Mr Zekarias Amsalu
Africa Fintech Summit
Co-Founder
Unleashing Digital Banking & Payment Systems to Drive Growth
Data-Driven: Unleashing Africa’s Economic Potential
One of the Global Top 100 Most Influential Person of African Descent under 40(MIPAD) for 2018 under Business & Entrepreneurship, Zekarias is the Founder & MD of Ibex Frontier LLC, Route-to-Africa-market consultancy firm based in Washington DC with a presence and partnerships in Europe & Africa. With his global experience across three continents and deeper local expertise in East Africa, Zekarias provides premier transaction Advisory & route-to-African-market consultancy services.
Zekarias is also a Co-Founder & Co-organiser of the premier Africa fintech Summit, a bi-annual summit that takes place in Washington DC and one African city every year. A thought-leader providing deeper insights into investable opportunities in Africa, Zekarias has been featured on various international media outlets including Forbes Africa, CNN, CGTN, Digest Africa, Africa News Agency and CGTN, among others.
Zekarias is a Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) and an MBA Graduate of Oxford Brookes University in the UK and lives in Virginia, USA splitting his time with frequent travel to the Continent.
Africa Fintech Summit
Co-Founder
Unleashing Digital Banking & Payment Systems to Drive Growth
Data-Driven: Unleashing Africa’s Economic Potential
One of the Global Top 100 Most Influential Person of African Descent under 40(MIPAD) for 2018 under Business & Entrepreneurship, Zekarias is the Founder & MD of Ibex Frontier LLC, Route-to-Africa-market consultancy firm based in Washington DC with a presence and partnerships in Europe & Africa. With his global experience across three continents and deeper local expertise in East Africa, Zekarias provides premier transaction Advisory & route-to-African-market consultancy services.
Zekarias is also a Co-Founder & Co-organiser of the premier Africa fintech Summit, a bi-annual summit that takes place in Washington DC and one African city every year. A thought-leader providing deeper insights into investable opportunities in Africa, Zekarias has been featured on various international media outlets including Forbes Africa, CNN, CGTN, Digest Africa, Africa News Agency and CGTN, among others.
Zekarias is a Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) and an MBA Graduate of Oxford Brookes University in the UK and lives in Virginia, USA splitting his time with frequent travel to the Continent.
Mr. Admassu Tadesse
Trade and Development Bank
TDB Group President and Managing Director
Strategic Infrastructure Investment: Sustaining Growth
Trade and Development Bank
TDB Group President and Managing Director
Strategic Infrastructure Investment: Sustaining Growth
Mr. Jason Jones
Grid Intergration and Project Engineering
Senior Vice President
Jason is an industrious, resourceful, and dedicated family man and professional. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering, energy, and entrepreneurship. Jason has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University at Buffalo. Over his career, he has held various engineering and management roles. Through these roles, he has experiences in manufacturing, electric utility system operations, and design, all phases of products and projects lifecycles. Over Jason’s 20+ year career, he has served in many roles, starting as a Controls Engineer to currently as a Senior Vice President of Project Engineering and Grid Integration.
Grid Intergration and Project Engineering
Senior Vice President
Jason is an industrious, resourceful, and dedicated family man and professional. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering, energy, and entrepreneurship. Jason has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University at Buffalo. Over his career, he has held various engineering and management roles. Through these roles, he has experiences in manufacturing, electric utility system operations, and design, all phases of products and projects lifecycles. Over Jason’s 20+ year career, he has served in many roles, starting as a Controls Engineer to currently as a Senior Vice President of Project Engineering and Grid Integration.
Mr. Othmane Kotari
Metis Investment Partners
Managing Director
Othmane Kotari based in Casablanca, Morocco, is Managing Director of Metis Investment Partners a global independent investment bank. He advises investor in Morocco and all over the continent. He is a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group where he advises clients on investment and growth strategy in Morocco and across North Africa. Mr. Kotari brings over a 18 years of investment experience in the region.
Mr. Kotari previously served as Managing Director for the investment department at the Moroccan Investment Development Agency. During his time with the agency, he worked to attract foreign direct investment across a range of sectors and advised the Moroccan government on investment policy and strategy.
