It’s the first day of the International Women’s Month and women in Nigeria and the continent had great reasons to raise their heads high. Global headlines as well as blogs across the country were screaming early Monday, with photos of newly elected Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as she resumed at its Geneva... Read More

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February 17, 2021

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s win is a reminder that we have huge untapped potential in Nigerian women

Former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (NOI) has attained another first. As is to be expected, a litany of congratulatory messages to her for clinching the position of Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO) has followed with zero acknowledgement to how she attained feat after feat in spite of rather than because of Nigeria’s atmosphere.... Read More

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February 16, 2021

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The #BeLikeNgoziChallenge has been weaponised to hold women to a standard of appearance

Yesterday’s announcement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation was a huge feat for the renowned, Harvard-trained economist, who had been in the race since 2020. Since the creation of the WTO, no woman and African has helmed its affairs over regulating global trade, and Dr. Okonjo-Iweala installed has now... Read More

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February 15, 2021

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Wonder Woman: Celebrating Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her double historic win | The #YNaijaCover

The heavens could literally feel the excitement among Nigerians as erstwhile Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy and 2-time Finance Minister, was named Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Since 2019 when she first indicated interest to lead the international trade body, the 66-year old economist has been in the eyes in the storm; with... Read More

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October 28, 2020

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Okonjo-Iweala emerges Director-General at the World Trade Organisation

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation after a victorious contest with South Korean rival Ms Yoo Myung-hee. Okonjo-Iweala’s victory is expected to be announced formally by the WTO later today. Dr Okonjo-Iweala’s win is coming after a number of a people endorsed her for the... Read More

Chukwuma Soludo: Learning the wrong lessons of development

by Chukwuma Charles Soludo An important lesson of development is that countries which made it had bold, innovative thinkers as policymakers — those I describe as entrepreneurial policymakers with high execution capacity. One of the asymmetries of globalisation is that whereas productive assets (highly skilled labour and capital) are mobile across boundaries, it is still... Read More

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September 7, 2012

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Not another run: Okonjo-Iweala denies interest in World Trade Organisation job

by Stanley Azuakola In a year’s time, the head of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy will step down. Already there are speculations on who will succeed him. while two people have declared interest in the job. They are New Zealand’s trade minister Tim Groser and Ghana’s former trade minister Alan Kyerematen, whose candidacy has... Read More

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s win is a reminder that we have huge untapped potential in Nigerian women

The #BeLikeNgoziChallenge has been weaponised to hold women to a standard of appearance

Wonder Woman: Celebrating Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her double historic win | The #YNaijaCover

Okonjo-Iweala emerges Director-General at the World Trade Organisation

Chukwuma Soludo: Learning the wrong lessons of development

Not another run: Okonjo-Iweala denies interest in World Trade Organisation job

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