Luanda, 11 October 2021: – The promotional tour of the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) stopped on 7 October in Luanda, Angola, where the organisers met with the business community and government representatives to raise awareness and encourage participation to the trade fair. Organised by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with the African

Bridgetown, 9 October 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Government of Barbados have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand trade and investment links between Africa and the Caribbean island state. Under the MoU, the two parties will explore opportunities for joint investment and trade finance aimed at expanding economic ties between

Cairo, 06 October 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today announced that the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), its development impact-oriented subsidiary, has entered into a Joint Venture arrangement with Gateway Partners (Gateway) to co-establish the Africa Credit Opportunities Fund (ACOF). This partnership, a first of its kind between an African Development Finance

Cairo, 6 October 2021: – The organisers of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) met with the business community in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 October to raise awareness and encourage attendance to 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

Cairo and Accra, 28 September 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and AfCFTA Secretariat announced today the operational roll-out of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a revolutionary Financial Market Infrastructure to enable instant, cross-border payments in local currencies between African markets. By simplifying cross-border transactions and reducing the dependency on hard currencies for

Yaoundé, 27 September 2021 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on 24 September 2021 launched its Central Africa Regional Office in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The new office covers the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), composed of Cameroon, the Central Africa Republic, Chad, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The establishment of

Yaounde, September 22, 2021: – A delegation of the top executives and directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) visited the site of the future Afreximbank Trade Centre for Central Africa in Yaounde on Wednesday afternoon, September 22, 2021. Led by Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of Board of Directors of Afreximbank, the delegation was

Yaoundé, 23 September 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Yaoundé held a promotional event to showcase the Bank’s programmes, products and services to the business community and government. As well as communicating the breadth of the Bank’s offering to businesses in the region, the event also enabled Afreximbank to gauge its particular requirements

Cairo, 15 September 2021: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has committed to provide US$500 Million to support Ethiopian commercial banks through the Afreximbank Trade Facilitation (AfTRAF) Programme, which incorporates various products devised to increase intra-extra African trade volumes, diversify the character of this trade, and assure the confidence of trade partners in the settlement

Cape Town, 16 September 2021: – After Johannesburg on 14 September 2021, the organisers of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) met with the business community in Cape Town on 15 September to raise awareness about the substantial benefits of attending the continental trade fair. Organised by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with the

Johannesburg, 14 September 2021: – South Africa hosted a Roadshow in Johannesburg 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

Cairo, 06 September 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a minority investment by the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) into Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a pan-African telecommunications technology group. This is the first investment made by FEDA, a development impact-oriented subsidiary of Afreximbank, which provides equity and quasi-equity funding to companies