Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Forbes’ Most Powerful Woman in Africa
In the recently unveiled Forbes Most Powerful Women for 2023, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, has secured the remarkable 87th position on Forbes’ global list. This makes Okonjo-Iweala the highest-ranked African on the list. This annual ranking, now in its 20th year, serves as a testament to the diverse and […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Gets Social Media In A Frenzy
The hashtag #BeLikeNgoziChallenge has been trending for most of Monday into Tuesday and by the time you read this, it should still be high in the trend table. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has blazed a trail once again as she ascended the role of Director-General at the World Trade Organisation. https://twitter.com/honilatte/status/1361341964629798913?s=20 She did against what seemed like […]
WTO DG: Benin Republic Withdraws Nomination For Eloi Laourou To Support Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala’s bid to become the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization, received a huge boost as the government of the Republic of Benin withdrew their nomination for Eloi Laourou in support of her close-door neighbours, Nigeria. In a two-page letter addressed to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Benin in […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Gets Buhari’s Nomination For WTO Director-General Position
President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the bid of Nigerian economist and development expert, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, towards becoming the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Information regarding the nomination of the former Nigerian finance minister by the President was revealed in a letter addressed to embassies of the African Union (AU) in […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Appointed World Health Organization’s Special Envoy
Nigerian development economist and financial expert, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has yet again bagged another appointment after she was named a Special Envoy into the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator by global health ruling body, the World Health Organization (WHO). The former Nigerian finance minister is to work in her new position alongside […]
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Appointed Into International Monetary Fund’s External Advisory Group
Nigerian economist and international development expert, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has bagged another appointment as member of the External Advisory Group constituted by the Managing Director of global financial body, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Kristalina Georgieva. The group which comprise of prominent individuals from different parts of the globe are to work as the IMF chief’s […]
ThrowBack Thursday: Nigeria’s Debt Relief, 2006
Nigeria, home to one in five Africans and with over 100 million people as of 2006, was once Africa’s most indebted nation. However, on 21st April 2006, as part of a chain of strategies deployed by experts to get some breathing space, Nigeria made a final payment to the 19-nation-strong Paris Club of Creditors which […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala May Be Targeting World Bank Presidency Again
Former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has suggested that she might still be interested in becoming president of the World Bank. She dropped this hint in an interview with CNN’s Richard Quest while she was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week. There’s been some noise around the top job at the […]
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Receives the 2017 Aspen Institute Madeleine Albright Award
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the former Nigerian Minister of Finance, just shared the news on her twitter account about winning the 2017 Aspen Institute Madeleine Albright award. At the event she spoke about how technology is enabling development and development-spurring technology. We say congratulations. See her tweets about the award and the event below: Honored also […]
The Place of the 21st Century African Woman
My friend’s furious post on Facebook was my first clue that women had been dissed by none other than our Dear President. I quickly dashed to Linda Ikeji Blog only to discover that the President had, in a few sentences, relegated his wife to the kitchen, the bedroom, and the other room. His sentence was considered […]
Global Investment Firm Hires Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
A 167-year-old global investment firm, Lazard has hired Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a senior advisor. “She will bring a unique international expertise and experience that will benefit both our sovereign and corporate clients,” Matthieu Pigasse, Global Head of M&A and Sovereign Advisory of Lazard, said in an official statement. Source: BusinessDay Newspaper
Aliko Dangote, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Among TIME’s 100
Aliko Dangote and Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has been named as part of TIME’s 100. Aliko Dangote is named one of TIME’s 100 Titans and Bill Gates wrote an article on him saying, “Aliko is Africa’s richest man, and his business activities drive economic growth across the continent. That’s impressive, but I know him best […]
Nigeria Attracted N3.2 Trillion Investment in 3 Years
Over $20 billion (N3.2 trillion) in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been attracted into the Nigerian economy in the last three years, a report by the Federal Government has revealed. During a world press conference ahead of the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa, which will be hosted by Nigeria in 2014, the FG […]
Chinese Sinosteel Eyes $6bn Nigeria Deal
Chinese state-owned metals trader Sinosteel was in talks to take over a state-owned steel mill in Nigeria and expand its capacity to 5.6 million tons from 1.3 million, Nigeria’s mining minister said yesterday during a visit to Beijing. The steel mill sale and upgrade would mean investment into Nigeria of about $6 billion (R60.1bn), Minister […]
Jumia 1st Anniversary E-Commerce Conference and Fashion Cocktail
JUMIA, Nigeria’s number one shopping destination, has announced its 1st anniversary conference on growing e-commerce and its contribution to the nation’s economy. This event will be attended by federal ministers, CEO’s, suppliers, customers, media, and various fashion and lifestyle celebrities. It will hold on Friday, July 12th 2013 in Lagos. The keynote speech; E-Commerce and […]
In 2014, Nigeria Will Host World Economic Forum on Africa
The Coordinating Minister of Nigeria’s economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has announced that the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, will hold at Abuja in 2014. She made the announcement as the WEF on Africa for 2013 concluded last week in Cape Town, South Africa. The annual event will be held for the 24th time next year. It […]