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Credible credit ratings are essential to financing Africa’s growth.

At AfCRA’s Golden Hour leadership panel on institutional mandates for credit ratings, Mr. Denys Denya, Senior Executive Vice President, Afreximbank, called for assessments that reflect Africa’s economic realities and recognise the demonstrated strength of its institutions.

Moderated by SABC journalist Ms. Sophie Mokoena, the discussion brought together Ms. Hanan Morsy of UNECA, H.E. Albert M. Muchanga, former African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry, and others.

The panel explored how AfCRA can strengthen investor confidence, deepen financial integration and support cross-border investment under the AfCFTA. Better understanding of African risk can help more capital reach the businesses and projects driving the continent’s development.

#Afreximbank #AfCRA #FinancialSovereignty #AfCFTA #AfricanTrade

The Afreximbank African Trade Centre Harare (AATC) is now about 80% complete, with completion targeted for March 2027

The 35,000-square-metre complex will feature a seven-storey office tower, three-storey conference and exhibition centre, and a 10-storey four-star business hotel

🏗️🇿🇼 HARARE’S NEXT BIG LANDMARK — SEE IT TAKING SHAPE!

A major African trade and business hub is rising in Zimbabwe’s capital, and we took our cameras to capture its progress.

The Afreximbank African Trade Centre Harare (AATC) is a 35,000-square-metre development bringing together a seven-storey office tower, a conference and exhibition centre, and a 10-storey four-star business hotel.

Designed to strengthen trade, investment and business connections across Africa, this is a project putting Harare’s commercial landscape in the spotlight.

🎥 Watch our latest footage from the site.

📍 Harare, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
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#Afreximbank #Harare #Zimbabwe #Construction #Infrastructure @afreximbank @DesignerGuyZw @miltonchaodzera

In Kigali, I had a great exchange of perspectives with Emmanuel Assiak, CEO of the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), and his team.

As the impact investment arm of @afreximbank, FEDA provides long-term capital to Africa’s economy where it's needed most. Its work aligns with my conviction that African enterprises must be financed, structured and positioned to compete beyond our borders.

#theeraofus #energy #oando

Uganda is where agricultural abundance meets enterprise - from coffee farms and tea estates to bustling markets, factories and businesses connecting East and Central Africa. It is also Lake Victoria, the mountain gorillas of Bwindi and the peaks of the Rwenzori-the Pearl of Africa. 🇺🇬

On Independence Day, we celebrate Uganda and a partnership with Afreximbank that dates back to 1993, rooted in a shared ambition to strengthen industry, add value to local production and expand African trade.

Kampala hosts the Bank’s East Africa Regional Office and will be home to the forthcoming Afreximbank Africa Trade Centre (AATC). Now under construction, the centre will provide a regional hub for trade, investment and business connectivity, reinforcing Uganda’s role in connecting African markets.

Our partnership extends to infrastructure, healthcare and sport, including support for the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa and construction of the Akii Bua Olympic Stadium in Lira. Cooperation with Uganda Development Bank is helping prepare investment-ready projects across agro-processing, manufacturing, energy, logistics and tourism, while Uganda’s accession to Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) creates further opportunities for investment in productive businesses and value-added exports.

Connecting these businesses to markets also means making payments and cross-border trade easier. The Pan-African Payment & Settlement System - PAPSS, available in Uganda through participating institutions including Salaam Bank, enables payments across African markets in local currencies. Afreximbank also supports the East African Community Customs Bond, first piloted in Uganda, to simplify customs procedures and ease the movement of goods across borders.

As Uganda advances its Tenfold Growth Strategy, Afreximbank remains committed to supporting the projects, enterprises and trade connections that will help realise that ambition.

Today, we celebrate the farmers, manufacturers, traders, creatives and entrepreneurs shaping Uganda’s next chapter.

How many Ugandan landmarks, products and industries can you recognise? 👀

Happy Independence Day, Uganda! 🇺🇬

#Afreximbank #Uganda #IndependenceDay #AfricanTrade #Industrialisation #ValueAddition #PAPSS #AfCFTA

Did you know Africa could create 5.8 million jobs by processing more of its cotton locally?

Investment in spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing, alongside fewer regional trade barriers, could help grow textile exports by up to 600% and retain more value in Africa.

Learn more: birdstoryagency.com/textile/

#Afreximbank #NumberOfTheWeek #CottonToCloth #IntraAfricanTrade

Your next big opportunity could be one connection away.

Meet creators, investors, buyers and collaborators from across Global Africa at @CanexAfrica Creative Africa Nexus - CANEX WKND 2026, where creativity meets business and new opportunities take shape.

From fresh ideas to new markets and partnerships, Lagos is where you want to be this November.

Swipe to discover why you should join us.

