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Outgoing Afreximbank's president Oramah hailed as continental integration engine

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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