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By Kingsley Ani<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), George Elombi, recently met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to advance collaboration on industrialisation, value addition and sustainable economic growth. During the meeting, Tinubu urged Afreximbank to intensify mobilisation of Africa’s resources to drive industrial development, strengthen value chains and create jobs across the continent. Reaffirming the bank’s commitment, Elombi outlined Afreximbank’s investments in Nigeria, including the Industrial Platform Remo Free Zone, the US$2 billion cotton and garment programme, the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and the Kano-Maradi Railway. He stated: “We can only trade what we produce. We also think that this production is what will create the wealth, not the handouts that we get from outside.” The meeting also reinforced Afreximbank’s support for expanding the African Medical Centre of Excellence and Nigeria’s preparations to host the CANEX Weekend 2026 and the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2027 in Lagos.<\/p>\n

DECISION HIGHLIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

The engagement reinforces a shared strategy that places productive investment, industrial capacity and regional value-chain development at the centre of Nigeria’s and Africa’s long-term economic transformation.<\/p>\n

DECISION MEMO <\/strong><\/p>\n

The meeting signals a convergence between national economic policy and continental development finance. Rather than prioritising commodity exports, both the federal government and Afreximbank are increasingly emphasising industrial production as the foundation for sustainable trade, employment and economic resilience.<\/p>\n

Elombi’s emphasis on production over external assistance reflects a broader shift in African development thinking towards domestic value addition and manufacturing competitiveness. Afreximbank’s investment portfolio in industrial infrastructure, healthcare, transport and manufacturing illustrates a financing model that seeks to build productive assets capable of supporting regional trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).<\/p>\n

The planned hosting of CANEX Weekend 2026 and the Intra-African Trade Fair 2027 further strengthens Nigeria’s positioning as a platform for continental commerce and investment promotion. If matched by sustained execution, the combination of infrastructure finance, industrial projects and trade facilitation could deepen Nigeria’s role within Africa’s evolving production and export ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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