AFC appoints Samaila Zubairu as President

03 Jul 2018
Financial Nigeria

Summary

Zubairu was the pioneer chief financial officer for Dangote Cement Plc, and had led finance transactions worth over $3 billion; covering greenfield project finance facilities, acquisitions, corporate transformation initiatives, privatisation and equity and capital market transactions.

Samaila Zubairu

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), on Monday, 2 July, announced the appointment of Samaila D. Zubairu as the Corporation’s 3rd president and chief executive officer. He will succeed Andrew Alli who has served in the position since 2008.

Dr. Okwu Nnanna, Chairman of the AFC, stated that Zubairu’s appointment followed a six-month search process that saw over 100 candidates apply for the role.

According to the AFC, Zubairu was the pioneer chief financial officer for Dangote Cement Plc, and had led finance transactions worth over $3 billion; covering greenfield project finance facilities, acquisitions, corporate transformation initiatives, privatisation and equity and capital market transactions.

“On behalf of the corporation, I am delighted to welcome Zubairu to the AFC. In Samaila, we have identified an individual with the exceptional qualities across deal origination, execution, and capital raising that will continue to facilitate the AFC’s ability to deliver transformational change through infrastructure investment as it moves into a new era,”
Nnanna said.

The incoming President and CEO, Samaila Zubairu, commented on the announcement: “Africa Finance Corporation is one of the most dynamic organisations on the continent. In the last decade, we have seen the organisation grow its balance sheet by a remarkable 400 percent, produce competitive returns, whilst transforming African economies through innovative infrastructure development and financing. I am therefore immensely humbled by the distinct honour of this appointment to lead such a distinguished organisation”.

AFC is an investment-grade multilateral finance institution established in 2007 with an equity capital base of $1 billion to be the catalyst for private sector-led infrastructure investment across Africa. To date, the Corporation has invested approximately $4 billion in projects within 28 countries across North, East, West and Southern Africa.


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