Shareholders of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) appointed Dr. Benedict Oramah to be the next President of the continental multilateral trade finance institution, making him the third President to serve the Bank since its establishment in 1993. Dr. Oramah's appointments was one of the key decisions taken during the Bank's 22nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders which took place in Lusaka. Dr. Oramah takes over from Jean-Louis Ekra, who has been the Bank's chief executive officer since 2005.

Mr. Ekra was preceded in the post by Christopher Edordu, the pioneer President of the Bank. Also, Dr. Denny Kalyalya, Governor of the Bank of Zambia, was elected Chairman of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, replacing Marcelin Agaya, Vice Minister for the Economy of Gabon, who had held the chairmanship since the last Annual General Meeting held in Libreville in 2014.