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🇪🇺 🇮🇶 Klemens Semtner @EUAmbIraq · Oct 27

Good to exchange views with the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre during her visit to Iraq for the Iraq National Trade Forum.
We shared an aligned view on the importance of strengthening trade & investment opportunities & supporting Iraq’s economic development.

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African Export-Import Bank - Afreximbank Verified account @afreximbank · Oct 25, 2025

“Africa’s journey to self-reliance is unstoppable - because we dared to dream and act together.”
 
After 31 years of service, I stand before Africa’s leaders, partners, colleagues, and friends to say thank you.

From the day I joined Afreximbank as a young pioneer in 1994, I knew this was more than a job — it was a calling. A calling to turn generations of African aspirations into reality.
 
When I became President in 2015, I promised that we would be bold — that Afreximbank would no longer just finance trade, but build the foundations that make trade possible.
 
Together, we did just that.
- We helped make the AfCFTA a living reality.
- We built systems like PAPSS and the Adjustment Fund that now connect African economies.
- We launched the Intra-African Trade Fair and digital platforms like the Africa Trade Gateway.
- We supported industries, from the Dangote Refinery to industrial parks and medical excellence centres across the continent.
- We stood by Africa in crisis — mobilising over $10 billion during COVID-19 to help our nations recover and trade again.
- We grew Afreximbank’s balance sheet nearly eightfold, proving that Africa can build institutions as strong and visionary as any in the world.

This journey has never been about me — it has always been about us, about Africa’s courage to believe in itself.
“We fought on all fronts — and today, we can point to a continent rising on its own terms. The dream lives on.”
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To our leaders, partners, staff, and my dear family — thank you for walking this path with me.
 
As I hand over to Dr. George Elombi, I do so with complete confidence. The future of Afreximbank, and of Africa, shines even brighter.
 
The dream continues — and Africa’s best days are still ahead.
– Prof. Benedict O. Oramah
President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Afreximbank
 
#Afreximbank #DecadesOfImpact #LeadershipTransition #GlobalAfrica

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