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  • 10 years ago
As the first female Finance Minister in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attacks post colonial corruption to make the country more desirable for investment and jobs. As a managing director of the World Bank, she worked tirelessly for change in all of Africa. Her crusade against post colonial corruption has put her life at risk.

Why you should listen

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a director of the World Bank, was Nigeria's Finance Minister and then briefly Foreign Affairs Minister from 2003 to 2006, the first woman to hold either position. In 2011, she was again named Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy. Between those terms, from 2007 to 2011 she was a managing director of the World Bank.

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