Prior to MIDA, Mr. Kotari spent more than a decade in investment banking in Paris and New York where he was the head of an M&A team at Deutsche Bank, originating and executing mergers and acquisitions advisory mandates across EMEA region
Mr. Kotari holds an M.I.B from Paris Dauphine University and an M.Sc. from the Institut d’Études Politique and attended Columbia Business School in New York. He is fluent in French, Arabic, and English.
Metis Investment Partners
Managing Director
Othmane Kotari based in Casablanca, Morocco, is Managing Director of Metis Investment Partners a global independent investment bank. He advises investor in Morocco and all over the continent. He is a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group where he advises clients on investment and growth strategy in Morocco and across North Africa. Mr. Kotari brings over a 18 years of investment experience in the region.
Mr. Kotari previously served as Managing Director for the investment department at the Moroccan Investment Development Agency. During his time with the agency, he worked to attract foreign direct investment across a range of sectors and advised the Moroccan government on investment policy and strategy.
Prior to MIDA, Mr. Kotari spent more than a decade in investment banking in Paris and New York where he was the head of an M&A team at Deutsche Bank, originating and executing mergers and acquisitions advisory mandates across EMEA region
Mr. Kotari holds an M.I.B from Paris Dauphine University and an M.Sc. from the Institut d’Études Politique and attended Columbia Business School in New York. He is fluent in French, Arabic, and English.
Ms. Abigail Hunter
SAFE Center for Critical Minerals Strategy
Director, International Affairs & Partnerships
Critical Minerals – The Crucial Components
Abigail Hunter is the Executive Director of SAFE’s Ambassador Alfred Hoffman Jr. Center for Critical Minerals Strategy. Previously, Abigail served as Director of International Affairs and Partnerships at SAFE.
Before joining SAFE, Hunter headed federal government affairs for Quebec as the senior attachée in Washington, D.C. Her mandate focused on the bilateral energy, environment, and trade relationship. Hunter started her career at the National Governors Association, where she led the association’s international work.
Hunter completed her Masters in Sustainable Energy at Johns Hopkins SAIS. She received her Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University with a double major in International Management and Managing for Sustainability.
SAFE Center for Critical Minerals Strategy
Director, International Affairs & Partnerships
Critical Minerals – The Crucial Components
Abigail Hunter is the Executive Director of SAFE’s Ambassador Alfred Hoffman Jr. Center for Critical Minerals Strategy. Previously, Abigail served as Director of International Affairs and Partnerships at SAFE.
Before joining SAFE, Hunter headed federal government affairs for Quebec as the senior attachée in Washington, D.C. Her mandate focused on the bilateral energy, environment, and trade relationship. Hunter started her career at the National Governors Association, where she led the association’s international work.
Hunter completed her Masters in Sustainable Energy at Johns Hopkins SAIS. She received her Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University with a double major in International Management and Managing for Sustainability.
Mr. Carl Peterson
Charter Cities Institute
Senior Manager, Special Projects
Cities – Delivering Now to and For the People of the Future
Charter Cities Institute
Senior Manager, Special Projects
Cities – Delivering Now to and For the People of the Future
Ms. British Robinson
Prosper Africa
Coordinator
Prosper Africa: Leveraging Innovation, Technology and Collaboration to Transform U.S.- Africa Trade
Ms. British A. Robinson serves as the Coordinator for Prosper Africa, a U.S. Presidential, national security initiative aimed at strengthening the strategic and economic partnership with African countries. She collaborates closely with the White House National Security Council and 17 U.S. federal agencies to forge partnerships with the private sector and government leaders.
Robinson began her career in government at the U.S. Department of State working on the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) as Deputy Coordinator/Director of Private Sector Engagement. She also worked with the U.S. Jesuit Conference as National Director of the Office of Social and International Ministries, where she managed their socially responsible investing program. Most recently she served as President & CEO of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.
She holds a master’s degree in government from Johns Hopkins University, a bachelor’s degree in public policy and business administration from George Washington University, and an honorary doctorate from Fairfield University.
