Honors and Awards
- Time Europe Hero 2004
- This Day Nigeria Minister of the Year 2004
- Euromoney Magazine Global Finance Minister of the year 2005
- Financial Times/The Banker African Finance Minister 2005
- Nigerian of the Year 2006.
- Honorary Doctorate from Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland.
- Honorary Doctorate from Colby College, Maine, USA.
- Honorary Doctorate from Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, Jamaica.
- Honorary Doctorate from Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA.
- Who's Who in Anioma, 2011
On September 28, 2007, Irish musician Bono was awarded the Liberty Medal. Bono donated the $100,000 prize to the Washington-based Debt AIDS Trade Africa, which he co-founded, and Okonjo-Iweala accepted the award on the organization's behalf.
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