Nigeria is set to host the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM), which will take place in Abuja from June 23 to 28, 2025. The signing of the Host Country Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Afreximbank marks a key milestone in the preparation of this high-profile international event.
The Afreximbank Annual Meetings are one of the most anticipated economic gatherings in Africa, bringing together Heads of State, government officials, industry leaders, experts, and high-level decision-makers to discuss strategic issues related to trade, investment, and the socio-economic development of the continent. The 2025 edition is expected to be the largest in the Bank’s history, with more than 6,000 delegates from Africa, the CARICOM region, and other parts of the world.
Under the theme “Building the Future on Decades of Resilience,” the event will highlight the progress made over the past three decades and the key measures needed to navigate an increasingly complex global economic environment. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be a central topic, emphasizing its crucial role in Africa’s sustainable economic transformation.
This edition will also reinforce the strong partnership between Afreximbank and Nigeria, the Bank’s second-largest shareholder and its main beneficiary. Since its establishment in 1993, Afreximbank has injected approximately $52 billion into the Nigerian economy, supporting key projects such as the African Medical Centre of Excellence, the African Quality Assurance Centre, and the Afreximbank African Trade Centre.
Following the success of the 2024 edition in Nassau, The Bahamas, which gathered over 4,000 participants, the 2025 Annual Meetings are expected to be a landmark event in shaping Africa’s economic future.
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At Afreximbank, our shared goal is “to stimulate a consistent expansion and diversification of African trade in order to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade; and, in doing so, to operate as a leading, for-profit, socially responsible financial institution and a center of excellence in African trade” and our shared vision is to consolidate the Bank’s position as “Africa’s Trade Finance Bank”.
Achieving our vision depends on our ability to effectively implement our strategy around four strategic pillars, namely “Promoting intra-African trade”, “Facilitating industrialization and export development”, “Strengthening leadership in trade finance” and “Improving financial performance and strength” Our success will depend on satisfying our stakeholders through increased trade finance, further facilitation of intra-African trade and value-added exports, and improved financial performance, which better positions us to achieve our development objectives. Our financial performance is enhanced by strengthened financial solidity and improved business development activities, underpinned by sound risk management practices and adequate capitalization.
Improvements in business development enable us to leverage a variety of channels to deliver solutions to our customers and other stakeholders, while enhancing our internal capabilities in terms of human resources, systems and organizational culture is the foundation for maintaining the increased efficiency of our internal processes. . As an autonomous institution, we emphasize strong governance structures as key components of enterprise risk management, and promote an organizational culture based on our core values: uncompromising integrity, teamwork, trust and respect for the individual, innovation, excellence and flexibility, passion. to learn and drive, professionalism and responsiveness, a commitment to Africa and supporting Africa’s emancipation and autonomy.