Prosper Africa
Coordinator
Prosper Africa: Leveraging Innovation, Technology and Collaboration to Transform U.S.- Africa Trade
Ms. British A. Robinson serves as the Coordinator for Prosper Africa, a U.S. Presidential, national security initiative aimed at strengthening the strategic and economic partnership with African countries. She collaborates closely with the White House National Security Council and 17 U.S. federal agencies to forge partnerships with the private sector and government leaders.
Robinson began her career in government at the U.S. Department of State working on the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) as Deputy Coordinator/Director of Private Sector Engagement. She also worked with the U.S. Jesuit Conference as National Director of the Office of Social and International Ministries, where she managed their socially responsible investing program. Most recently she served as President & CEO of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.
She holds a master’s degree in government from Johns Hopkins University, a bachelor’s degree in public policy and business administration from George Washington University, and an honorary doctorate from Fairfield University.
Mr Bertrand Boulle
Jean Boulle Group
President
Critical Minerals – The Crucial Components
Closing Ceremony
Jean Raymond Boulle, founder of the Jean Boulle Group, was one of the first African representatives to engage the U.S. during the establishment of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which remains at the centre of U.S. economic policy and commercial engagement with Africa.
The Jean Boulle Group has a strong track record of investing in commercial projects and non-profit causes since its foundation in 1996. It has completed over US$5 billion of corporate transactions and stock exchange listings and is today engaged in the Mining, MedTech, Therapeutics, Energy, Agriculture and Luxury sectors.
Mr. Boulle leads co-investment alongside nation states, sovereign pension funds and World Bank entities to discover, evaluate and develop new enterprises and commercial projects which generate social and environmental benefits. He founded Diamond Fields Resources Inc, , America Mineral Fields Inc and Titanium Resources Group Ltd; four publicly traded companies with deposits of nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc, titanium and diamonds.
He has maintained a longstanding involvement with the Corporate Council on Africa (‘CCA’) since it was established in 1993 to promote business and investment between the United States and the nations of Africa. In 2024 he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the CCA.
Mr. Boulle was also awarded Sierra Leone’s highest order of merit – Commander of the Order of the Rokel – by His Excellency Alhadji Ahmad Tejan, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, in recognition of the contribution that Mr Boulle has made to the country and people of Sierra Leone over 30 years.
Jean Boulle Group
President
Critical Minerals – The Crucial Components
Closing Ceremony
Jean Raymond Boulle, founder of the Jean Boulle Group, was one of the first African representatives to engage the U.S. during the establishment of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which remains at the centre of U.S. economic policy and commercial engagement with Africa.
The Jean Boulle Group has a strong track record of investing in commercial projects and non-profit causes since its foundation in 1996. It has completed over US$5 billion of corporate transactions and stock exchange listings and is today engaged in the Mining, MedTech, Therapeutics, Energy, Agriculture and Luxury sectors.
Mr. Boulle leads co-investment alongside nation states, sovereign pension funds and World Bank entities to discover, evaluate and develop new enterprises and commercial projects which generate social and environmental benefits. He founded Diamond Fields Resources Inc, , America Mineral Fields Inc and Titanium Resources Group Ltd; four publicly traded companies with deposits of nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc, titanium and diamonds.
He has maintained a longstanding involvement with the Corporate Council on Africa (‘CCA’) since it was established in 1993 to promote business and investment between the United States and the nations of Africa. In 2024 he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the CCA.
Mr. Boulle was also awarded Sierra Leone’s highest order of merit – Commander of the Order of the Rokel – by His Excellency Alhadji Ahmad Tejan, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, in recognition of the contribution that Mr Boulle has made to the country and people of Sierra Leone over 30 years.
Mr. Channa Kurukulasuriya
Chevron
Country Manager, Chevron Namibia
Channa Kurukulasuriya is Chevron’s country manager for Namibia, a position he
assumed in in 2022. He is responsible for Chevron’s upstream business in the country.
Channa has worked in Chevron for 27 years and has held roles in the downstream,
midstream, and upstream organizations. Channa has had resident assignments, largely
in Business Development and Commercial roles, in Sri Lanka, Singapore, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. Prior to joining Chevron, Channa
worked in Investment Banking.
