Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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...

The driving force behind the government's economic reforms was Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who held both the Finance and Foreign Affairs portfolios as well as leading Nigeria's negotiators in talks to cancel more than 80% of the country's foreign debt...