Former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will become the first female and first African to serve as Director General of the World Trade Organisation.
Okonjo-Iweala says she hopes to refocus the organisation after failed international negotiations and an inability to deal with China’s socialist market economy.
She will also prioritise the easing of export restrictions to expedite the transport of essential medicine and vaccines amid the COVID-19 pandemic.