Azim Premji is the tech tycoon of Wipro, India's third-largest outsourcer. Wipro was started in 1945 as Western Indian Vegetable Products by his father to make cooking oil from peanuts. In the 1980s, the young entrepreneur, recognising the importance of the emerging IT field, took advantage of the vacuum left behind by the expulsion of IBM from India, changed the company name to Wipro and entered the high-technology sector by manufacturing minicomputers under technological collaboration with an American company Sentinel Computer Corporation.
Jonathan is one of the loudest voices standing out against fracking in South Africa. CEO of the Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG) and a writer, Joanthan lives on his eco-farm in the Montagu region of the Karoo. The photo was taken in his backyard which speaks volumes of the stark beauty of this bone dry landscape. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2013, for his efforts on protecting the Karoo region, leading a team of scientists to bring forward environmental impacts of planned exploitation of possible shale gas in the region.
Weeks after she stood down in a controversial election, Joyce Banda opened her heart on corruption, prosecution and why she has no regrets. An amazing person to meet, Banda is full of passion for women rights issues. She exudes authority and power. One of my top people to photograph.
