Milestone Agreements Forge New Paths in African-Arab Trade Relations Tunis, Republic of Tunisia, – 05 July 2024 -The Arab Africa Trade Bridges (AATB) Program announces the successful conclusion of its 4th Board of Governors (BoG) Meetings, held alongside with the Tunisia Africa Business Meeting (TABM) from 2 July 2024, in Tunis, Tunisia. This event marks
Afreximbank and Africa CDC pledge US$2 billion facility in support of Africa Health and Pharmaceutical Products Manufacturing
Paris, France – June 20, 2024: African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank” or “the Bank”) and the Africa Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have renewed their partnership with a new cooperation agreement announced today on the sidelines of the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris, France. Through this collaboration, Afreximbank has
Afreximbank signs agreement for US$100-million trade finance facility to DRC’s Rawbank
Nassau, The Bahamas: 13 June 2024: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed an agreement for a US$100-million trade finance facility in favour of Rawbank to assist the Bank increase trade flows into and out of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The facility, the largest trade finance facility ever provided by Afreximbank to a
Afreximbank’s Annual Meetings 2024 Calls for Africans Across the Globe to Unite
Nassau, The Bahamas, 12 June 2024: – Heads of State, Ministers, government officials, and renowned captains of industry were among the over two thousand delegates attending day one of the 31st African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Annual Meetings (AAM) being held in Nassau, The Bahamas from June 12-15. Themed “Owning our Destiny: Economic Prosperity on the
Afreximbank Launches 2024 African Trade Report and African Trade and Economic Outlook Report at AAM 2024
Nassau, The Bahamas, 12 June 2024: –African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today launched its African Trade Report 2024 and African Trade and Economic Outlook Report 2024 at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM) 2024 in Nassau, The Bahamas. The latter report forecasts that African economies will grow on average by 3.8% in 2024 – slightly ahead of
African Export-Import Bank US$500 Million Dual Tranche Syndicated Term Loan Facility
Cairo, 12 June 2024: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), London Branch and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) have successfully closed a US$500,000,000-Dual Tranche Syndicated Term Loan Facility (the “Facility”) for the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank or the Borrower). ICBC and SCB acted as Coordinators, Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners for the Facility,
Afreximbank disburses $40 million to support Fidelity Bank’s acquisition of Union Bank UK
Cairo, 10 June 2024: –African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the disbursement of a US$40-million Intra-African Investment Facility to Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc (“Fidelity”) to support Fidelity Bank’s acquisition and recapitalization of Union Bank UK as part of its international expansion programme. Provided in two tranches of US$20 million each, the first tranche of the
USD94 MILLION SYNDICATED SENIOR DEBT FACILITY AGREEMENTS SIGNED FOR TAKORADI FLOATING DOCK PROJECT
7 June, 2024 – A consortium comprising of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), and Petra Pension Schemes jointly executed a Facility Agreement to extend senior debt funding of USD 94 million to PMD Assetco Limited (PMD) for the building and operation
Afreximbank finalizes US$925 million accordion disbursement for Project Gazelle Funding Limited
Cairo, 06 June 2024: –African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced an additional disbursement of US$925 million under the syndicated US$3.3 billion crude oil-backed prepayment facility sponsored by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. This brings the total current funded facility size to US$ 3.175 billion. Arranged and coordinated by Afreximbank, the accordion arrangement saw
Afreximbank commences the project development activities for an African Quality Assurance Center (AQAC), in Imo State Nigeria
Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, 05 June 2024: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the commencement of project development activities of its second African Quality Assurance Center (AQAC) in Ngor Okpala, Imo State, Nigeria, in collaboration with Bureau Veritas. Project development activities were launched at an event held on 3rd June 2024 in Imo State