President of
Globe Chambers of Commerce, Hon. Nwabueze Buchi George alongside other Africa’s
top and influential business executives and strategists will speak at a webinar
that will review the role Africa must play to produce the next leader of the
World Trade Organization WTO.
The webinar which is put together by Phumza Dyani,
founder, Pan African Network for Investment and Development (PANfID), will
majorly focus on the implications of an African woman DG of the World Trade
Organisation.
According to
a LinkedIn post by Phumza Dyani, “This one is a great one for the Continent! We
need to rally behind the nominees and make sure the appointment comes to
Africa. Join us as we discuss the implications of an African woman DG of the
World Trade Organisation”
With three out of the eight candidates for the race
dropping for not being able to meet up with the initially required votes for
the first round, Africa is left with two candidates who are females.
Nigeria’s
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a globally known trade diplomat and finance expert is
on the race alongside Kenyan Amina Chawahir Mohamed Jibril, a lawyer, diplomat
and politician, alongside Liam Fox (UK), Yoo Myung-hee ( South Korea), and
Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijri ( Saudi Arabia).
Two out of the remaining five candidates are African, and
the webinar will look at what the continent must do to win the WTO seat as well
as the implications of having an African as the head of the world trade body.
With the topic “The Most
Important Turning Point – WTO”,
The
webinar will be taking place via online meeting platform Zoom.
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