Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala poses at her home in Potomac, Maryland, near Washington DC, minutes before she was confirmed as the first woman and first African leader of the beleaguered World Trade Organization,on February 15, 2021. – Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed February 15, 2021 as the first female and first African head of the World Trade Organization, at a special general meeting. “WTO members have just agreed to appoint Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next director-general,” the global trade body said in a statement, adding that the former Nigerian finance minister and World Bank veteran will take up her post on March 1. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)
