Kanayo Awani

**Kanayo Awani** is a Nigerian banking executive who currently serves as the Executive Vice President of the Intra-African Trade Bank, African Export-Import Bank. Awani n'ọkwa ọchịchị ya na Afreximbank nyere aka n'ịkwalite azụmaahịa na mmepụta ihe n'ime Afrịka, ọ rụọla ọrụ dị mkpa n'ịkwado atụmatụ dịka Mpaghara Azụmaahịa Na-enweghị Atụ nke Afrịka (AfCFTA). Awani has contributed to expanding the bank’s asset base and facilitating substantial trade financing across the Africa continent.

## Ihe omuma agụmakwụkwọ
Awani nwetara nzere bachelọ nke sayensị na Mahadum Naịjirịa. Ọ gụkwara akwụkwọ nzere Master nke nchịkwa ọha na eze na Harvard Kennedy School of Government, ebe e nyekwara ya onyinye Edward S. Mason Fellowship na amụma ọha na njikwa. O nwetala asambodo nduzi site na asambodo sitere na ụlọ ọrụ dị iche iche, gụnyere asambodo mmemme mgbanwe ndị isi site na INSEAD na 2014, na asambodo mmemme nduzi atụmatụ Oxford site na Said Business School na 2016. 

## Ọrụ

### Obodo
Awani malitere ọrụ ya na Citigroup dị na Naịjirịa n'afọ 1990, ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'ọtụtụ ọkwa dịka Ọrụ na Ọrụ Azụmaahịa, Ego Ụlọọrụ, na Ụlọọrụ Banyere Ego Ụlọọrụ. O mechara ruo n'ọkwa osote onyeisi oche na onye ndu nke Ngalaba Ụlọọrụ Mmepụta Ihe na Azụmaahịa, guzobe mmekọrịta azụmaahịa dị mkpa na ụlọ ọrụ dị iche iche ma na-edu ụlọ ọrụ obodo n'ọtụtụ ngalaba dị iche iche..

### Afreximbank
N'afọ 2009, Awani gafere na Afreximbank, dị ka onye enyemaka onye nduzi na azụmaahịa na alaka; ngalaba nke mesịrị ghọọ otu n'ime ngalaba kachasị baa uru na ụlọ akụ ahụ. Enyemaka ya bụ isi n'ịduzi atụmatụ ụlọ akụ ahụ na azụmaahịa na mmepụta ihe n'ime Afrịka. N'abalị iri na asatọ n'ọnwa Mee n'afọ 2016, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi nchịkwa nke Intra-African Trade Bank na African Export-Import Bank. N'oge ọ nọ n'ọkwa, nkwado ụlọ akụ ahụ maka mkparịta ụka AfCFTA kwụsịrị na nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta ahụ na Kigali site na mba 44 na Machị 2018.

Ọ lekọtara uto na azụmaahịa azụmaahịa n'ime Afrịka site na ihe dịka 3% na 2016 ruo 28% na ngwụcha 2021, ka ọ na-eme ka US $ 20 ijeri na azụmaịa na itinye ego. Ọ bụkwa onye ọsụ ụzọ na mmemme Intra-African Trade Champions, nke enyerela ụlọ ọrụ ndị isi Afrịka aka ịgbasa ọrụ ha gafee ókèala ma kwalite ngwaahịa "E mepụtara na Afrịka". Ọ bụ ike dị n'azụ okike na igbu nke Intra-African Trade Fair, na ihe omume na Cairo (2018) na Durban (2021) nke jikọtara ọnụ mepụta azụmahịa ruru 42 nke ijeri dollar.

#### Onye isi oche
Na 20 June 2022, Afreximbank Board họpụtara Awani ka ọ bụrụ osote onye isi oche nke Intra-African Trade Bank na Afreximbank. O guzobere ogige mmepụta ihe, Mpaghara Nhazi Mbupụ, nkwekọrịta nke ụkpụrụ maka ọgwụ na ọgwụgwọ n'oge ọrịa COVID-19, mmepe nke African Collaborative Transit Guarantee Scheme iji mee ka azụmahịa gafee ókèala dị mfe, na mmalite nke Creative Africa Nexus, ụlọ ọrụ nwere $ 1 ijeri iji kwado ngalaba dị iche iche. N'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 2023, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi kọmitii nke ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ihe gbasara ụwa.  

## Nkwado
Onyinye Awani enwetala nkwado ya n'ofe ngalaba ego na mmepe. MIPAD sọpụrụ ya dị ka onye 100 kachasị nwee mmetụta nke ndị Afrịka na 2020,  ma bụrụ onye a ma ama n'etiti ụmụ nwanyị Naijiria 100 .  N'afọ 2023, edepụtara ya n'etiti TOP 50 Forbes Africa Women.

## Onyinye

* Nzukọ Ụlọ Ọrụ Ego nke Africa; Onyinye Onye Ndú Nwanyị (2022) 
* Ihe nrite Africa Economy Builders Forum (2023) 
* African Diaspora Advisory Board Global Woman Award .  

## Edemsibia

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