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Prof. Benedict O. Oramah, President and Chairman of Board of Directors, Afreximbank 23 May 2025… Structured Trade Finance (STF) is a highly specialised area of trade finance that has evolved directly from practice. As it grows and becomes more complex in an increasingly risk-based regulatory environment, there is a need for more detailed guidance on

St. George’s – Grenada, 21 May 2025 —African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in partnership with the Government of Grenada, is pleased to announce that the fourth edition of the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2025) will be held in St. George’s, Grenada, from 28 to 29 July 2025 under the theme: “Resilience and Transformation: Enhancing Africa-Caribbean Economic Cooperation in an Era of

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS The Bank makes written and/or oral forward-looking statements, as shown in this presentation and in other communications, from time to time. Likewise, officers of the Bank may make forward-looking statements either in writing or during verbal conversations with investors, analysts, the media, and other key members of the investment community. Statements regarding the

His Excellency Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad confers on Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank the prestigious national honours award of ‘Commander of the National Order of Chad’ award. N’Djamena, Chad, 20 May 2025: The President of the Republic of Chad, His Excellency

Cairo, Egypt, 09 May 2025 – The Pan-African Payment & Settlement System (PAPSS) warmly welcomes the new circular from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), announcing a significant streamlining of documentation requirements for PAPSS transactions in Nigeria. This progressive policy, announced on 28 April 2025, sets the stage for faster, more cost-effective, and more inclusive

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF DAZZLING DESIGN Ncuti Gatwa, Jaden Smith, Omar Sy, Oscar Boateng, Hope Smith, Burna Boy, Hanna Hultberg, Emilia Boateng and Ozwald Boateng attend the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/MG25/Getty Images for The

Winners of the 2024 CANEX Shorts (from left): Francis Y. Brown (Ghana) in the Best Animation category, Brian Obra (Kenya) in the Best Documentary category and Esenaga Mbwe (Botswana) in the Best Fiction category. The 2025 edition of the short film competition has been unveiled by Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX), an intervention by African Export–Import

Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development at Afreximbank with Mr. Calixte Tabangoli, Chief Executive Officer of Banque Postale du Congo during the signing ceremony Cairo, Egypt, 08 May 2025: –African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a EUR 15 million Factoring line of credit agreement with Banque Postale du Congo (BPC)

Kigali, Rwanda 07 May 2025: African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its development impact investment arm, the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), has committed to spearhead the launch of the Africa Film Fund (‘the Fund’) as part of its Creative Africa Nexus Programme (CANEX). This transformative undertaking of up to US$1 billion is designed to

Members of the steering committee of the Partenariat pour le Coton (PPC) at the Cairo meeting Cairo, Egypt, 07 May 2025: –African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) recently hosted a two-day meeting of the Steering Committee of the Partenariat pour le Coton (PPC), a global platform established to support transformation and value addition in the cotton-textile-garment (CTG)

Bold African entrepreneurs invited to apply for a 3-month accelerator program designed to drive intra-African trade and industrialisation.Selected startups to receive equity investment, expert mentorship, and unrivalled industry exposure. Cairo, Egypt 29 April 2025: African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has officially launched the Afreximbank Accelerator Program, a transformative three-month initiative aimed at empowering African entrepreneurs who

Cairo, Egypt… 28 April 2025: – To address Africa’s persistent reliance on imported refined petroleum products, which accounted for an amount of US$30billion annually in petroleum import costs due to inadequate refining, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a US$3 Billion Revolving Intra-African Oil Trade Financing Programme to finance the purchase of refined petroleum products

Cairo, Egypt, 25 April 2025: – The private sector and financial institutions must collaborate to develop viable and scalable business models for local manufacturing of medicines and healthcare products, Mrs. Oluranti Doherty, Managing Director, Export Development, at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), told delegates at the Third World Local Production Forum (WLPF) in Abu Dhabi,

University lecturers, students, and researchers affiliated with National Research Institutions urged to submit their publications and prototypes to be considered for inclusion at IATF2025 Cairo, Egypt, 25 April 2025 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with African Union Commission and AfCFTA Secretariat, is issuing a final call for applicants for its new initiative, the

Cairo, Egypt, 24 March 2025: – To enable African businesses to fully capitalise on the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a specialized training program designed to equip enterprises with a deep understanding of the agreement’s commercial implications and transformative potential. Scheduled to take place

Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afreximbank (front row, seventh from left), H.E. Dr Mohamadou Labarang Dean of the African Ambassadors’ Group, Egypt (sixth from left), Mr. Tamer Taha, Adviser to the Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt (eight from left), Mrs. Kanayo Awani,

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS The Bank makes written and/or oral forward-looking statements, as shown in this presentation and in other communications, from time to time. Likewise, officers of the Bank may make forward-looking statements either in writing or during verbal conversations with investors, analysts, the media, and other key members of the investment community. Statements regarding the

Representative of H. E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator George Akume,  Secretary to the Government of the Federation (cutting ribbon in the middle) flanked on his immediate left by President and Chairman of Board of Directors, Afreximbank, Professor, Benedict Oramah, Minister of Finance

Cairo, Egypt, 08 April 2025: –African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully issued its first Panda bond in the China Interbank Market under the Bank’s 2025 Panda Bond Programme, printing a three-year RMB 2.2 billion (about US$ 303 million equivalent) bond with a final coupon rate of 2.99 per cent. The issuance, on 28 March, followed

Cape Town, South Africa, 04 April 2025: African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been recognised in three award categories by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), a globally recognized authority on financial law and transactions. The 2025 IFLR awards, held annually, spotlight the most innovative cross-border deals in Africa and the legal teams and firms driving