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Cairo, Egypt, 12 December 2025: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a donation of US$1.1 million to the governments of Jamaica and Haiti to support their recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa in October. Hurricane Melissa, which passed through the northern Caribbean, unleashed unprecedented devastation on a number of countries in

Afreximbank African Trade Centre, Abuja office Abuja, Nigeria, 11 December 2025 – The United States Green Building Council and Green Business Certification Inc has certified the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) Abuja African Trade Centre (AATC) the prestigious LEED Platinum certification, the highest global standard in sustainable building design and construction. This milestone establishes the Abuja

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 12 December 2025 — Afreximbank has highlighted the critical importance of factoring and supply chain finance (SCF) in narrowing Africa’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) financing gap and building resilient value chains across the continent. Speaking at Afreximbank’s annual Factoring Workshop in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Mrs Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African

L-R: Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé, AFRAA Secretary General, Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development, Afreximbank and Mr. Allan Kilavuka, Kenya Airways CEO Nairobi, Kenya, 08 December 2025: – The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) heralds a transformative milestone in African aviation with the full operational deployment of Free Route Airspace (FRA) in the

Former Afreximbank President, Prof. Benedict Oramah (left) with Dr. Kevin Greenidge, Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados after they were conferred with the “Honorary Order of the Freedom of Barbados” during the 2025 Independence Day Parade and National Awards Ceremony on November 30, 2025 in Barbados. The award, one of the nation’s highest honours

01 December 2025, Freetown, Sierra Leone. FG Gold Limited (“FG Gold”) is pleased to announce that it has achieved financial close and the first drawdown on its US$330 million Senior Debt Financing with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), for its Baomahun Gold Project, marking the development of Sierra Leone’s flagship

Afreximbank staff led by Senior Executive Vice President, Denys Denya (in grey suit) with SMBC Nikko at Kanazawa Branch, Japan Tokyo, Japan, 28 November, 2025: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully closed its second Samurai bond transaction, securing a total of JPY 81.8 billion (approx. USD 527 million) through Regular and Retail Samurai Bonds

Mr. Olusegun Awolowo Cairo, 28 November 2025: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) joins the people of Nigeria, the continent and global community in mourning the passing of Mr. Olusegun Awolowo “Segun” on 20 November 2025 after a protracted illness. Mr. Awolowo was a visionary champion of intra-African trade. His roles included President of the ECOWAS

L-R: Mr. Ian Saunders, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development, Afreximbank, and Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service Abuja, Nigeria, 24 November 2025: –African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has urged Nigeria to champion the implementation of an effective regional transit

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Afreximbank and ICIEC Cairo, Egypt – 17 November 2025 — The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a Shariah-based multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, and African Export‑Import Bank (Afreximbank) are pleased to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation

Belem, Brazil, 13 November 2025 – At the ongoing 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is strategically advocating for a climate agenda that aligns with Africa’s sustainable development and industrialisation ambitions as outlined by its President, Dr. George Elombi. The Bank’s delegation is advocating for a pan-African

Four years after its landmark report A Global Deal for Our Pandemic Age, the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, recently reconvened by the South African G20 Presidency, has found that the world remains dangerously underprepared for future pandemics and must take urgent, coordinated action to

Kigali, Rwanda 12 November 2025: The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development equity impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), is pleased to announce a US$300 million strategic investment in the Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform (A2MP). This investment underscores Afreximbank’s commitment to supporting Africa’s mining sector and ensuring the

Kigali, Rwanda, 10 November 2025: The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development equity impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has announced a $75 million investment in Spiro, the leading electric two-wheel assembler in Africa with the fastest growing battery swapping infrastructure. This investment is fully aligned with Afreximbank’s broader automotive

Seated L-R: Engineer Sameh Soliman, Chairman of SAMCO, with Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Afreximbank’s Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development during the signing ceremony in Cairo, Egypt Cairo, Egypt, 07 Nov. 2025: –African Export-import Bank (Afreximbank) has extended a US$ 36.4-million contract financing facility to Egypt’s SAMCO-National Construction Company (SAMCO) for the construction of

Gwen Mwaba, Managing Director for Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking at Afreximbank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire –  4 November 2025 – Speaking at the opening of the 25th Afreximbank Trade Finance Seminar (ATFS) in Abidjan, Ms Gwen Mwaba, Managing Director for Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking at Afreximbank, called for stronger trade finance capabilities and deeper collaboration among

Luanda, Angola — 29 October 2025 The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions (AAMFI) and the African Union Development Agency–NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) have jointly announced the establishment of the AAMFI Infrastructure Financing Facility for African Union Development projects, a major initiative to accelerate infrastructure development across Africa. The announcement was made during the Luanda Infrastructure Financing

Dr. George Elombi, Afreximbak’s fourth President and Chairman of the Board of Directors Cairo, Egypt, 27 Oct. 2025: –African Export-import Bank (Afreximbank) on Saturday in Cairo, Egypt, swore in Dr. George Elombi as the Bank’s fourth President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, taking over from Prof. Benedict Oramah as head of the African

Chairman of the General Meeting of Shareholders, Hon Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Federal Republic of Nigeria Her Excellency Selma Malika Haddadi, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission Your Excellencies African and Caribbean Heads of State and your representatives Your Excellencies former heads of states and former vice