WTO boss Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala hit Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women list for the eighth time, landing at number 92 while repping as the first female and first African leading the organization since her appointment back in 2021. She posted about the recognition on X and said the role means pushing fairness in global trade while helping developing nations avoid more chaos in the system.
Forbes pointed out her three decades working as an economist, running Nigeria's finance ministry twice, briefly handling foreign affairs, and leading Gavi, where she got vaccines to over 760 million kids. She gave shoutouts to other African women who cut Namibia's president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, DRC prime minister Judith Suminwa, Bidvest CEO Mpumi Madisa, media exec Mo Abudu, and Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley.
The list featured tech leaders from AMD, Microsoft, and Nvidia alongside cultural figures like Kim Kardashian. Okonjo-Iweala got reappointed for another term as director general, showing global confidence in her handling of things at the trade body.
Forbes pointed out her three decades working as an economist, running Nigeria's finance ministry twice, briefly handling foreign affairs, and leading Gavi, where she got vaccines to over 760 million kids. She gave shoutouts to other African women who cut Namibia's president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, DRC prime minister Judith Suminwa, Bidvest CEO Mpumi Madisa, media exec Mo Abudu, and Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley.
The list featured tech leaders from AMD, Microsoft, and Nvidia alongside cultural figures like Kim Kardashian. Okonjo-Iweala got reappointed for another term as director general, showing global confidence in her handling of things at the trade body.
