The
2019 COFIT cohort, joined by some Afreximbank staff members, during a
visit to the Bank’s Headquarters in Cairo
A
cohort of 11 African trade finance practitioners have embarked on the
2019 version of the Certificate of Finance in International Trade
(COFIT) offered by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in
collaboration with the FCI+IFG Union and the University of Malta.
The
2019 COFIT cohort will be the fourth for the programme which was
launched in 2016 with nine students. COFIT was developed to meet the
demands of the commercial world and to offer a platform from which
participants can increase their understanding of all aspects of
international trade, import-export business, finance of international
trade, supply chain finance and commercial finance (factoring,
invoice discounting and asset-based lending), among other areas.
COFIT
2019 is being delivered in English in four full-time modules of one
week each, with two weeks in Malta and two weeks in Cairo. The first
week to be delivered in Cairo began on Monday, 8 April 2018.
Afreximbank
offered partial scholarships of 50 per cent to five students from
African partner organizations to attend the programme to enable them
gain essential insight, awareness and understanding of international
trade, both for career development and for enhanced skills
development.
Participating
in the 2019 cohort from Afreximbank are Anthony Edordu of the Legal
Department; Leila Sebunya of the Credit Assessment Department;
Mohammed Salihu of the Client Relations Department; Benoit Messi of
the Trade Finance Department; Pamela Mensah of the Banking Operations
Department; and Ernest Ahiagbe, also of the Banking Operations
Department.
They
are joined by Nneka Elizabeth Oshobi of Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria;
Ambrose Binafiai, also of Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria; Fatima Tahwa of
Paper Place Ltd., Zimbabwe; Rebecca Folake Bank-Ola of Adeleke
University, Ede, Nigeria; and Farai Mutamangira of Mutamangira &
Associates Clairwood Chamber, Zimbabwe.
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