5–8 November 2026 | Lagos, Nigeria

Register now: wknd.canex.africa

#CANEXWKND2026 #Afreximbank #CANEX #CreativeEconomy #GlobalAfrica

AfSNET 2026 is officially landing in Calabar, Nigeria! Cross River State will take center stage as it hosts the 6th African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network (AfSNET) Investment Conference from 12–14 November 2026.

Organized by Afreximbank, this premier event unites local governors, city mayors, global investors, and key development partners to unlock massive opportunities for intra-African trade and economic investment.

Secure your spot now:
afsnet2026.afreximbankevents.com/register/

#AfSNET2026 #Calabar #Afreximbank #IntraAfricanTrade #Investment #AfricaTrade #CrossRiverState

Afreximbank welcomes the launch of the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA).

Marking an important milestone in strengthening Africa’s financial architecture and expanding the continent’s capacity to generate credible, independent analysis of African credit risk.

AfCRA adds an African-led source of credit opinion to the market, with the potential to expand credible rating coverage, improve information available to investors and support deeper domestic and regional capital markets.

As Africa mobilises capital for industrialisation, trade and infrastructure, stronger credit markets and more context-relevant analysis can help strengthen market confidence and support investment.

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Afreximbank salue le lancement de l’Africa Credit Rating Agency, une étape importante dans le renforcement de l’architecture financière africaine

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#Afreximbank #AfCRA #CreditRatings #AfricanCapitalMarkets #AfricanDevelopment #Investment #Industrialisation #AfricanTrade

The Afreximbank Compliance Forum 2026 is heading to Gaborone, Botswana!

From 16 to 18 November 2026, Africa's regulatory, financial and trade communities will meet at the Gaborone International Convention Centre to shape how compliance can unlock more intra-African trade.

- USD 1,000 (USD 1,250 incl. Factoring Workshop on Nov 19)

Register now: seminars.afreximbankevents.com
#Afreximbank #ATFS2026 #ACF2026 #TradeFinance #Botswana #Gaborone #AfricanTrade #AfCFTA

Africa’s health security depends on its capacity to produce the medicines and medical supplies its people need.

At the Alamein Business Forum, Ms. Oluranti Doherty, Managing Director, Export Development, Afreximbank, joined the panel on “Investing in Health: Manufacturing and Regional Value Chains” to discuss how financing and access to larger regional markets can help African health manufacturers grow and compete.

Afreximbank has committed US$2 billion under the Africa Health Security Investment Plan to support local production of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. Through project preparation, trade finance, guarantees and equity investment, the Bank is helping businesses develop viable projects, attract capital and trade across borders.

This work extends to healthcare delivery through the US$300 million @amce_africa Centre of Excellence in Abuja, expanding access to specialist care on the continent.

Investing in African healthcare strengthens our ability to respond to crises while creating skilled jobs, building industries and reducing dependence on imports.

#Afreximbank #AlameinBusinessForum #HealthSecurity #Industrialisation #IntraAfricanTrade

Africa’s digital future depends on how well we connect its markets.

At the Alamein Africa Forum 2026, Mr. Haytham El Maayergi, Executive Vice President, Global Trade Bank, Afreximbank, highlighted the need to connect investment in data centres, fibre networks, energy and AI with the practical needs of African businesses.

Afreximbank is supporting this through infrastructure financing and platforms such as the Africa Trade Gateway and the @papss_africa (PAPSS), helping businesses find markets, access finance and make cross-border payments.

Speaking on “Innovation Frontiers: Rewiring Africa’s Economy,” he also stressed the importance of African ownership, skills and innovation so that more of the value generated by data and technology stays on the continent.

The measure of success is what this infrastructure makes possible: more African businesses trading across borders, creating jobs and competing globally.

#Afreximbank #AlameinAfricaForum #DigitalAfrica #IntraAfricanTrade #AfCFTA

This morning in Port Louis, Republic of #Mauritius, the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, @ymahmoudali, chaired a High-Level Roundtable on “Beyond AfCRA: Improving the Africa Risk Premium – The De-risking Africa Initiative.”

The Roundtable discussed the need for a broader & more coordinated approach to addressing Africa’s risk premium & improving the continent’s financing conditions.

Experts shared perspectives on Strengthening Africa’s financial architecture beyond the establishment of the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA). The also addressed the Africa risk premium & its impact on the cost & availability of financing for African economies;

Participants included key African institutions and partners, including @APRMorg , ETIM, @ECA_OFFICIAL , UNOSSA, @afreximbank , @AfDB_Group , OSF & AAMFI.

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A throwback to UNGA81: how can Africa and its diaspora turn shared heritage into shared prosperity?

At the Future Africa Forum 2026 in New York, co-convened with The Africa Center, Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development, highlighted Afreximbank’s work to connect diaspora capital, skills and enterprise with opportunities across Africa.

