Sochi, Russian Federation, 24 Oct. 2019: – Trade between Africa and Russia has doubled in the years since the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) started engaging with the Russian Export Center to promote trade between the two sides, Bank President Prof. Benedict Oramah said yesterday. Prof. Oramah, who was speaking during the opening of the Russia-Africa

Cairo, 21 Oct. 2019: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is developing an African Cotton Initiative (AFRICOTIN) to help to catalyse the African cotton sector, Kanayo Awani, Managing Director of the Bank’s Intra-African Trade Initiative, has announced. Speaking during the launch of the African Corner at the World Cotton Day organised by the World Trade

Washington, D.C., 19 Oct. 2019: – To ensure effective implementation of the African continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, African countries must address corruption and abuse of power in the security sector as they could impede and raise the cost of trade, Gen. William Ward, former Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), said

Washington, D.C., 17 Oct. 2019: – Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), today in Washington, D.C., received the 2019 2019 Man of the Year Award from Diaspora Today magazine and the African Diaspora Distinguished Leadership Award of Prince Georges County of Maryland, United States. Presenting the two awards, Angela Alsobrooks, Prince

Abuja, 02 Oct. 2019: –The President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah, yesterday in Abuja, urged Nigeria to set up a specialized agency to enable it take advantage of the opportunities offered by the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Delivering the keynote address at the 2019 Independence Day

Cairo, 26 Sept. 2019: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the FCI, Quarterback and University of Malta, today in Cairo announced the opening of registration for the 2020 cohort of the Certificate of Finance in International Trade (COFIT 2020) programme. The programme, which is open to banking and trade finance professionals from

  New York, 26 Sept. 2019: – The President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah, yesterday in New York, urged African countries to create vehicles that would make it possible for manufacturers to trade across the continent. Speaking during a high-level event on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa 2016-2019, organised

Kampala, 20 Sept. 2019: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Kampala concluded the formalities for the take-off of its East Africa Branch Office in Kampala as it signed the two principal documents with the Government of Uganda at a ceremony witnessed by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Cairo, 17 Sept. 2019: – Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) has signed on to the Afreximbank Trade Facilitation programme (AFTRAF) for an initial $50-million line of credit, becoming the first Angolan bank to sign on to the programme offered by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) with the aim of supporting African banks to bridge the

Cairo, 16 Sept. 2019: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the opening of registration for its 20th Afreximbank Trade Finance Seminar and Workshop, which will take place in Durban, South Africa, from 4 to 7 November 2019. The seminar and workshop series, formerly known as the Structured Trade Finance Seminar and Workshop, is

Lagos, 04 Sept. 2019: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will allocate $500 million from its Nigeria-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Programme to support Nigerian manufacturers to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) agreement, Bank President Prof. Benedict Oramah, has announced in Lagos. Prof. Oramah, who was

29 August 2019 – MUFG Bank today in Yokohama City, Japan, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to provide a broad framework for collaboration between the two organizations. Signed on Tuesday at the seventh TICAD event in Japan, the MOU will further strengthen the relationship between