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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been announced the winner of the Debt Deal of the Year Award at the 14th Annual African Banker Awards 2020. The awards, which held virtually on Wednesday, recognized institutions and individuals driving growth and development in Africa and creating new economic opportunities for citizens and communities across the continent. The Debt Deal of the Year Award was granted to Afreximbank for a EUR 1 billion syndicated senior loan facility arranged with Credit Suisse for Nigeria’s Bank of Industry. The funds have supported the Bank of Industry’s (BoI) work expanding, diversifying and modernizing Nigeria’s industrial sector. Having originally been sized at EUR 750 million, the debt raising was successfully upsized to EUR 1 billion through a general...