In his most recent role, Channa was the country manager for Suriname, responsible for
Chevron’s upstream operations in the Country.
Chevron
Country Manager, Chevron Namibia
Channa Kurukulasuriya is Chevron’s country manager for Namibia, a position he
assumed in in 2022. He is responsible for Chevron’s upstream business in the country.
Channa has worked in Chevron for 27 years and has held roles in the downstream,
midstream, and upstream organizations. Channa has had resident assignments, largely
in Business Development and Commercial roles, in Sri Lanka, Singapore, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. Prior to joining Chevron, Channa
worked in Investment Banking.
In his most recent role, Channa was the country manager for Suriname, responsible for
Chevron’s upstream operations in the Country.
Ms Anne Aliker
Standard Advisory London Limited
Group Head - Client Coverage CIB
Future of U.S .- Africa Trade and Investment: AGOA and Beyond
Anne has over 30 years experience in financial services in domestic and global banks, covering investment banking strategy and roles in transactions that leverage the full suite of investment banking solutions. A Ugandan now based in the UK, Anne currently leads specialised sector teams across the 20 markets in which Standard Bank operates. These are positioned to provide industry knowledge and insight across a range of sectors, working with the Investment Banking, Global Markets and Transactional Products and Services business units. Anne has substantial experience as a Non-Executive Director including membership of the Investment Committee at a Private Equity firm.
Standard Advisory London Limited
Group Head - Client Coverage CIB
Future of U.S .- Africa Trade and Investment: AGOA and Beyond
Anne has over 30 years experience in financial services in domestic and global banks, covering investment banking strategy and roles in transactions that leverage the full suite of investment banking solutions. A Ugandan now based in the UK, Anne currently leads specialised sector teams across the 20 markets in which Standard Bank operates. These are positioned to provide industry knowledge and insight across a range of sectors, working with the Investment Banking, Global Markets and Transactional Products and Services business units. Anne has substantial experience as a Non-Executive Director including membership of the Investment Committee at a Private Equity firm.
Ms. Deniece Laurent-Matney
Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Executive Director, President's Advisory Council on African Disapora Engagement in the United States (PAC-ADE)
African Diaspora: The X Factor
Deniece Laurent-Mantey serves as the Executive Director of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States and the senior State Department representative for the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit. From April 2021 – February 2023 she served as the Director for Africa at the White House National Security Council where she led over 18 U.S. government agencies and coordinated with various stakeholders to execute President Biden’s priorities for the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and was the policy architect behind the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement. Laurent-Mantey led efforts to help generate $15 billion to support trade and investment across Africa, and a $55 billion commitment to advance U.S.- Africa shared priorities. Under her guidance, the White House launched the $800 million Digital Transformation with Africa initiative. Since 2008, Laurent-Mantey has served on the Secretary of State’s policy planning staff, held the position of Acting Deputy Director and Desk Officer in the Bureau of African Affairs, served as Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry, and worked as a Staff Assistant and intern in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science; the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; and the Bureau of African Affairs from 2008-2012. Laurent-Mantey is the recipient of two Department of State Superior Honor Awards and two Meritorious Honor Awards. She was named one of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in 2018. She has an MA in African Studies and Public Policy from Howard University and a BA in International Relations from Syracuse University.
Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Executive Director, President's Advisory Council on African Disapora Engagement in the United States (PAC-ADE)
African Diaspora: The X Factor
Deniece Laurent-Mantey serves as the Executive Director of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States and the senior State Department representative for the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit. From April 2021 – February 2023 she served as the Director for Africa at the White House National Security Council where she led over 18 U.S. government agencies and coordinated with various stakeholders to execute President Biden’s priorities for the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and was the policy architect behind the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement. Laurent-Mantey led efforts to help generate $15 billion to support trade and investment across Africa, and a $55 billion commitment to advance U.S.- Africa shared priorities. Under her guidance, the White House launched the $800 million Digital Transformation with Africa initiative. Since 2008, Laurent-Mantey has served on the Secretary of State’s policy planning staff, held the position of Acting Deputy Director and Desk Officer in the Bureau of African Affairs, served as Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry, and worked as a Staff Assistant and intern in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science; the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; and the Bureau of African Affairs from 2008-2012. Laurent-Mantey is the recipient of two Department of State Superior Honor Awards and two Meritorious Honor Awards. She was named one of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in 2018. She has an MA in African Studies and Public Policy from Howard University and a BA in International Relations from Syracuse University.
