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Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named Forbes Africa Person Of The Year 2020.
Okonjo-Iweala, who was the Nigeria’s first female minister of finance and the country’s candidate for the position of DG of the World Trade Organisation, joins a list of eminent Africans to have received the award.
The 2020 #AfricanOftheYear Award honoree is…
Congratulations to Dr. @NOlweala! Board Chair @Gavi; Board Chair @ARCapicity, gracing the cover of @forbesafrica pic.twitter.com/hlcCDHEMx2
— Forbes Africa (@forbesafrica) December 1, 2020
Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named Forbes Africa Person Of The Year 2020.
Okonjo-Iweala, who was the Nigeria’s first female minister of finance and the country’s candidate for the position of DG of the World Trade Organisation, joins a list of eminent Africans to have received the award.
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In 2019, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, won the award. He has won it twice, in 2013 and 2019 for his outstanding work at the bank and a sterling career in agriculture and finance.
Sanusi won the first edition of the Africa Person Of The Year award in 2011, Adesina, while Okonjo-Iweala is also the first Nigerian woman to clinch the award.
Reacting to the news, Okonjo-Iweala, expressed her delight at the recognition and dedicated the award to Africans facing the health and socio-economic challenges of COVID-19 during a very difficult year.
“It is a great honour to serve Africa in different capacities. I look forward to deploying my energies at the WTO for Africa and the world,” she said.
