Benedict Okechukwu “Okey” Oramah, A yaa Nigeri wã naaba, sẽn dog yʋʋmd 1961 tʋʋlg rasem 24 wã. A yaa Nigeriya tẽnga naaba, la a yaa Afrɩka wã sẽn boond tɩ Afreximbank (African Export-Import Bank) taoor soab. A yaa Afrɩka wã sẽn boond tɩ Afrɩka ra-kãnga wã taoor soaba yʋʋmd 2015 la a lebg n yaa a yiib-n-soaba yʋʋm 2020. A yaa Kamerõ ned sẽn yaa a George Elombi sẽn zĩnd yʋʋm 2025 soabã kiuug rasem 28 soabã.^[1]

Biography

A Benedict Okechukwu Oramah dogame yʋʋmd 1961 t'a wa rog a Zezi sẽn yaa a Zezi naab a Lazarus A. la a Francisca U. Oramah wã, Ahoada, sẽn be Nigeri soolmẽ wã. A yaa bi-ribl a naas sʋka, a yao soaba.^[2]

A Oramah kẽnga ra-kãnga sẽn yaa b sẽn boond tɩ Merchants of Light School sẽn be Oba wã, n yaool n paam a Bachelor Degree Agricultural Economics wã Ibadan University wã yʋʋmd 1983. Rẽ poore, a paama a magisterã la a doktorã a filosofi wã n paas a karẽn-biisã karẽn-soaba karẽn-biigã. A Oramah paama a Columbia Business School sẽn be New York wã sẽn paam a taoor lʋɩtb sorã sɛbã.^[3]

Yʋʋmd 2018 wã, a paama a naam tɩ b yaa tẽn-tẽngã raab la ligdã profesɛɛr Adeleke Yuniõasɛɛr sẽn be Nizɛɛrã pʋgẽ wã.^[4]

a tuuma

A Oramah sɩng a karẽn-biis tʋʋmd Nigeri wã sẽn boond tɩ Export-Import Bank wã (NEXIM) yʋʋmd 1992 wã, a sẽn yaa tʋʋm-tʋmdb sõngo.^[5]

Yʋʋmd 1994 wã, a kẽnga Afrɩka Export-Import Bank pʋgẽ, n lebg a tʋmtʋmdbã sʋka. A zĩnda Afreximbank tʋʋm toor-toor pʋgẽ, a sẽn yɩ karen-bi-poak taoor soaba, taoor soab sõngo yʋʋmd 1998 wã, taoor soab pʋɩɩre yʋʋmd 2001 wã, la taoor soab sẽn yaa siglgã siglgã taoor soaba yʋʋmd 2004. A paama taoor soaba yʋʋm 2007 la a lebg tʋʋm-naabã taoor soaba, la a lebg siglgã taoor lʋɩtb sull ning sẽn geta tʋʋm-naands wɛɛngẽ la tʋʋm-naaba wɛɛngẽ yʋʋm 2008.

A yaa a Jean-Louis Ekra sẽn yaa Afreximbank taoor soab a tãab soaba yʋʋm 2015 tʋʋlg kiuug rasem 13. A sẽn lebg n yãk yʋʋm a y^[6]

A sẽn lʋɩt a taoorã, Afreximbank lebga sull sull sẽn naag ne Bankã, a sull sẽn yaa a fondã siglgã, a Fondã sẽn get b sẽn na n yiisd b teedã Afrɩka (FEDA) la a siglgã siglgã siglg siglgã, AfrexInsure. Yaa sull ning sẽn tar tʋʋm-kãsems wʋsg la tʋʋm-kãsenga, wala MANSA, sẽn yaa zĩ-gũud sẽn get Afrɩka neb sẽn get b sẽn segd n maan bũmbu, la Afrika fãa sẽn get bẽedã la b sẽn maand bẽedbã (PAPSS), la Afrika fãa siglgã (CANEX), la Afrɩka fãa sẽn get bãagã (AMCE), la Afrɩɩka fãa sẽn beẽ wã tigis-kãsemsã (IATF), la Afrika wã sẽn get b yelle. A sẽn wa n be a naamã sasa, b sẽn tall ligd n paasã yɩɩd milyõ 5 yʋʋmd 2015 wã n ta milyõ 37 yʋʋmd 2023 wã.^[7].

a meng viim

Oramah is married to Mrs. Chinelo Oramah. They have three daughters.^[8]

Dɩtaarã taoor lʋɩtb sull

A Oramah zãada taoor-sobendã tʋʋm la a taoor lʋɩtb sull tʋʋm wʋsg siglgã la a tʋʋm zĩis wʋsgo.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA)
Chairman of the Management Board of Directors of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS)
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Arab-Africa Trade Bridges (AATB),
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund,
Board member of the Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa (SDGCA),
Member, Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO).
Member of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) Advisory Council,
Member of the Practitioners Advisory Board of the Institute for Trade and Innovation (IfTI) at Offenburg University, Germany
Board member of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA)
Member of the Emerging Markets Advisory Council of the Institute of International Finance (IIF-EMAC).^[9]
Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration (ICA) and the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

Kũun-kãsems la waoogre

A Oramah paama waoogre a sẽn kõ tʋʋm-kãsemsã la Afirik raab wɛɛngẽ, sẽn tar n paas.

2024 Mohammed S. Barkindo Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Energy Week Awards
2024 Financial Leadership Award by the Africa Prosperity Network
2023, Forbes Africa magazine Person of The Year award
2023 "Business Leader of the Year" at CNBC Africa’s 11th All Africa Business Leaders Awards
2017 and 2022 "African Banker of the Year" by the African Bankers’ Magazine.
2022 Margaret Herz Demant Award for African Art by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
2019 to 2022 - Oramah has been listed as one of the 100 most influential Africans by New African Magazine
Top 100 Influential Africans by Jeune Afrique magazine for multiple years since 2017.
He also holds honorary doctorates from the Obafemi Awolowo University and Nnamdi Azikiwe University^[10]

Tʋʋm nins b sẽn yiisdã

A Path to Making Africa Great Again, New York University and Afreximbank, 2018

Foundations of Structured Trade Finance, Wilmington, Ark Group Ltd., London, 2015

Potentials for Diversifying Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports to Non-Traditional Markets, Research Report 68, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, November 1997

Sebtiise

neda
Sex or gender	male
Country of citizenship	Nigeria
Date of birth	24 Sẽoog kiuugu 1961
Occupation	banker, economist
Employer	African Export-Import Bank
Position held	chairperson
Participant in	African Economic Conference 2020

[1] ttps://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/185425-nigerian-emerges-african-export-import-bank-president.html?tztc=1

[2] ttps://www.theafricareport.com/241726/afreximbanks-benedict-oramah-the-ratings-agencies-looked-down-on-us/

[3] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_Brothers_Ltd

[4] ttps://www.afreximbank.com/president-oramah-decorated-professor-of-international-trade-and-finance/

[5] ttps://www.weforum.org/people/benedict-oramah/

[6] ttps://www.africanlawbusiness.com/news/13517-oramah-re-elected-as-afreximbank-president

[7] ttps://www.afreximbank.com/afreximbank-delivers-strong-financial-results-for-the-nine-months-ended-30-september-2024-surpassing-prior-years-performance-despite-a-challenging-operating-environment/

[8] ttps://www.theafricareport.com/241726/afreximbanks-benedict-oramah-the-ratings-agencies-looked-down-on-us/

[9] ttps://gabi.unglobalcompact.org/node/216

[10] ttps://sunnewsonline.com/day-unizik-honoured-dangote-oramah-others-at-convocation/

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