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Honored and privileged to be on the cover of Time Magazine and to be recognized as one of the World's Most Influential Leaders! Profound thanks to…
Honored and privileged to be on the cover of Time Magazine and to be recognized as one of the World's Most Influential Leaders! Profound thanks to…
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Congratulations to my Mother! She certainly has been one of the most influential people in my life! 😁 But if you don’t believe me just ask Prince…
Congratulations to my Mother! She certainly has been one of the most influential people in my life! 😁 But if you don’t believe me just ask Prince…
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World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO and WTO map out further collaboration to tackle #COVID19 pandemic. More…
World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO and WTO map out further collaboration to tackle #COVID19 pandemic. More…
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Dr Okonjo-Iweala has been listed as African of the Year by Forbes (2021), Minister of the Decade, People's Choice Award by Nigeria's This Day newspaper (2020), one of Transparency International's 8 Female Anti-Corruption Fighters Who Inspire (2019), one of the 50 Greatest World Leaders (Fortune, 2015), the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World (TIME, 2014), the Top 100 Global Thinkers (Foreign Policy, 2011 and 2012), the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the World (Forbes, 2011, 2012, 2013…
Dr Okonjo-Iweala has been listed as African of the Year by Forbes (2021), Minister of the Decade, People's Choice Award by Nigeria's This Day newspaper (2020), one of Transparency International's 8 Female Anti-Corruption Fighters Who Inspire (2019), one of the 50 Greatest World Leaders (Fortune, 2015), the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World (TIME, 2014), the Top 100 Global Thinkers (Foreign Policy, 2011 and 2012), the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the World (Forbes, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014), the Top 3 Most Powerful Women in Africa (Forbes, 2012), the Top 10 Most Influential Women in Africa (Forbes, 2011), the Top 100 Women in the World (The UK Guardian, 2011), the Top 150 Women in the World (Newsweek, 2011), and the Top 100 most inspiring people in the World Delivering for Girls and Women (Women Deliver, 2011). She has also been listed among 73 “brilliant” business influencers in the world by Condé Nast International.
In 2020, she became an Angelopoulos Global Public Leader at Harvard University Kennedy School. She was also appointed to the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) for President of South Africa His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa. In 2019, Dr Okonjo-Iweala was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2017, she received the Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Award from the Aspen Institute, the Women's Economic Empowerment Award from WEConnect International, and the Vanguard Award from Howard University. In 2016, she received the Power with Purpose Award from the Devex Development Communications Network and the Global Fairness Award from the Global Fairness Initiative in recognition of her contribution to sustainable development. She was also conferred High National Honours from the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire and the Republic of Liberia. She is also the recipient of Nigeria's third highest National Honors Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR). In addition, Dr Okonjo-Iweala has been awarded the David Rockefeller....
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World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO and WTO map out further collaboration to tackle #COVID19 pandemic. More…
World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO and WTO map out further collaboration to tackle #COVID19 pandemic. More…
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WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala welcomed President Kersti Kaljulaid of #Estonia to the WTO on 7 June. The two discussed the state of play…
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala welcomed President Kersti Kaljulaid of #Estonia to the WTO on 7 June. The two discussed the state of play…
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To all my friends and followers who are celebrating Eid, Happy Eid Mubarak!
To all my friends and followers who are celebrating Eid, Happy Eid Mubarak!
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Yesterday I received the credentials of the Ambassadors of Bolivia, Oman, Thailand, Haiti, Namibia, Lesotho, Cabo Verde and Hungary. Looking…
Yesterday I received the credentials of the Ambassadors of Bolivia, Oman, Thailand, Haiti, Namibia, Lesotho, Cabo Verde and Hungary. Looking…
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Congratulations to David Malpass, Carmen Reinhart and team for a powerful #WDRreport on Data! It was good to discuss how data can be a force for…
Congratulations to David Malpass, Carmen Reinhart and team for a powerful #WDRreport on Data! It was good to discuss how data can be a force for…
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Thank you Mary Ng for Canada’s leadership for the #OttawaGroup! Looking forward to the group being a force for action as we move towards Ministerial…
Thank you Mary Ng for Canada’s leadership for the #OttawaGroup! Looking forward to the group being a force for action as we move towards Ministerial…
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Thank you David Malpass for a very constructive conversation on WTO-WBG collaboration on trade. Also excited to learn about an accelerated #IDA20…
Thank you David Malpass for a very constructive conversation on WTO-WBG collaboration on trade. Also excited to learn about an accelerated #IDA20…
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