The chef's chair at the Afreximbank headquarters in Cairo will be occupied by George Elombi, starting next September. He is the fourth personality at the head of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). George Elombi is committed in particular to boosting the valuation of the institution

George Elombi is currently Vice President Governance, Legal and Corporate Services. He was elected President on 28 June by the Bank's shareholders at the annual meetings in Abuja. He thus becomes the fourth personality at the helm of this pan-African financial institution focused on the private sector, succeeding the Nigerian Benedict Uramah, who was himself preceded by the Ivorian Jean Louis Ekra and the Nigerian Christopher

During his term of five years renewable once, he intends in particular to increase the Bank's valuation to 250 billion dollars over the next ten years and emphasize the trajectory taken by the bank in recent years. “As we look to the future, I see Afreximbank as a force for both industrializing Africa and restoring the dignity of Africans wherever they are. I will work to preserve this important asset,” he said