Joyce Banda

Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician and the 4th President of Malawi. She has been the president of Malawi since 7 April 2012. She is the founder and leader of the People's Party, created in 2011. President Joyce Banda was born on 12 April 1950. Her father was an accomplished and popular police brass band musician.

She was Minister of foreign affairs from 2006 and 2009 and Vice President of Malawi from May 2009 to April 2012. She took office as president following the sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. Forbes named President Joyce Banda as the 71st most powerful woman in the world and the most powerful woman in Africa.

President Joyce Banda has a Cambridge School Certificate, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education from Columbus University, a Bachelor of Social Studies in Gender Studies from the Atlantic International University USA and a Diploma in Management of NGOs from the International Labour Organization (ILO) Centre in Turin, Italy. She received an honorary doctorate in 2013 from Jeonju University.

President Joyce Banda married Roy Kachele with whom she had three children. Her marriage to Roy Kachele ended in 1981. She is now married to Richard Banda, a retired Chief Justice of the Republic of Malawi with whom she has two children.

President Joyce Banda

President Joyce Banda

President Joyce Banda

President Joyce Banda

President Joyce Banda and President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe

President Joyce Banda and President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan

Macky Sall

Macky Sall is a Senegalese politician who has been president of Senegal since April 2012. He was Prime Minister of Senegal under President Abdoulaye Wade from April 2004 to June 2007. 

President Macky Sall is a geological engineer by profession. He was born in Fatick  Senegal on 11 December, 1961. He is married to Marieme Faye.

President Macky Sall

President Macky Sall

President Macky Sall and his wife First Lady Marieme Faye Sall

President Macky Sall and his wife First Lady Marieme Faye Sall

Left to right: First Lady Marieme Faye Sall, US President Barack Obama, US First Lady Michelle Obama, and

President Macky Sall of Senegal

President Macky Sall (left) and his wife Marieme Faye Sall (second left) with the Obamas

President Macky Sall (left) with Hillary Rodham Clinton

Former US First Lady from 1993 to 2001 and Secretary of the State from 2009 to 2013 

President Macky Sall (left) with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Michael Sata

Michael Chilufya Sata is a Zambian politician who is the fifth and current president of Zambia. He was elected president of Zambia on 23 September 2011. Sata leads the Patriotic Front (PF), a major political party in Zambia.

Michael Chilufya Sata was born in 1937 in Mpika, Northern Province, Zambia. He worked as a police officer, railway man, and trade unionist before entering politics in 1963. He spent time in London working on the railway sweeping the platforms. He was also a porter at Victoria railway station.

President Sata is married to Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata and he has 8 children.

President Michael Sata

President Michael Sata and his wife First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata

President Michael Sata and his wife First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata

President Michael Sata and his wife First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata

President Michael Sata and his wife First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata

President Michael Sata (left) and President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (right)

President Michael Sata (left) with President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (right) and his wife Grace Mugabe (center)

President Michael Sata (center) and Former US President George Bush and his wife Laura Bush.

President Michael Sata and Former US President George Bush with their wives.

President Michael Sata  and Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek.