The nominees for the Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2012 are…

President Joyce Banda

Joyce Banda: President of Malawi. Motivation: Banda, Malawi’s first female leader, has restored strained diplomatic ties with neighbors and the international community. Her administration has embraced investor-friendly economic policies: she cut her salary by 30 percent; sold the presidential jet and a fleet of luxury cars in an austerity drive.

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