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Outgoing Afreximbank's president Oramah hailed as continental integration engine

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African leaders and finance experts have united in tribute to Professor Benedict Oramah (right) at Afreximbank's 32nd Annual Meetings, celebrating the outgoing president's decade-long leadership for transforming the institution into a cornerstone of Africa's economic sovereignty. [Courtesy]

African leaders and finance experts have united in tribute to Professor Benedict Oramah at Afreximbank's 32nd Annual Meetings, celebrating the outgoing president's decade-long leadership for transforming the institution into a cornerstone of Africa's economic sovereignty.

Oramah, who took the helm in 2015, has expanded the Cairo-based pan African trade bank beyond its original trade finance mandate into crisis response, industrialization, and infrastructure development, growing its balance sheet to $33 billion.

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