First Bank Adds Another Feather, Wins Another Award

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has won the Financial Institution of the Year Award at the African Export-Import Bank Pan African Business and Development Awards.

The ceremony marked the 30th anniversary of Afreximbank as it hosted the inaugural Pan-African Business and Development Awards in association with the Business Council for Africa, in Accra, Ghana.

A statement said the award bestowed on FirstBank was in recognition of the bank as an epitome of the Pan-African spirit, through its leading role in promoting trade and investment across the continent which have been instrumental to strengthening the economic and multilateral business relationship across nations.

Speaking on the awards, the Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, said, “We thank the organisers of the event for the recognition as it reinforces our commitment to promoting trade, finance and investment opportunities across borders which have been instrumental to the continued growth and development of the continent and the world.

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