Mrs. Kanayo Awani is the Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development at Afreximbank. She is a seasoned banker having spent almost two decades with Citigroup in Nigeria in various capacities including Vice President and Head of Industrial & Commercial Corporates before joining Afreximbank in 2009. As the Executive Vice President, she provides strategic and operational leadership in implementing the Bank's Intra-African trade, industrialization and export development objectives, in support of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).