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Afreximbank delivers solid first half 2025 results, in line with expectations

Afreximbank’s on-balance sheet and contingent items closed H1’2025 at US$42.5 billion, representing a growth of 6.0% over the position as at 31 December 2025 (FY’2024)

African Export-Import Bank Group (Afreximbank/Group) (www.Afreximbank.com) has released its consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2025 (H1’2025). Amid heightened geopolitical tensions, persistent inflationary pressures, currency volatility, and tighter global financing conditions, the Afreximbank Group delivered, once again, satisfactory results for the first half of the year…

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Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 Welcomes Tropical General Investment Group as Official Premier Partner

TGI will play a pivotal role in advancing the mission of IATF2025 which aims to boost trade and investment in Africa

Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025), Africa’s premier trade and investment platform, is pleased to welcome Tropical General Investment Group (TGI) as an Official Premier Partner. As a leading multinational conglomerate, TGI is driving value addition and promoting inclusivity through manufacturing and strategic investments across emerging markets. TGI will play a…

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    • Heads of State, government representatives, business leaders and Afreximbank's leadership team during the opening ceremony of ACTIF2025 in Grenada
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AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) 2025 closes with over USD 300 million in deals and bold commitments to integration, mobility and investment

A total of eight major deals and memoranda were announced over the course of the forum, spanning infrastructure, tourism, digital transformation, and trade finance

The Fourth AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2025) has concluded with over US $300 million in investment and trade deals signed and a robust  communiqué affirming both regions’ commitment to deeper collaboration. The two-day event, co-hosted by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and the Government of Grenada, brought together more than 2,100 delegates,…

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Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 Welcomes Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP) as Official Premier Partner

The biennial event aims to boost intra-African trade and spotlight investment opportunities across the continent, with projections of over US$44 billion in trade and investment deals

Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025), Africa’s premier trade and investment forum, is delighted to announce Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP), a pan-African infrastructure and industrial development enterprise that designs and operates large-scale industrial ecosystems across Africa, as an official Premier Partner. The Fair is scheduled to take place from…

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Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 Welcomes Dangote Group as Official Premier Partner

The fourth edition will feature a wide participation of production and service companies, alongside an investment and trade forum highlighting Africa’s potential for economic integration

Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025), Africa’s premier trade and investment forum, is excited to announce Dangote Group as an official Premier Partner. As one of Africa’s leading industrial conglomerates, with over 18 subsidiaries operating across a wide spectrum of sectors critical to the continent’s economic transformation - including cement, fertilisers,…

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Fourth Africaribbean Trade and Investment Forum Communiqué

AFFIRMING the imperative of strengthening intra-African and intra-Caribbean markets, while simultaneously expanding African-Caribbean trade and investment to drive shared prosperity and transformation

We, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and the Government of Grenada, convened the Fourth AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2025) from 28 to 29 July 2025 in St. George’s, Grenada, under the theme, Resilience and Transformation – Enhancing the Africa-Caribbean Economic Cooperation in an Era of Global Uncertainty. RECOGNIZING the…

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    • Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank and Prime Minister, Hon. Dickon Mitchell pictured alongside distinguished African and Caribbean leaders—past and present—at the official opening of ACTIF2025 in St. George’s, Grenada
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Global Africa Commission Proposed as the fourth AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2025) Opens in Grenada

ACTIF2025 continues through 30 July, with panel discussions, business matchmaking sessions, cultural showcases, and deal signings that reflect the Forum’s commitment to moving from rhetoric to results

US $290M in deals signed, advancing infrastructure, tourism and trade across the Caribbean on Day 1 CARICOM leaders to recommend region’s highest honour for Oramah’s role in transforming ties US $250M Resilience Fund, CAPSS rollout, and feasibility of Caribbean EXIM Bank among key initiatives championed The fourth AfriCaribbean Trade and…

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No more missed opportunities: Strengthening Africa-Caribbean trade and investment in an era of Global Trade Disruption (By Pamela Coke-Hamilton and Benedict Oramah)

With the longstanding sociocultural history shared by the two regions, the time is ripe to forge far deeper ties through mutually beneficial, trade-led economic growth and development

By Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, International Trade Centre, and Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman, Afreximbank (www.Afreximbank.com).  The share of bilateral exports between Africa and the Caribbean, despite extensive shared history, has never surpassed 6%, according to an ITC and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) study, leaving much room for growth of up…

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Afreximbank Annual Meetings record project preparation deals expected to unlock about US$ 1.0 billion in investments

AAM2025 took place from 25 to 28 June and attracted an estimated 8,000 participants, including presidents, prime ministers, ministers and business leaders, from across Africa, the Caribbean and beyond

The 32nd Annual Meetings of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), also known as AAM2025, witnessed a flurry of deal signings with four project preparation transactions signed between the Bank and various entities that are expected to unlock investments valued at about US$ 1.0 billion. In an agreement signed by Mrs.…

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    • L-R: Dr. The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, The Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, Mr Okechukwu Ihejirika, Ag. Chief Operating Officer of Afreximbank Caribbean Regional Office and Prof. Benedict Oramah GCON, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank pose after Jamaica signed Afreximbank’s establishment agreement
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Jamaica accedes to Afreximbank, strengthening ties to Global Africa

Jamaica’s accession marks a major achievement in the growth of Global Africa: an intercontinental partnership committed to economic transformation and self-determination for African nations and their diaspora

Jamaica has officially acceded to the Establishment Agreement of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), becoming the 13th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member State of the African Multilateral Financial Institution. The historic signing took place on the sidelines of the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the…