The U.S.-Africa Commerce Fee has appointed Dr. Fakunle John Aremu as its Nation Director for Nigeria, in keeping with an appointment letter dated July 10, 2026.
Aremu is a world commerce, funding and financial growth govt with over 15 years of expertise throughout Africa.
Within the letter signed by Titus Olowokere, the fee’s Government Director/CEO, Aremu was additionally named a member of the Government Committee, the place he’s anticipated to assist drive the organisation’s commerce, funding and financial cooperation agenda between the US and Africa.
The fee mentioned Aremu will symbolize it throughout Nigeria and have interaction with authorities businesses, diplomatic missions, traders, companies, universities, chambers of commerce and growth companions.
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It mentioned his duties will embrace selling bilateral commerce, funding, tourism, innovation and financial cooperation between Nigeria and the US, in addition to figuring out and facilitating funding alternatives, enterprise transactions, joint ventures and public-private partnerships.
Different tasks listed within the letter embrace constructing relationships with key establishments, main membership recruitment, mobilising sponsorships and donor funding, organising commerce missions and enterprise boards, and submitting periodic stories on partnerships, funding pipelines, membership development and fundraising actions.
As Nigeria Nation Director for the US-Africa Commerce Fee, Aremu leads efforts to strengthen U.S.-Nigeria commerce, funding and strategic partnerships. With expertise partaking governments, worldwide growth establishments and private-sector stakeholders, he combines world perspective, native market intelligence and transaction-oriented management to attach traders and companies with credible alternatives and ship measurable financial outcomes.