Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: the WTO’s trailblazing motivator

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has led the WTO since March 2021.
Photo: PIERRE ALBOUY / AFP
Source: AFP

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, reappointed on Friday as head of the World Trade Organization, hinged her leadership on breaking logjams at the sclerotic institution through craft, dynamism and sheer force of personality.

The World Bank veteran, 70, is a trailblazer. She was Nigeria’s first woman finance minister and is the first woman and the first African to run the WTO.

With her no-nonsense style and…

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