Overview
African Export
Import Bank
African Export-Import Bank (the “Sponsor” or the “Bank) is a pan-African multilateral institution, established in 1993 by treaty entered into by African Sovereigns, and mandated to finance, facilitate and promote intra- and extra-African trade. For over 30 years, the Bank has deployed innovative instruments to deliver solutions that support the transformation of the structure of Africa’s trade, accelerating industrialisation and intra-regional trade, while boosting economic growth. The Bank has 54 participating African States and 12 participating Caribbean States.
Afreximbank is headquartered in Cairo, the capital of Arab Republic of Egypt with Six regional offices:
Abuja, Nigeria
West Africa Branch Office | AnglophoneAbidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
West Africa Branch Office | FrancophoneHarare, Zimbabwe
Southern Africa Branch OfficeKampala, Uganda
East Africa Branch OfficeYaounde, Cameroon
Central Africa Branch OfficeBridgetown, Barbados
Caribbean Office
Afreximbank, in pursuit of its mandate, launched the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) initiative, a product of the Bank’s strategic alliance with King’s College Hospital, London (“KCH”). Through the AMCE initiative, the Bank and KCH seek to develop Medical Centres of Excellence in Africa. The African Medical Centre of Excellence, Abuja, Nigeria (“AMCE Abuja”), is the first of these facilities that is being planned for development in specific African sub-regions to provide a range of specialist healthcare services to Africans. The project entails the development and operationalization of a tertiary level multi–specialty 500-bed hospital facility to serve the entire African continent, focusing on three core non-communicable diseases, including Oncology, Hematology, and Cardiology, in addition to training, research, and general medical and surgical services.
The AMCE Abuja is poised to establish Africa as a premier medical tourism destination, addressing the rising burden of non-communicable diseases, conserving and improving foreign exchange earnings, and curbing the exit of highly skilled medical professionals.
AMCE Abuja also represents a significant step in the advancement of specialized healthcare in West Africa and the broader African region. In addition to the core impact of the AMCE Abuja, the initiative is set to drive socio-economic development by:
- Creating approximately 3,000 jobs during the construction and operational phases.
- Providing timely, life-saving diagnosis and medical services to over 200,000 Nigerian patients and an additional 150,000 patients from across Africa in its first five years. The cyclotron plant developed as part of the project would supply very scarce radioactive isotopes for complete cancer diagnoses and treatment not only in Nigeria, but across West & Central Africa.
- Strengthening intra-regional trade in medical services and enhancing supply chain in healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.
- Facilitating research and innovation on neglected disease of health interest to people of African descent, including Sickle Cell Anaemia.
Africa suffers from a severe supply shortage of healthcare infrastructure and resources leading to many Africans seeking medical care outside the continent.
AMCE has been set up to address these challenges.
Key Project Partners
Clinical and Medical Partner
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Established 1840 | 13,500 staff | 1,500 Beds | 1 million patient contacts per year.
King’s College Hospital is recognized around the world for its achievements in:
Major trauma
One of only four Major Trauma Centres in London.
Neurosciences
Largest paediatric Deep Brain Stimulation service in the world.
Cardiology
Largest non-invasive echocardiogram department in Europe.
Haemato-oncology
Largest bone marrow transplant programme in the United Kingdom.
Liver disease and transplantation
Largest liver transplant programme
in Europe.
Stroke treatment
Home to two of only eight specialist stroke centres in London.
Fetal Medicine
The Harris Birthright Unit is one of the largest fetal medicine units of its kind in the world.
Key Project Partners
Clinical and Medical Partner
King’s College Hospital, London, is a world-renowned medical institution with a legacy of excellence in patient care, research, and medical education. By partnering with Afreximbank through its public sector corporation, King’s College NHS Foundation Trust, to design and operate the African Medical Centre of Excellence, the hospital brings to the endeavor its acclaimed expertise in specialised healthcare. The partnership ensures the new medical centre will meet the highest standards of treatment and innovation.
Project Timeline
The Centre will be fully developed in four phases over five years :
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