Bridgetown, Barbados, 01 Sept. 2022: Africa and the Caribbean have it within their capacity “forever to remove the scars of the middle passage” by cooperating on the great issues confronting the two regions, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barabados said today at the opening of the first-ever AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2022) in Bridgetown,

Bridgetown, Barbados, 1 September 2022 – The first-ever AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2022) opened today in Bridgetown, Barbados, with African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announcing that it would work with governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to set up a Caribbean Exim Bank and that it envisaged committing an investment of US$700 million in the

Lake Kivu, Rwanda, 31 August 2022 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) was delighted to attend the ground-breaking ceremony marking an historical milestone in the GasMeth Compressed Natural Gas project. The project, being developed by Gasmeth Energy Limited, has the capacity to rapidly transform the industrial and trade landscape of Rwanda and the broader East African sub-region. Afreximbank’s

Over 1,500 delegates from 93 countries already registered for ACTIF2022 Bridgetown/Cairo, 30 August 2022 – The first-ever AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2022), being held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 1 to 3 September, will hear addresses from Barbados’ Prime Minister Hon. Mia Amor Mottley; President Chandrikapersad Santokhi of Suriname,

Cairo, 23 August 2022 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced that Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) has affirmed its long-term issuer rating of A- and maintained the “Stable” outlook. The affirmation of Afreximbank’s issuer rating is testament of the Bank’s ever strengthening credit profile and positions to continue to expand and escalate its interventions

Lomé, August 16, 2022 – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) as Lead Manager, the Togolese subsidiary of the Ecobank Group and BIA Togo, Attijariwafa Bank Group, have signed a credit agreement with Plateform Industrial Adétikopé SAS (PIA) for the construction of the infrastructure of the Adétikopé Industrial Platform which covers a total area of 400

11 August 2022, Bridgetown, Barbados – African participants in the first-ever AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2022) taking place in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 1 to 3 September will benefit from a decision by the Government to waive visa requirements for passport holders from 24 African countries who would have needed visas to enter the country.

Kinshasa, 10 August 2022 – Today theAfrican Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the SADC Business Council (SADC BC) launched the SADC – Africa Trade and Investment Marketplace which aims to promote regional trade, unlock investment opportunities, deepen economic cooperation, and drive sustainable business growth between the SADC region and the rest of Africa. The SADC –

Bridgetown/Cairo, July 27, 2022 – The Government of Barbados and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have announced the first-ever Africa-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) scheduled to take place in Bridgetown, Barbados, from August 31 to September 3, 2022. ACTIF2022 will be held under the theme “One People, One Destiny: Uniting and Reimagining Our Future”. The Forum aims to

Cairo, 21 July 2022 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the East Africa Business Council (EABC) have launched the EABC – Africa Trade and Investment Council, with the goal of creating a platform for engagement and investment between the East Africa Community (EAC) and the rest of Africa, to unlock investment opportunities, private sector development

Cairo, 20 July 2022 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a grant to Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) to train two hundred young African entrepreneurs on entrepreneurship and intra-African trade over a three-month period starting July 2022. The GAIN-Afreximbank Masterclass on Entrepreneurship and Intra-African Trade is a three-month programme designed to equip participants from across

Cairo, 20 July 2022 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the renewal of its technical and financial support to the Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA), an international non-profit organisation that aims to contribute to the emergence of young African leaders and enhance youth participation in the implementation of the African