Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala walks outside of the International Monetary Fund building during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC in April, 2022. 

Ukraine grain shipments offer ‘glimmer of hope,’ WTO director-general says

The World’s Marco Werman spoke to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the shipments, the slowdown in global trade and how it’s contributing to world hunger.

Health care worker Maggie Sedidi receives a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Soweto, South Africa, March 5, 2021. 

South Africa boosts Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine supply with local manufacturing

Author Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala poses for the camera in a dark blue outfit

WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on vaccines: ‘We have to solve the health crisis if we want economic recovery’

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A man is shown wearing shorts and a t-shirt praying outside the windows of an improvised ICU.

Brazil reports record death toll from COVID-19 as hospitals overwhelmed

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