Afreximbank and First Bank of Nigeria(FBN) have signed a 200 million dollar facility agreement for financing the needs of FBN’s numerous clients.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the signing took place at the ongoing 31st Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2024) in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Friday.
The meetings are being monitored by the NAN.
The facility will finance the needs of FBN’s numerous clients engaged in oil and gas and energy, manufacturing, telecommunications and associated infrastructure projects.
The parties who signed the agreement included Olusegun Alebiosu, Acting CEO, FBN, Awani Kanayo, Executive Vice-President, Intra-African Trade Bank (IATB), Afreximbank, and Viswanathan Shankar, CEO, Gateway Partners on behalf of African Credit Opportunity Fund.
The 31 AAM2024 is being held in Nassau, The Bahamas, from June 12 to June 15, with the theme: ‘Owning our Destiny: Economic Prosperity on the Platform of Global Africa”, NAN reports.
The AAM is taking place alongside the 3rd editio
n of the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2024).
Source: News Agency of Nigeria