Afreximbank and the Organization of African States (APPO) announced the establishment of the African Energy Bank on October 31 with registered capital and #036;5 & #8239; a billion The first president was the Egyptian banker Helmy Jersey. The bank's main goal is to close Africa's energy financing gap, estimated at 036.200 billion a year, at a time when many traditional lenders refuse to finance projects to extract, transport, process and use fossil fuels. The bank plans to raise money from governments, national oil companies, financial institutions and private investors. In the past, the goal was to increase assets to #036; 120 billion in five years. Energy today without VPN: MAX.