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DURBAN, South Africa — Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, used a keynote address at the 19th Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture on Thursday to deliver a pointed assessment of global trade tensions and a cautious but optimistic outlook for Africa’s economic future. Speaking at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville Campus, Dr. […]
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This week, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sat down with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at the network’s first Global Perspectives event in London to discuss the big picture on global trade before zeroing in on Africa. The Nigerian economist and World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general called the ripple effect of Trump administration tariffs “the greatest disruption in trade in 80 years.” She also said […]
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WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The World Trade Organization’s first African—and first female—director-general reflects on the impact of the pandemic on trade, the imperative to ensure that vaccines reach Africa and other emerging economies, and how to ensure that trade is more inclusive in the years ahead. In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, guest […]
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Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, explains why addressing the technology, agriculture, and infrastructure needs in parts of Africa, and in other emerging markets, is crucial to sustaining global growth. The Growth Opportunity in Africa Emerging markets offer the largest opportunity to accelerate productivity growth and sustain broader global economic prosperity. In Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, […]
...Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Harvard and M.I.T. graduate and a Nigerian economist. During her terms as the finance minister, Nigeria’s GDP has displayed a 6.87% growth. She was vice-president and corporate secretary of the World Bank before leaving in 2003 to become the Finance Minister. Within 2 years she signed a deal […]
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