Okonjo-Iweala

20% more expensive to operate within Africa than in Europe, Asia  The Director-General of  World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has noted that while other African hubs have surged, Nigeria’s connectivity has notably stagnated or regressed in key metrics over the last decade. Referencing data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), long-term tracking shows a stark divide in how Nigeria connects to the world. That specific observation hits at the core of the…