Cairo, 07 Oct. 2013 – In its continuing drive to build up trade finance capacity within Africa, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will hold a three-day training seminar and workshop on advanced structured trade finance for African bankers and finance professionals, the Bank has announced in Cairo.
A programme released today by the Bank shows that the seminar and workshop, which will take place in Douala, Cameroon, from 19 to 21 November, will feature top experts from some of the world’s leading trade finance institutions.
Participants would be made up of senior executives representing African banks and financial institutions, hedge funds, Africa country funds and venture capital institutions, corporate entities engaged in trade, manufacturing and privatized infrastructure projects, Afreximbank’s trade finance and project finance intermediaries and African lawyers.
“The objective of the training is to acquaint the participants with advanced structured trade finance tools and with techniques for dealing with challenges confronting lenders in Africa as a result of the rapidly changing business environment,” said Jean-Louis Ekra, the President of Afreximbank.
Mr. Ekra said that this year’s training, which is the 13th in the annual series by Afreximbank, would feature a four-session seminar on advanced structured trade finance on 19 and 20 November and a one-day workshop on credit risk analysis, scheduled to take place on 21 November.
Afreximbank is organizing the seminar, in co-operation with The Central Bank of Central African States and Africa Capacity Building Foundation. Additional participation information is available from Nazih Latif (nlatif@afreximbank.com) or Gehane Adel (gadel@afreximbank.com).
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About Afreximbank:
The African Export Import Bank was established in October 1993 by African governments, African private and institutional investors, and non-African investors to finance and promote intra- and extra-African trade. Its two basic constitutive documents are the Establishment Agreement, which gives it the status of an international organization, and the Charter, which governs its corporate structure and operations. Since 1994, the Bank has approved more than $25 billion in credit facilities in support of African trade, including $3.71 billion in 2012. Afreximbank is headquartered in Cairo. For more information, visit: www.afreximbank.com