Pan African bank new Caribbean Office to boost trade with Africa

Barbados, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (second left) and Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah (centre) during the launch of the new Afreximbank Caribbean Office. [Courtesy]

Pan African trade-focused lender the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has opened a new office in the Island nation of Barbados with a view to boosting trade with African countries including Kenya and the surrounding Caribbean Islands nations.

Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah said the new Afreximbank Caribbean Office will support the implementation of the partnership agreement between Afreximbank and the Caribbean Community or Caricom - an economic bloc of 15 member states throughout the Americas and Atlantic Ocean.