Could the appointment of Nigeria’s Ngozi Okojo lweala be the long waited r elief for the African business emergency?

The appointment of Nigeria’s Ngozi Okojo – lweala as the first African and woman director of World

Trade Organization (WTO) to restore trust in a rules-based global trading system has been received with

a lot of goodwill in the African continent. However, the question now remains, in the contemporary world

of corona virus and climate emergency challenges, will Ngozi be the hope for the indigenous,

marginalized and voiceless African woman in Owino or Gikomba or Kariakor markets trying to juggle

between maintaining a profit margin and sustaining their families’ livelihoods?

According to the World Bank, Africa is the only region in the world where more women than men choose

to become entrepreneurs – a phenomenon that is not the subject of adequate discussion. While this

happens, the continent is equally the most hit by the impacts of climate change. Now, so that I do not

lose you, availability of market goods and services is directly linked to the intensity of the impacts of

climate change. Meaning, goods are likely to disappear or appear from and in any African market with

any slight record in climatic changes over time – explains the continued fluctuating prices of goods and

services in the African continent.

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