Five Tutu Fellows are named in the annually released Top 50 Disruptors by The Africa Report. The report names the top 50 firebrands making waves on the continent, who are 'shaking up the status quo, asking uncomfortable questions, upending business models and fighting preconceptions' and who are 'transforming the African continent. The Fellows are Mitchell Elegbe, Oluseun Onigbinde, Bibi Bakare, Edwin Macharia and Ahmed Zahran. Of the exclusive list, 10% are Tutu Fellows.
The publication ranks these exclusive 50 individuals based on three factors: innovation, disruption and heft. According to The Africa Report, these criteria take into account how new the idea is, how big the change is and how many people are impacted.