A delegation of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) led by the President, Prof. Benedict Oramah, visited the headquarters of the United States Export-Import Bank (U.S. EXIM) yesterday to discuss opportunities for collaboration between the two institutions.
Kimberly A. Reed, President and Chairman of U.S. EXIM, received the Afreximbank delegation for the meeting held on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
President Oramah briefed Ms. Reed about the history, mandate and activities of Afreximbank and expressed the Bank’s interest in strengthening relations with the American institution.
The two Presidents discussed how to strengthen collaboration in order to increase trade between the United States and Africa. The two agency heads also explored the potential for creating cobranded credit programmes to support businesses engaged in trade between the United States and Africa.