World Trade Organisation Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has celebrated her inclusion on Forbes’ 100 World’s Most Powerful Women list for 2025, marking her eighth appearance on the prestigious ranking. In a post via her verified X (formerly Twitter) handle today, Okonjo-Iweala expressed her gratitude and reflected on the responsibility that comes with influence.
She ranked 92nd, is the first woman and first African to serve as WTO Director-General, a position she assumed in March 2021, and described by forbes as an economist and international development professional , with over 30 years of experience across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America.
Okonjo-Iweala congratulated her fellow African women on the list, including Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Prime Minister, Suminwa Judith, CEO of Bidvest, Mpumi Madisa, CEO of EbonyLife Group, Mo Abudu, and Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Mottley.
