The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to create a special financing window for projects that convert Africa's raw minerals into semi-finished and finished products.
"No more Nigerian bauxite, or Gabonese manganese, or Cameroonian bauxite, or South African bauxite, raw. We are not interested,"
Afreximbank's new president, George Elombi, announced this during his swearing-in ceremony, emphasizing a new era of domestic value addition and industrialization.
Author's summary: Afreximbank launches financing for Africa's mineral processing projects.