Prof Benedict Okey Oramah

**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.

## 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.

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.

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

### 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.

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

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..

### a meng viim
Oramah is married to Mrs. Chinelo Oramah. They have three daughters.

## 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).
* 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

## 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  

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