CANEX WKND 2026: Afreximbank projects $1bn capital raise from investors

By Faheem Lawal
Afreximbank’s Executive Vice President for Intra-African Trade and Export Development, Kanayo Awani, has said the bank expects at least $1 billion in capital to be raised from prospective investors by the time the Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX WKND 2026) ends on Sunday.
Awani spoke to journalists on Friday on the sidelines of the CANEX Summit at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts (National Theatre), Lagos.
She said the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) facilitated about $540 million in trade and investment deals at the 2024 edition in Algiers, Algeria, which was then regarded as a remarkable feat. She added that she was confident Lagos would s...