The act­ing head of the Africa Ex­port-Im­port Bank (Afrex­im­bank) in the Caribbean, Okechuk­wu Ihe­jiri­ka, says he re­mains con­fi­dent that sched­uled flights be­tween Africa and the Caribbean re­gion could soon be­come a re­al­i­ty.

Afrex­im­bank is en­cour­ag­ing Caribbean busi­ness­es to show­case their goods and ser­vices at the 4th In­tra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) in Al­giers in Sep­tem­ber and Ihe­jiri­ka, who is head of Afrex­im­bank’s Bar­ba­dos-based Caribbean of­fice, said that the fi­nan­cial in­sti­tu­tion is ex­plor­ing the pos­si­bil­i­ty of a di­rect flight be­tween the Caribbean and Al­giers for IATF2025.

He, how­ev­er, said that many Africans re­quire a visa to trav­el through the Unit­ed States or the Unit­ed King­dom, adding that it is eas­i­er for a Caribbean na­tion­al to ac­cess such a visa.