Forbes.com just recently published a list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.Making the cut are two African women, Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Africa’s Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, CEO at ArcelorMittal South Africa. Non-Africans include US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at number two (2) and First Lady Michelle Obama at number eight (8). Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Sarah Palin and Diane Von Furstenberg also make the cut.
Check out Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala give two speeches at prior TED conferences: 1) Hwo to Help Africasn, 2) Trade vs Aid
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