Photo: Okonjo-Iweala named African Finance Minister of the Year

Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister
for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been
named African Finance Minister of the year 2014 by
leading investment & international group, African
Investor. Dr Okonjo Iweala is pictured above with her
husband Dr. Ikemba Iweala.

Okonjo-Iweala was announced winner today October
10th from a shortlist which included Finance
Ministers of Kenya, Angola, Rwanda, Liberia,
Seychelles, Zambia and Kingdom of Morocco.


In her acceptance speech, Dr Okonjo-Iweala said;

      “I am delighted and honored to have been picked

as African Finance Minister of the Year 2014.

Africa has come a long way from decades of

economic stagnation to steady growth that has

seen the continent make a huge leap for the

better. In Nigeria, we are marching on. The

building blocks for a greater future are being laid.

I want to thank you for this recognition and I want

to thank my President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele

Jonathan for his constant support and my team at

home, without which the job would have been

impossible. Finally, I encourage every one of us to

participate in the growth and development of our

countries and our continent. Together, we will

make it.”