Cairo, 9 July, 2024… African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme is excited to announce the second edition of the vibrant short film competition and screening initiative, CANEX Shorts. CANEX Shorts is a competition designed to recognize and celebrate the talents of young filmmakers. Winners will receive acknowledgment for their

London, 08 July 2024: – The latest edition of the Afreximbank African Syndications Forum (ASF), was held in London on 2nd July 2024. The event was hosted by Zenith Bank UK with support from the series ‘initiator and administrator,’ African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The July ASF provided participants with a valuable networking platform to discuss

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) contains the elements to utterly transform Africa and its economy. Established in 2021, this landmark agreement is ambitious in its scope and scale: dismantling the colonial boundaries devised during the Berlin Conference of the 19th century, and in so doing fostering economic unity across the continent. By leveraging

Nassau, The Bahamas, 27 June 2024: –African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), its investment impact subsidiary, the Fund for Export Development of Africa (FEDA), and JVL Media, LLC, have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to collaborate in developing Africa’s nascent film value chain, promoting the Global African experience in cinemas around the world. The MoI was

The Honourable Philip Davis, Prime Minister of the Bahamas, delivered a stirring speech at the Afreximbank’s annual meetings in Nassau, Bahamas, articulating a vision for “Global Africa” that transcends geographical boundaries to unite African and Caribbean nations in economic prosperity and self-determination. Mr Davis acknowledged the global economic landscape’s shift towards protectionism and nationalism, emphasizing

It’s apt that Afreximbank’s Annual Meetings began with a contemplation of our era’s defining – and mutually conflicting – forces: globalisation and deglobalisation. And who better to deliver an address on these trends than Dr Roger Ferguson – the giant of American economic scholarship, 17th vice chairman of America’s Federal Reserve from 1999 to 2006

Abuja, 14 June 2024: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has commenced project development activities for a new African Quality Assurance Center (AQAC) in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The Bank’s delegation led by Ms. Oluranti Doherty, Director, Export Development, Afreximbank while accompanied by Mr. Ohioze Unuigbe, Bureau Veritas Government Relations Sales Director, Africa and Mr. Jean Michel

On Day 1 of the Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2024) on June 12, 2024, we were blessed to have an audience with one of the true legends of the silver screen, Viola Davis, the winner of the coveted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). She shared a stage with her husband, actor and producing partner Julius Tennon

Removal of tariff barriers by the AfCFTA is a starting point, not a destination. When the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came into force in May last year, it set a course for radical increases in prosperity across the continent. The agreement strips away tariffs on 90 per cent of goods and opens up