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BY: Ajoa Yeboah-Afari
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At long last, on February 15, the long awaited, historic announcement came from the World Trade Organization: “The General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the seventh Director-General.”
Dr Okonjo-Iweala, is the first woman and the first African to be appointed to that position.
On March 1, she begins her four-year, renewable tenure in Geneva, Switzerland, with the organization which deals with global rules of trade between nations.
The following are excerpts from Dr Okonjo-Iweala’s very long, awe-inspiring biography:
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a global finance expert, an economist and international development professional with over 30 years of experience working in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America.