African Export–Import Bank bank. At the annual general meeting of the bank in Abuja, during which it also commemorated its 25th anniversary, Nigeria's minister of finance Kemi Adeosun was elected chairman of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the bank, taking over from Ndagijimana Uzziel, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Rwanda, who served as chairman since the previous annual general meeting held in Kigali in 2017. , the bank's shareholders, totaling 146, were divided into four categories: 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
African Continental Free Trade Area 8-9 March 2018 the African Union Ministers of Trade approved the draft. At the extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of the African Union on 21 March in Kigali the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area was signed, along with the Kigali Declaration and the Protocol of Free Movement. Other countries who signed the Kigali declaration, including South Africa and Namibia, are expected to sign the agreement during the AU summit in July. Negotiations will continue in 2018 with Phase II, including policies of investment, competition and intellectual property rights. On the January 2020 AU Assembly negotiations are envisaged