Dr. Zainab Usman
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Senior Fellow and Director, Africa Program
Special Economic Zones: Linking Africa to Regional and Global Supply Chains
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Senior Fellow and Director, Africa Program
Special Economic Zones: Linking Africa to Regional and Global Supply Chains
Hon. Hon. Eric Meyer
U.S Department of the Treasury
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa and Middle East
Unleashing Digital Banking & Payment Systems to Drive Growth
U.S Department of the Treasury
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa and Middle East
Unleashing Digital Banking & Payment Systems to Drive Growth
Hon. Hon. Doris Uzoka-Anite
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry
Future of U.S .- Africa Trade and Investment: AGOA and Beyond
Invest in Nigeria
Special Economic Zones: Linking Africa to Regional and Global Supply Chains
Description automatically generated Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite obtained her First School Leaving Certificate in 1984 at State Primary School, Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria, and her West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at Ilupeju College, Ilupeju, in June 1989. She proceeded to obtain a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the prestigious University of Benin in March 1999. She attended several trainings, including the University of Oxford (Oxford Fintech Program 2019), Oxford Algorithmic Trading Program, Advanced Risk and Portfolio Mgt Institute (ARPM), and London Academy of Trading. She was admitted to TRIUM (New York University, Stern School of Business, HEC Paris, London School of Economics and Political Science) in 2021. She also holds the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter.
Other professional developments include Fixed Income Derivatives by Citibank, London, Advanced FX Options Strategies- Goldman Sachs, London, Coaching and Mentoring at the London Business School, and Human Resource Management at the Lagos Business School.
She is involved in several Presidential committees such as Secretary, Presidential Economic Committee, Secretary, Presidential Food Security Council, Member, Presidential Strategy Team, Member of the National Economy Subcommittee, Policy Advisory Council, Member of the Independent Presidential Campaign Council, Member, Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Tax Reforms.
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry
Future of U.S .- Africa Trade and Investment: AGOA and Beyond
Invest in Nigeria
Special Economic Zones: Linking Africa to Regional and Global Supply Chains
Description automatically generated Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite obtained her First School Leaving Certificate in 1984 at State Primary School, Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria, and her West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at Ilupeju College, Ilupeju, in June 1989. She proceeded to obtain a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the prestigious University of Benin in March 1999. She attended several trainings, including the University of Oxford (Oxford Fintech Program 2019), Oxford Algorithmic Trading Program, Advanced Risk and Portfolio Mgt Institute (ARPM), and London Academy of Trading. She was admitted to TRIUM (New York University, Stern School of Business, HEC Paris, London School of Economics and Political Science) in 2021. She also holds the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter.
Other professional developments include Fixed Income Derivatives by Citibank, London, Advanced FX Options Strategies- Goldman Sachs, London, Coaching and Mentoring at the London Business School, and Human Resource Management at the Lagos Business School.
She is involved in several Presidential committees such as Secretary, Presidential Economic Committee, Secretary, Presidential Food Security Council, Member, Presidential Strategy Team, Member of the National Economy Subcommittee, Policy Advisory Council, Member of the Independent Presidential Campaign Council, Member, Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Tax Reforms.
Hon. Alice Albright
Millennium Challenge Corporation
CEO
Celebrating 20 Years of MCC in Africa
Strategic Infrastructure Investment: Sustaining Growth
Alice P. Albright is the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation where she provides strategic leadership and vision to the agency helping deliver on programmatic priorities. Ms. Albright has more than 30 years of international experience in the private, non-profit and public sectors.
Prior to MCC, Ms. Albright served as the CEO of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). As a political appointee of the Obama Administration, between 2009 and 2013, she was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). Beforehand, she was the Chief Financial and Investment Officer for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI). Prior to working in international development and government, Ms. Albright was a banker focusing on emerging markets, working principally at J.P. Morgan.
