African, Caribbean Leaders to Headline Afreximbank Meetings
The Africa Export-Import Bank, headquartered in Cairo, is a multilateral trade finance institution established in 1993 to finance and promote intra- and extra-African trade flows.
CAIRO— Top leaders from Africa and the Caribbean will headline the African Export-Import Bank's annual meetings and AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum next month in Nassau, Bahamas, writes Winston Mwale.
The bank announced Tuesday that President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, Prime Ministers Philip Davis of the Bahamas and Mia Mottley of Barbados, and President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana will be among the main speakers at the June 12-14 event.
Other heads of state, ministers, central bank governors, CEOs and public figures from Africa and the Caribbean will also participate in the forum being held under the theme "Owning our Destiny: Economic Prosperity on the Platform of Global Africa."
The three-day gathering will feature speeches, panel discussions and talks focused on solutions to economic challenges facing the two regions.
Topics include implementing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, an Afri-Caribbean free trade pact, managing macroeconomic crises, transformative power of sports and the role of youth in shaping the future.
Speakers will include tennis legend Serena Williams and actor Viola Davis.
A session titled "Recreating the Middle Passage through Entrepreneurial Partnerships" aims to address the cultural and historical ties linking Africans and the Caribbean diaspora.
Afreximbank says the annual meetings, ranked among the most important gatherings of economic decision-makers in Africa and the Caribbean, attract business and political leaders, trade experts and those involved in economic development across the two regions.
The Africa Export-Import Bank, headquartered in Cairo, is a multilateral trade finance institution established in 1993 to finance and promote intra- and extra-African trade flows.
At the end of 2022, its total assets and guarantees stood at over $37 billion.