WTO new representative selection 2020
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As Africa has never had a World Trade Organization representative, the Continent hopes to have a fair opportunity. 

There are eight running candidates, three of whom are Africans. The former Kenyan Minister, Amina Mohamed, who has also chaired a number of boards as an ambassador for Kenya to the WTO. For the second time, she has been named Director-General. 

The Egyptian Hamid Mamdouh is well familiar with the WTO, where he has been working for 20 years. 

Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria has more than thirty years of construction and finance experience. From 2007 to 2011 she was the World Bank’s Managing Director. 

The selection process is to take a few months, while the World Trade Organization will opt for interim leadership. 

During the global economic downturn triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, several big initiatives are waiting for the future World Trade Organization boss: to plan for the Ministerial Conference in 2021, and, more importantly, to restart dialogue with the United States.

Inputs from Africanews

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