Algiers, Algeria – 25 August 2025 – Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025), Africa’s premier trade and investment forum, is proud to announce Atlantic Financial Group (AFG) as an Official Premier Partner. AFG, a leading pan-African conglomerate with diversified operations across banking, insurance, agribusiness, industry, and telecommunications, will play a strategic role at IATF2025 in advancing trade and investment, particularly across West and Central Africa.
Hosted by The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria and organised by Afreximbank in partnership with African Union Commission and AfCFTA Secretariat, IATF aims to increase intra-African trade and showcase the investment opportunities across this region and the continent.
The latest edition will feature a wide participation of production and service companies, alongside an investment and trade forum highlighting Africa’s potential for economic integration under the theme “A gateway to new opportunities”. During the week-long fair, more than 2,000 exhibitors, including businesses from the African continent and globally, will showcase their goods and services to the visitors and buyers while exploring opportunities and exchanging information. This is projected to translate into over US$44 billion in trade and investment deals.
AFG, is the financial hub of the Atlantic Group and a prominent player in Africa’s banking, insurance, microfinance, and investment sectors. With 8 banking subsidiaries, 7 insurance entities, and 5 microfinance institutions across more than 15 African countries. AFG is committed to facilitating economic transformation through financial inclusion, regional integration, and support for local industry. Through subsidiaries such as AFG Bank in Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Mali, Madagascar and Cameroon, the group is driving innovation, financing SMEs and expanding access to financial services across the continent.
Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development, Afreximbank said: “We are delighted to welcome Atlantic Financial Group as an Official Premier Partner of IATF2025. With its extensive footprint in Africa’s financial services landscape, AFG is a vital catalyst for driving intra-African trade. Its commitment to advancing financial inclusion and fostering regional development aligns seamlessly with Afreximbank’s mission to transform Africa and drive industrialisation across the continent.”
“AFG is proud to partner with the Intra-African Trade Fair as a premier partner. IATF2025 represents a vital platform for accelerating Africa’s economic integration and unlocking opportunities for businesses across the continent. At AFG, we believe in Africa’s potential, and we are committed to financing the ambitions of African entrepreneurs and enterprises. Through this partnership, we aim to foster deeper trade and investment ties that will support inclusive and sustainable development throughout the continent.” said Mr. Sionle YEO, Managing Director for Atlantic Financial Group (AFG).
To participate in IATF2025 please visit www.intrafricantradefair.com.
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About the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF)
Organised by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with African Union Commission (AUC) and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) is intended to provide a unique platform for facilitating trade and investment information exchange in support of increased intra-African trade and investment, especially in the context of implementing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). IATF brings together continental and global players to showcase and exhibit their goods and services and to explore business and investment opportunities on the continent. It also provides a platform to share trade, investment and market information with stakeholders and allows participants to discuss and identify solutions to the challenges confronting intra-African trade and investment. In addition to African participants, the Trade Fair is also open to businesses and investors from non-African countries who bring investment goods as well as those interested in doing business in Africa and in supporting the continent’s transformation through industrialisation and export development.
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