Wakati Tanzania inashangilia kuwa na Rais wa kwanza mwanamke nchini, Mama Samia Suluhu si mwanamke wa kwanza kuwahi shika nafasi hiyo nchini. Leo nakuletea listi ya women Presidents in Africa:

1. Slyvie Kiningi, Acting President of Burundi (February – October 1993)

2. Ivy Matsepe-Cassaburi, Acting President of South Africa (September 2005)

3. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia (January 2006 – January 2018)
4. Rose Francine Rogombe, Interim President of Gabon (June 2009 – October 2009) 
5. Agnes Monique Ohsan Bellepeau, Acting President of Mauritius (March – July 2012 and May – June 2015)
6. Joyce Hilda Banda, President of Malawi (April 2012 – May 2014)
7. Catherine Samba, Acting President of Central African Republic (January 2014 – March 2016)
8. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius (June 2015 – March 2018)
9. Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia (October 2018 – Present)
10. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of Tanzania (March 2021 – Present)