleviate their living standards,feed him less children and accord them better housing and also change the fortunes of many talented but luck less African singers,Joe Kariuki was recognized as the SECOND MOST influential African visionary across the whole of Africa.
In a report released by one of Rwanda’s leading Human Monitoring Non-governmental Agencies,Joe Kariuki was came second,right behind Tanzania’s maverick President John Pombe Magufuli as one of Africa’s top 40 Most Inspirational Visionaries.
”I didn’t see that coming… ” Joe said,laughing. ”I didn’t. I mean,I’ve had great moments in my life,found much blessings and achieved fairly good recognition from far and wide but to be mentioned as the second most influential visionary in Africa? Alongside the likes of President Magufuli,Strive Masiyiwa and Aliko Dangote? Wow! No one could predict that. I’m still trying to digest the news… ”
Joe came second in a heavy list of some of Africa’s most prominent business figures,innovators,thinkers,
At Number three came legendary telecommunications inventor Strive Masiyiwa from Zimbabwe and to round off the top ten list,there came
Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu the Nigerian
Chairman of Heirs Holdings,Fadumo Dayib of Somalia, Aliko Dangote,Prof. PLO Lumumba,Billionaire Dr. Mohammed ‘Mo’ Ibrahim of Sudan,the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Dr. Kosazana Dlamini Zuma and the young Ghanaian Founder and Executive Director Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, Bernice Dapaa.
As one of the less than ten Kenyans who made the prestigious list (2016) Joe said,
”There are very few Kenyans on that list. It is dominated by Nigerians and South Africans,and to be on it is a huge honor. I will ensure that the faith the panelists have in me will not be shaken. I will strive to retain my vision,empower my mission and to reach the furthest corners of Africa and beyond,tirelessly catering to the African woman and also helping out even more thousands of African Street children as we have already successfully done across Nairobi… ”
Joe is also the co-funder of AFWAB, which he co-founded with Martin Kappel.
AFWAB is an initiative through which they have empowered over 100,000 women from different parts of Africa by giving them capital to start their businesses, mentorship training, market access and bringing them together to network and do business.
He is intending to empower over 1 million women to start businesses, connect those in business to help them network so as to open market access for their merchandise to all parts of the world.
His initiative is dubbed ‘Amsha Mama’ which translates to support a woman and whose vision is to empower women to venture into business as a means of eradicating poverty and also as a means of achieving Africa inter/intra African trade in-line with Africa Agenda 2063 and vision 2030.
In addition to that,Joe has also been providing scholarships to kids from poor back grounds to get education and also has an initiative that has been feeding over 3,000 street children besides giving them access to basic education,including the latest viral Street kid,Morris of the ”Opportunity” fame.
Congrats,Joe… The sky is the limit.
