Korea Eximbank steps up financial diplomacy with 10 African nations

Hwang Ki-yeon, left, chairman and CEO of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank), shakes hands with Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe during a meeting on the sidelines of the 8th Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation Ministerial Conference in Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of Korea Eximbank Hwang Ki-yeon, chairman and CEO of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank), held a series of high-level meetings with officials from 10 African countries in Seoul to discuss development projects and ways to support Korean companies seeking to enter the continent's growing markets, the bank said Friday. The meetings were held on the sidelines of the 8th Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) Ministerial Conference, which brought together government delegations from 45 African countries. Hwang met with the vice president of Botswana and finance ministers from Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana, Egypt, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Sierra Leone on Wednesday and Thursday.