African Export–Import Bank African Export–Import Bank African Export–Import Bank, also referred to as Afreximbank, is an African financial institution, headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, whose primary objective is to promote and finance trade within the African continent and trade between Africa and other continents. The headquarters of Afreximbank is located at 72 (B) El Maahad El Eshteraky Street, Heliopolis, Cairo, the capital and largest city in Egypt. The bank maintains a branch office at 2 Gnassingbe Eyadema Street, Asokoro, Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. The bank's second branch office is located at Eastgate Building, Third Floor, North Wing, Gold Bridge, Harare, the capital
Abuja for Abuja came because of Lagos' population boom that made that city overcrowded and conditions squalid. As Lagos was already undergoing rapid economic development, the Nigerian regime felt the need to expand the economy towards the inner part of the country, and hence decided to move its capital to Abuja. The logic used was similar to the way Brazil planned its capital, Brasília. The decision to move to Abuja was made by General Murtala Mohammed in 1976. Construction started in the late 1970s but, due to economic and political instability, the initial stages of the city were not complete until