The technical assistance and capacity building aspects of the Bank’s SME Development Programme are covered under the Bank’s EXDE Advisory Offerings.

Helping countries develop strategies and guidelines to take advantage of market opportunities provided by the AfCFTA in specific sectors, or as part of a holistic export development strategy.

Fostering the creation of sector policies and growth: facilitating agribusiness, manufacturing, tourism, healthcare, mining, the auto sector and blue economy.

Supporting business environment reforms and strengthening regulatory governance, compliance, assessing the investment climate, Investment policies, reducing investment restrictions and procedures, attracting private investment, and promoting linkages to local economy.

Strengthening trade corridors, supply chain management and trade logistics, modernising border management, enhancing connectivity between firms, markets, and consumers in collaboration with the Bank’s Intra-African Trade Initiative (IATI).

Modernising services regulations and trade, supporting global and regional integration- trade negotiations; Development of National Investment and Export Strategies; Development of National Industrialisation Strategies/Policies; trade promotion and diversification; Industrial strategies for export manufacturing; Supply Chain Development; Export Guidelines et al.

The Bank provides advisory support on enabling policies, strategies and regulations to support industrialisation and export development, for sovereigns, sub sovereigns and appropriate organisations. This also includes capacity building.

Co-financing risk participation and arrangement of syndicated loans.

The Bank selectively works with other ECAs to promote the acquisition of essential goods, especially capital goods by African institutions.

Working to improve health care and medical tourism in Africa by financing the construction of first-class health and medical facilities.