“Intra-African Trade Fair Exhibitor Registrations Pass 1000”

Cairo, 26 November 2018: – Exhibitor registrations for the inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2018) taking place in Cairo in December has reached 1,054, surpassing the target of 1,000 exhibitors set by the organisers, the African-Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced today in Cairo. The trade fair, which is being organized by Afreximbank in collaboration with

Afreximbank Launches Facility to Raise Viability and Bankability of African Projects

  Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 Nov. 2018: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a project preparation facility aimed at increasing the availability of viable well-prepared projects in Africa and at making such projects bankable and attractive to investors. The Afreximbank Project Preparation Facility (APPF), launched in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 8 November on

Afreximbank, CDC Group Sign $100 Million Master Risk Participation Agreement

Casablanca, Morocco, 10 Nov. 2018: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and CDC Group Plc. yesterday in Casablanca, Morocco, signed a $100-million master risk participation agreement to support Afreximbank’s Trade Facilitation Programme. Under the terms of the risk participation arrangement, CDC will provide unfunded risk participation to Afreximbank as the Bank provides trade finance products

Improving Africa’s Risk Profile Crucial To Realising Economic And Trade Growth Says Afreximbank

Afreximbank ACDICOG Forum aims to ensure good governance and improved due diligence across Africa   Casablanca, Morocco, 09 November 2018: Strong corporate governance and due diligence practices, coupled with the re-establishment of correspondent banking facilities, will ignite African trade and economic growth by improving the continent’s risk profile, Amr Kamel, Executive Vice President, Business Development

Structured Trade Finance is Pathway to Boosting Intra-African Trade – Seminar Participants Hear

Casablanca, Morocco, 09 November 2018: Amr Kamel, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Banking, at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), and Faouzia Zaaboul, Director of the Treasury and External Finance Department at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Kingdom of Morocco, on 7 November in Casablanca, Morocco, chaired the opening of the Afreximbank Structured

Africa Gets Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee

Cairo, 22 October 2018: – Africa’s leading private sector institutions and corporates have established a Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) to serve as an advocacy platform to support the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and enhance African private sector participation in trade and investment policy formulation, including trade

Registration Opens for 2019 Certificate of Finance in International Trade Programme

Cairo, 22 October 2018: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the FCI+IFG Union and the University of Malta today in Cairo announced the opening of registrations for the 2019 cohort of the Certificate of Finance in International Trade (COFIT). Stephen Kauma, Afreximbank’s Director & Global Head of the Human Resources Department, said that COFIT 2019,