in Abuja, Nigeria
Dr George Elombi has been appointed the next president and chairman of the board of directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), succeeding Professor Benedict Oramah who, among other things, was the driving force behind reconnecting the Caribbean with the ancestral African continent.
Elombi will officially assume the position from September 28.
During Oramah’s time at the helm, 12 CARICOM members signed on as partners with the Pan-African development institution, with another expected to join next month.
Elombi, who becomes the fourth president to lead the bank since its establishment in 1993, was introduced in his new role on Saturday during a press conference a
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