Economist, reformer, and global trade leader, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s career spans two terms as Nigeria’s Finance Minister and service as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Her work blends public-sector reform with institution-building across global finance and trade.
She has championed debt relief, macroeconomic stabilisation, and transparent public finance, while advancing initiatives that expand market access and trade capacity for developing countries. Her cross-sector leadership from multilateral organisations to global health and development has had continent-wide impact.
She’s nominated for a decades-long record of results that strengthened Nigeria’s fiscal architecture and elevated Africa’s voice in global economic governance, an enduring blueprint for principled, high-impact leadership.
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