30 August 2021 – African Union Member States will receive an additional 10 million doses of Astra Zeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over the next three months through a new partnership between the French government and the African Union.

Accra, 23 August 2021: – Ghana hosted a roadshow to raise awareness about the substantial benefits of attending the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021). Organised by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with the African Union (AU) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, IATF2021 will take place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South

Cairo, 11 August 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced funding and technical support to the Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA), an international nonprofit organisation that aims to contribute to the development of Africa’s young leaders and enhance youth participation in the implementation and achievement of the African Continental Free

Cairo/Washington 26 July 2021 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) today announced the launch of a series of training workshops for African respondent banks to enhance their ability to obtain and maintain correspondent banking relationships. The first round of workshops, to be held virtually on 27, 28

Cairo, 12 July 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced its support for the first ever memorandum of understanding (MoU) on trade collaboration between the Governments of Malawi and South Sudan. The Bank will provide financial backing and payment instruments to facilitate trade of agricultural commodities and essential consumer goods between the two nations.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) hosted a productive strategic coordination meeting on 14 June 2021 between the Bank’s President Prof Benedict Oramah and the Secretary General of the AfCFTA, Wamkele Mene.

The African Trade Finance Survey Report released in April by Afreximbank in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership (MFW4A), identified a huge Trade Finance gap of US$120 billion in the continent.

Cairo, 9 June 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Banque du Caire (BDC) today in Cairo signed the agreement formalising Afreximbank’s US$200 million Intra-African Investment Finance Facility to support BDC’s expansion across Africa.

Cairo/Nairobi/Johannesburg, 8 June 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is supporting the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) to harmonise standards in the automotive sector in Africa in order to facilitate an accelerated development of the sector across the continent. The harmonised standards are to be adopted by individual African countries, facilitating cross-border trade, under the

King’s College Hospital, London (KCH) affirmed as Clinical Partner Cairo, 03 June 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the commencement of its African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) project in Abuja, Nigeria. It will provide world-class care to both low and high-income patient groups across the continent.