Nigeria’s former Finance Minister and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named as a recipient of the 2024 African Heritage Awards (AHA) .
The award is in recognition of her advancing the image of African women in leadership.
The Chairman of Heritage Times and the organisers of the event, Mr. Moses Siasia, in a statement on Tuesday [today] in Abuja, said the second edition of the awards would hold in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 13.
Siasia said the pan-African event celebrates and recognises outstanding global accomplishments of Africans within the continent and in the Diaspora.
“The award focuses people in areas of Business, Politics, Philanthropy, Entertainment & Arts, Culture, Science & Technology and Social Innovation,” he said.
Siasia said that the 2024 AHA would be chaired by the former President of Botswana, Sir Seretse Khama.
He said the event would be attended by former heads of states and captains of industries across Africa.
The organisers said the awards had become imperative to sustainably foster the African culture of excellence and create an ecosystem that would retell the true African story towards the advancement of the continent’s full potentials.
“Besides conferring international prestige and recognition on these deserving Africans, the awards will focus on the critical importance of culture and leadership, which lies at the core of any shared advancement of socio-economic and political development in Africa,” he said.
Others to be awarded include African-American billionaire Philanthropist, Robert Smith, Chairman/CEO of Vista Equity Partners, Texas, United States; and a former President of Liberia Dr. George Weah, among numerous others.
