Fashola makes “100 Top Global Thinkers for 2013” list
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola and a Fellow of Echidna Global Scholars, Adefunke Ekine, have been named among the 100 Top Global Thinkers for 2013 by a global personality assessment organization, Lo Spazio della Politica (LSDP).
In a list titled “The LSDP Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013”, the organization said it listed Governor Fashola “because he made Lagos an African hub of innovation, launching the Lagos Innovation Advisory Council, with the help of the Harvard Kennedy School”; and Ekine “for her experience in teaching and directing schools in Africa; in particular for the promotion of Science among female students”.
Other global personalities in the list include Pope Francis of the Vatican, Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe and Mayor of Warsaw, Poland, Hanna Gronkiewicz-waltz.
The organisation said its list was an opportunity to identify some of the trends in global Politics, Science and other aspects of life for any particular year, stating that the list emphasises mostly political leaders, scientists, businessmen, academics and intellectuals even as it tries to balance the geographical representation between Europe, the United States, Africa and other continents adding, however, that the balance varies on yearly basis.