The president of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Professor Benedict Oramah will headline discussions on African economic growth as experts brainstorm on the continent’s economic transformation at the 2023 Annual Lecture of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria ( CIBN).Information Guide Nigeria

The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Lagos under the theme: “Unlocking the Constraints to Africa’s Economic Transformation: Insights into the Power of Capital”

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THE NATION reports that in a statement, the CIBN stated: “This year’s edition of the lecture will assemble chieftains of the banking and finance industry, top public officials, foreign diplomats, members of the academia, top executives of the organised private sector as well as other stakeholders in the Nigerian economy who will dimension and articulate clear strategies on how to address the impediments to Africa’s economic development.

“In a bid to ensure that Nigerians from all walks of life benefit from the conversation, the Institute has made the programme free of charge for participants,” CIBN stated.NYSC Portal

According to the CIBN, over the years, the event has attracted globally respected scholars and professionals such as Founder and Chairman, CHAMS Plc; Dr. Andrew Hilton, Director and Joint Founder, Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation(CSFI) United Kingdom; Professor Osita Ogbu, OON, former Minister of National Planning and Chief Economic adviser to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, CON, President, African Development Bank; Mr. Michael Lafferty, Honourable Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC); Professor John Anyanwu, former Lead Research Economist, African Development Bank; the late Professor Dora Akunyili, Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC); Sir Ademola Aladekomo, Founder and Chairman, the Lafferty Group; Professor Kingsley C. Moghalu, Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and the Founder of Sogato Strategies LLC; Mr. George Lewis, Chairman and Portfolio Manager, Royal Bank of Canada(RBC); Professor Melvin Ayogu, ACIB, Fellow, Mapungubwe Institute of Strategic Reflection, South Africa among others.

THE NATION reports that the Institute has set up an Implementation Supervisory Committee, chaired by Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, l Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc.

Other members of the Committee are Managing Director, Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM); Dr. Adaeze Udensi, Managing Director, Titan Trust Bank; Dr. Ozoemena Nnaji, Director, Trade and Exchange, Central Bank of Nigeria; Mr. Abubakar Bello, and Mr. Ekene Uzor, Special Assistant to the President on Banking and Strategy, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).JAMB Result

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