The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) through its training center, the West African Center for Training and Banking Studies (COFEB), in partnership with AFREXIMBANK and the international factoring network, FCI, joined their forces to increase and improve the financing of the West African Monetary Union. It is within this framework that the BCEAO

Cairo, 15 July 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Standard Chartered today announced an agreement for Standard Chartered to provide USD 200m of not-for-profit funding towards Afreximbank’s structured framework to help finance the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines for African nations. The collaboration between Standard Chartered and Afreximbank will help ensure that 55 countries across

Cairo, 12 July 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced its support for the first ever memorandum of understanding (MoU) on trade collaboration between the Governments of Malawi and South Sudan. The Bank will provide financial backing and payment instruments to facilitate trade of agricultural commodities and essential consumer goods between the two nations.

Cairo / Harare, 12 July 2021:- Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), on 21st June 2021, signed an agreement to support capacity development initiatives over a period of five years, ending in 2025.

Cairo/Durban/Addis Ababa/Accra, 5 July 2021: – The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) has been rescheduled to take place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 15 to 21 November 2021.  The Trade Fair was previously due to be held in Kigali, Rwanda from 8 to 14 December 2021.  

BCEAO, COFEB, AFREXIMBANK and FCI are organizing three webinars on the theme: “Factoring and Receivables Finance in Africa”. The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) through its training center, the West African Center for Training and Banking Studies (COFEB), in partnership with Afreximbank and the international factoring network, FCI, announces the organization of a

Cairo, 02 July 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been awarded the 2021 African Banker Award – Deal of the Year (Agriculture), for providing a $400million global credit facility to the Export Trading Group (ETG) aimed at tackling challenges faced by African farmers and exporters.

Cairo, 02 July 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been recognized by Global Trade Review (GTR) as Leader in Trade for Pandemic Support and ranked by Global Finance Magazine, in its annual World’s Best Investment Bank’s list 2021, as the best bank offering Crisis Finance Solutions in Africa in the fight against the COVID-19

14 June 2021 – The President of the World Bank, Mr David Malpass, and his senior management team comprised of Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr Makhtar Diop met with the African Union’s COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) to discuss modalities for a partnership that will accelerate vaccine deployment to Africa. In a historic

Cairo, 9 June 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Banque du Caire (BDC) today in Cairo signed the agreement formalising Afreximbank’s US$200 million Intra-African Investment Finance Facility to support BDC’s expansion across Africa.

Cairo/Nairobi/Johannesburg, 8 June 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is supporting the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) to harmonise standards in the automotive sector in Africa in order to facilitate an accelerated development of the sector across the continent. The harmonised standards are to be adopted by individual African countries, facilitating cross-border trade, under the

King’s College Hospital, London (KCH) affirmed as Clinical Partner Cairo, 03 June 2021: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the commencement of its African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) project in Abuja, Nigeria. It will provide world-class care to both low and high-income patient groups across the continent.