President Masisi Welcomes Afreximbank HEad

The President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi this morning received on a courtesy visit the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)’s President and Chairman of the Board of Directors Professor Bennedict Oramah at the Office of the President.

Professor Oramah is in the country at the invitation of the Global Expo where he will be the guest speaker. The Global Expo exhibition runs from the 1st to 4th November 2022. Professor Oramah has been the President and Chairman of Afreximbank since September 2015 and currently serves on the Practitioner Advisory Board of the Institute for Trade and Innovation (IfTI) of Offenburg University in Germany.

Afreximbank is mandated to finance and promote intra- and extra-African trade using three broad services which are Credit (Trade finance and Project finance), Risk Bearing (Guarantees and Credit Insurance), Trade Information and Advisory Services across African states and Botswana is a member in good standing.

Professor Oramah informed President Masisi that part of his visit in Botswana is to gather information on areas that the Afreximbank is looking to explore such as capacitating the mining industry, industrial banking and the automotive industry.