The Financial Times Magazine starts their list like this: From activists to a Premier League footballer . . . The FT’s Africa team picks the continent’s rising stars. The three Tutu Fellows included on the list of 25 are: Amy Jadesimi, Robtel Neajai Pailey, and Lai Yahaya. Lai is a 2009 Fellow, Robtel was the following year, and Amy is a 2012 Fellow. They are among stirling company.
Amy's role as managing director is highlighted by the FT, and in particular, how the family company is taking on Nigerian heavyweights in logistics.
Lai is listed for his contributions in the areas of politics and development and in keeping with FT's point of view, highlights his participation in the privatization of Nigeria's state companies, among other things.
The FT lists Robtel as a social activist, mentioning her response to the Al Jazeera piece titled We got this, Bob Geldof, so back off in which she presented an African perspective on the belated charity response to ebola that she called patronising.
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