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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
WTO Director-General | First woman and African to lead WTO, former Nigerian Finance Minister
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a CEO & C-Suite Leadership speaker who has appeared at 2 events including TED 2016 and TED 2007, most recently in 2016.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, the first woman and first African to lead the organization. She previously served twice as Nigeria's Finance Minister and as a Managing Director at the World Bank for 25 years.
Named one of Time's 100 most influential people, she has fought corruption and championed economic reform across Africa. Her book 'Fighting Corruption is Dangerous' chronicles her experiences reforming Nigeria's economy.
With 3 talks at major events, she speaks on global trade, economic development, fighting corruption, and the role of women in leadership.
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How Africa can keep rising
African growth is a trend, not a fluke, says economist and former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In this refreshingly candid and straightforward talk, Okonjo-Iweala describes the positive progress on the continent and outlines eight challenges African nations still need to address in order to create a better future.
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| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Blaise Agüera y ArcasArtificial Intelligence Pioneer | Software Engineering Visionary | 2 | TED 2007, TED 2016View shared history → |
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