Okonjo Iweala Grabs The Forbes’ “African Of The Year” Award, 2020

Okonjo-Iweala has joined a list of eminent Africans to have received the  Forbes African of the year Award, 2020.

The  Nigerian first female minister of finance and the prime candidate for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation graced the cover of the recent issue of @forbesafrica.

In 2019, Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), won the award for his outstanding work at the bank and a sterling career in agriculture and finance.

Paul Kagame of Rwanda won the same award in 2018. Other eminent Nigerians to have bagged the award are Muhammad Sanusi II (2013), former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria; Aliko Dangote (2014), president of the Dangote Group.