Afreximbank to open office in Barbados in July

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will open its offices in Barbados as the regional headquarters for the Caribbean and the Americas next month, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on Tuesday.

“It is a significant signal of confidence that they have chosen us to be that location from which to do the work,” she said of the bank’s decision.

Mottley was speaking during a tour with the European Commission’s Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans.

The tour included a visit to the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex, the HOPE housing project at Lancaster, St James, Six Men’s, St Peter and Walkers Reserve, St Andrew. (JB)