Millennium Challenge Corporation
CEO
Celebrating 20 Years of MCC in Africa
Strategic Infrastructure Investment: Sustaining Growth
Alice P. Albright is the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation where she provides strategic leadership and vision to the agency helping deliver on programmatic priorities. Ms. Albright has more than 30 years of international experience in the private, non-profit and public sectors.
Prior to MCC, Ms. Albright served as the CEO of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). As a political appointee of the Obama Administration, between 2009 and 2013, she was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). Beforehand, she was the Chief Financial and Investment Officer for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI). Prior to working in international development and government, Ms. Albright was a banker focusing on emerging markets, working principally at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Okechukwu Ihejirika
Africa Export Import Bank
Chief Operating Officer, Carribean
Future of U.S .- Africa Trade and Investment: AGOA and Beyond
Special Economic Zones: Linking Africa to Regional and Global Supply Chains
Okechukwu Ihejirika, is the Ag. Chief Operating Officer, Caribbean Office at the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank. Afreximbank is the foremost pan-African multilateral financial institution devoted to financing and promoting intra- and extra-African trade. The Bank was established in October 1993 by African governments, African private and institutional investors, and non-African investors, and has now extended coverage to the Caribbean region following the recognition of the Diaspora as the 6th region of the African Union. Prior to his current role, he was the Head Trade Services unit of the Bank, a position he held for about 8 years.
Okechukwu has more than 20 years banking experience with specific focus on Trade finance. Before joining Afreximbank in August 2015, Mr. Ihejirika held a number of senior Trade Finance positions in Nigerian banks, the last of which was, Head Trade Finance at Union bank of Nigeria.
He holds a Master of Business Administration- International business from the American Intercontinental University, and a Bachelor of Science- Actuarial Science and Insurance from Imo State University. He also holds a Certificate in International Trade and Finance from the Institute of Financial Services London, as well as being a Certified Documentary Credit Specialist, among other professional certifications.
He is also a member of the ICC Taskforce on Guarantees, as well as the digitization working group of the ICC. He is also one of the founding members of the African council of BAFT, where he also serves as the chair membership committee for African council and member of the global membership committee
Africa Export Import Bank
Chief Operating Officer, Carribean
Future of U.S .- Africa Trade and Investment: AGOA and Beyond
Special Economic Zones: Linking Africa to Regional and Global Supply Chains
Okechukwu Ihejirika, is the Ag. Chief Operating Officer, Caribbean Office at the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank. Afreximbank is the foremost pan-African multilateral financial institution devoted to financing and promoting intra- and extra-African trade. The Bank was established in October 1993 by African governments, African private and institutional investors, and non-African investors, and has now extended coverage to the Caribbean region following the recognition of the Diaspora as the 6th region of the African Union. Prior to his current role, he was the Head Trade Services unit of the Bank, a position he held for about 8 years.
Okechukwu has more than 20 years banking experience with specific focus on Trade finance. Before joining Afreximbank in August 2015, Mr. Ihejirika held a number of senior Trade Finance positions in Nigerian banks, the last of which was, Head Trade Finance at Union bank of Nigeria.
He holds a Master of Business Administration- International business from the American Intercontinental University, and a Bachelor of Science- Actuarial Science and Insurance from Imo State University. He also holds a Certificate in International Trade and Finance from the Institute of Financial Services London, as well as being a Certified Documentary Credit Specialist, among other professional certifications.
He is also a member of the ICC Taskforce on Guarantees, as well as the digitization working group of the ICC. He is also one of the founding members of the African council of BAFT, where he also serves as the chair membership committee for African council and member of the global membership committee
Ms. Joy Basu
U.S. Department of State
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Future of U.S .- Africa Trade and Investment: AGOA and Beyond
USG and Private Sector Programs to Support Women and Diaspora
U.S. Department of State
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Future of U.S .- Africa Trade and Investment: AGOA and Beyond
USG and Private Sector Programs to Support Women and Diaspora
