Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria's former Finance Minister and now World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala argues that it is the synchronicity of different economic pressures converging that is exacerbating the effects of the crisis in Africa...

She was later the Bank's lead economist for Nigeria and often met former colleague (and now World Bank Managing Director) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (AAC Vol 1 No 6)...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s team of technocrats – including current World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Bank Vice-President Obiageli Ezekwesili – are out of the running and Yar’Adua’s pool of talent is under pressure politically and physically...

Born in 1954 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala studied economics at Harvard University then earned a Ph...

His appointment seemed to indicate that Yar'Adua wanted to continue the reforms introduced by his predecessor's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala...

And both institutions have secured the services of the same woman: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nigeria's former Finance Minister and architect of the landmark 2006 US$30 billion debt deal...

That might have been a difficult call for fellow Tanzanian and former Secretary General of the Organisation for African Unity Salim Ahmed Salim who was on the judging panel alongside ex-United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan ex-Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari Nigeria's former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the ex-President of Ireland Mary Robinson...

Former Finance and Economy Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was credited with re-establishing Nigeria's macroeconomic management...

He was a driving force among the team of reformers during President Olusegun Obasanjo's second term: Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Education Minister Obi Ezekwesili anti-corruption czar Nuhu Ribadu and Director General of the Bureau for Public Enterprise Irene Chigbue...

Former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala may be brought back into government...