Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala poses for a picture at her home in Potomac, Maryland, near Washington DC, minutes before she is confirmed Monday as the first woman and first African leader of the beleaguered World Trade Organization,on February 15, 2021. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)
The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization on Monday welcomed an apology from a Swiss newspaper that had dismissed the seasoned international professional as a grandmother. x
“It is important & timely that they’ve apologised,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a tweet.
The development economist took over as the new WTO chief on Monday after a long, high-powered career serving as minister of finance and foreign affairs in her native Nigeria and 25 years at the World Bank.
Nigeria s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala took over as the new WTO chief after a long, high-powered career serving as minister of finance and foreign affairs in her native Nigeria and 25 years at the World Bank. Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP
The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization on Monday welcomed an apology from a Swiss newspaper that had dismissed the seasoned international professional as a grandmother. It is important & timely that they ve apologised, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a tweet.
The development economist took over as the new WTO chief on Monday after a long, high-powered career serving as minister of finance and foreign affairs in her native Nigeria and 25 years at the World Bank.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization on Monday accepts an apology from a Swiss newspaper that had
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