According to Forbes’ 20th annual ranking, which was announced on Tuesday, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the current Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and a former minister of finance for Nigeria, is included on the list of 100 Most Powerful Women.
The South African entrepreneur Mpumi Madisa, who is ranked 88th, is surpassed by the Nigerian economist, who is ranked 87th. Samia Hassan, the president of Tanzania, debuts on the list at position 93, with Nigerian media magnate and philanthropist Mo Abudu, who comes in at place 98.
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Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission for Impactful Policy and Budget, is ranked #1 on the chart. Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, is ranked #2, while U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is ranked third.
Okonjo-Iweala has been outspoken in her advocacy for the inclusion of women’s experiences in economic planning, citing her work at the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation, and Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance as examples of how economies might achieve this.
