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Number 12 on the 2025 list
Selassie Atadika is a chef and founder from Ghana, named to the AFN 100 in 2025 for becoming the first Ghanaian named to TIME's Earth Awards.
In April 2025 TIME named Selassie Atadika to its 2025 Earth Awards, one of six people honoured worldwide and the first Ghanaian to receive it, for work on sustainability, climate justice and innovation. Through Midunu she runs nomadic dinners and handcrafted chocolate built on climate-smart African ingredients. A former United Nations humanitarian, she said Africa's culinary knowledge holds the blueprint for a more sustainable future.