Bank WIndhoek supports Afreximbank seminars
Bank Windhoek’s Chief Treasurer, Claire Hobbs, said the Bank is delighted to partner with Afreximbank in the Trade Finance Seminar and Workshop. “We look forward to learning, exchanging views and ideas with subject matter experts and seeing where we can collaborate since trade finance is a strategic focus for the Bank,” said Hobbs.
Bank Windhoek’s Head for Investment Banking, Gideon Vos, will be one of the panellists discussing the theme “Sustaining Financing for Oil and Gas Projects in Africa: A Case for New Discoveries in Namibia”. Since Tuesday, 5 November 2024, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been hosting a Trade Finance Seminar and Workshops (ATFS2024) at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek. This annual Seminar plays a leading role in equipping Africa’s financial institutions, bankers, regulatory agencies, corporations, and legal firms to meet the challenges of financing transactions amidst economic uncertainties. The event, which concluded on Thursday, 7 November 2024. Themed ‘Promoting African Trade in a World of Digital Solutions,’ looked at the impact of digitalisation on trade to enable the continent's trade practitioners, explored how to grow trade finance via shared African/International know-how and support Trade Finance practitioners with technical skills to navigate trade.
With Bank Windhoek as one of the sponsors, the event will also address critical trade finance trends tools and offer training in innovative strategies to bolster Africa’s trade ecosystem. The seminars hosted several world-class speakers and technical training workshops covering various topics. As a local financial service provider, Bank Windhoek has become a Trade Finance Intermediary for Namibian trade transactions due to its partnership with Afreximbank.
Headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, the African Export-Import Bank, or Afreximbank, is a pan-African supranational multilateral financial institution created in 1993 under the auspices of the African Development Bank. It is mandated to finance, facilitate, and promote intra- and extra-African trade. For over 30 years, the Bank has been deploying innovative instruments to deliver financing solutions that support the transformation of the structure of Africa’s trade, accelerating industrialisation and intra-regional trade and thereby boosting economic expansion in Africa.
Bank Windhoek’s Head for Investment Banking, Gideon Vos, will be one of the panellists discussing the theme “Sustaining Financing for Oil and Gas Projects in Africa: A Case for New Discoveries in Namibia”. Since Tuesday, 5 November 2024, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been hosting a Trade Finance Seminar and Workshops (ATFS2024) at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek. This annual Seminar plays a leading role in equipping Africa’s financial institutions, bankers, regulatory agencies, corporations, and legal firms to meet the challenges of financing transactions amidst economic uncertainties. The event, which concluded on Thursday, 7 November 2024. Themed ‘Promoting African Trade in a World of Digital Solutions,’ looked at the impact of digitalisation on trade to enable the continent's trade practitioners, explored how to grow trade finance via shared African/International know-how and support Trade Finance practitioners with technical skills to navigate trade.
With Bank Windhoek as one of the sponsors, the event will also address critical trade finance trends tools and offer training in innovative strategies to bolster Africa’s trade ecosystem. The seminars hosted several world-class speakers and technical training workshops covering various topics. As a local financial service provider, Bank Windhoek has become a Trade Finance Intermediary for Namibian trade transactions due to its partnership with Afreximbank.
Headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, the African Export-Import Bank, or Afreximbank, is a pan-African supranational multilateral financial institution created in 1993 under the auspices of the African Development Bank. It is mandated to finance, facilitate, and promote intra- and extra-African trade. For over 30 years, the Bank has been deploying innovative instruments to deliver financing solutions that support the transformation of the structure of Africa’s trade, accelerating industrialisation and intra-regional trade and thereby boosting economic expansion in Africa.
