Speaker Profile
Ahunna Eziakonwa
Born in Nigeria
Speaker Profile
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Born on June 13, 1954, Nigeria
Ahunna Eziakonwa is a United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and the United Nations Development Program Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Africa. Prior to her appointment on August 15, 2018, she was the United Nations Development Program’s Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Lesotho.
Ahunna was born in Nigeria. She holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She also has a Bachelors in Education from University of Benin Nigeria. She is an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Programme where she gained knowledge in cutting-edge development thinking. Ahunna is married and has a daughter.
2018
UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa
In this role she leads UNDP’s work supporting 46 countries in Africa to achieve Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.
2005
UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative
she served as Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Uganda and Lesotho, and held several posts with the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as Chief of the Africa Section in New York and in duty stations in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
