{"id":28590,"date":"2024-04-18T10:03:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/president-ruto-burna-boy-siya-kolisi-among-worlds-most-influential-people\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T10:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:03:13","slug":"president-ruto-burna-boy-siya-kolisi-among-worlds-most-influential-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/president-ruto-burna-boy-siya-kolisi-among-worlds-most-influential-people\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ruto, Burna Boy, Siya Kolisi among world\u2019s most influential people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 18 \u2013 President William Ruto, Afrobeats megastar Burna Boy,  and captain of South Africa\u2019s national rugby team Siya Kolisi are leading the group of Africans who have been\u00a0recognised by Time magazine among the world\u2019s most influential people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Burna Boy was featured in the icons category, which celebrates individuals who have left a lasting mark in their fields.<\/p>\n<p>Grammy-winning French-Beninese singer Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo hailed the Nigerian musician as \u201chistory in the making\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Kolisi was recognised for his leadership through \u201cwisdom and humility\u201d. South African comedian Trevor Noah said that Kolisi gave \u201chope during a time in which many South Africans find it hard to hold on to any\u201d by leading the country to a stunning rugby World Cup win last year.<\/p>\n<p>President Ruto was named for spearheading Africa\u2019s climate action, but Time journalist Justin Worland said he needed to address the multiple challenges burdening his country.<\/p>\n<p>Ugandan LGBTQ+ advocate Frank Mugisha made in the list for challenging his country\u2019s tough anti-gay law, which came into effect last year.<\/p>\n<p>Julienne Lusenge, a human rights activist from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was also honoured for her work in addressing sexual and gender-based violence and pushing for women\u2019s political participation in her country.<\/p>\n<p>Time also featured Kennedy Odede, a social entrepreneur who has been addressing issues such as poverty and education in Kibera, Kenya\u2019s largest slum.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Time 100 list spotlights individuals who have shaped the world in the past year.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 18 \u2013 President William Ruto, Afrobeats megastar Burna Boy, and captain of South Africa\u2019s national rugby team Siya Kolisi are leading the group of Africans who have been\u00a0recognised by Time magazine among the world\u2019s most influential people. Burna Boy was featured in the icons category, which celebrates individuals who have left a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}