With over US$1 billion approved in diaspora financing, the Bank is building on that commitment through the Global Africa Gateway, supporting research, professional exchanges and investment. Through FEDA and our Export Development Programme, diaspora investors can co-invest in the businesses driving African industrialisation.

The goal is to connect markets, expand trade and turn the collective strength of Global Africa into lasting prosperity.

#Afreximbank #UNGA81 #GlobalAfrica #IntraAfricanTrade #AfCFTA

For us, CANEX is more than a four day event. It is an opportunity to connect Nigeria’s creative talent to capital, investment, markets, partnerships and global opportunities.

Working with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Afreximbank and the wider Federal Government, we are focused on ensuring that CANEX delivers real economic value for Nigerian businesses and creatives.

The real measure of success will be what remains after everyone goes home: new investments, new markets, new partnerships, new jobs and new opportunities.

Fifty years after Nigeria welcomed the world for FESTAC, we are ready to welcome Africa and the global African family back to the Wole Soyinka Centre for Arts and Culture (National Theatre).

CANEX 2026. Africa’s creativity meets opportunity, and Nigeria provides the stage. 🇳🇬

#africancreatives #canexwknd #nigeriaeverywhere #destination2030nigeria #hannatumusawa

On World Cotton Day, we look at one of Africa’s biggest industrial opportunities.

Africa grows significant volumes of cotton, yet much of the value is still created elsewhere in spinning, weaving, manufacturing and fashion. New African’s From Cotton to Cloth series explores how the continent can move further up the value chain, create more jobs and build stronger textile industries.

From Benin’s push into local processing and Ethiopia’s investment in textile-focused industrial parks to Kenya’s growing garment manufacturing industry and the rising opportunities around organic cotton in Tanzania, these stories examine what it will take to turn African cotton into African-made value.

👉 Swipe through to explore our coverage of Africa’s cotton opportunity.

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On World Cotton Day, I recall my visit to the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone in Benin, where locally grown cotton is being made into yarn, textiles, towels and finished products for African and global markets.

At Benin Textile, cotton worth less than US$2 per kilogram can be transformed into finished products worth €17 or more. Towels that once travelled from Cotonou to Asia before returning to nearby Lagos are now made in Benin and exported directly across the border.

Benin aims to increase local cotton processing from 40,000 to 140,000 tonnes, with stronger energy infrastructure to support the expansion. This would create more jobs, strengthen textile manufacturing and retain more value in Africa.

Africa must not only manufacture for foreign brands; we must design, own, brand and distribute our own products. At @afreximbank, we will continue to support the investment needed to make this possible.

#WorldCottonDay #Afreximbank #Industrialisation #CottonToCloth

Cotton grows in Africa. More of its value should too.

This World Cotton Day, we reaffirm our support for transforming African cotton into fabrics, brands and exports that create jobs and keep more value on the continent.

Afreximbank is advancing this transformation through its US$2 billion cotton and garment programme. In Benin, the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ) demonstrates the opportunity, with plans to expand local cotton processing from 40,000 to 140,000 tonnes. Beninese cotton is becoming finished products, including the locally created OBALÈ home-textile brand, while towels manufactured in Benin are reaching neighbouring Nigeria directly.

Through @CanexAfrica, we are connecting African fashion and creative businesses with buyers, investors and markets, taking the journey from production to commercial opportunity.

Africa must build competitive textile and garment industries that retain more of cotton’s value on the continent.

Grow it here. Transform it here. Trade it from here.

#WorldCottonDay #Afreximbank #CottonToCloth #MadeInAfrica #GDIZ

On World Cotton Day, this opinion looks beyond the fibre itself to the people, livelihoods and value chains behind it.

From Africa’s millions of smallholder farmers to the workers, designers and manufacturers building a new textile economy, the continent has an opportunity to keep more value at home while strengthening resilience, creating jobs and preserving its textile heritage.

Belinda Edmonds explores why the vision should not simply be to grow more cotton, but to build a fairer, greener and more self-reliant African textile industry.

👉 Read the full opinion and discover why the future of African cotton depends on connecting farmers, factories and fashion: shorturl.at/6t8RB

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#AfricaMadeIt #MakeItinAfrica #BuildingForPower #MadeInAfrica #FromCottonToCloth #Cotton #Textiles #Industrialisation #AfricanFashion #NewAfrican

Rechannelling African capital for African development requires the right frameworks, instruments and signals to unlock investment.

At the 2nd Annual Credit Ratings Conference in Mauritius, Jones Gondo, Afreximbank’s panelist, contributed to a discussion on “Reforming Reserve Management Frameworks: Lessons from Emerging Economies”, exploring how reserve management and investment frameworks can better support Africa’s development priorities.

The discussion highlighted the importance of accurate, context-sensitive credit ratings in helping markets better assess risk, reduce uncertainty and strengthen confidence in African assets.

It also highlighted the need to modernise investor mandates. While investment rules continue to rely heavily on global benchmarks, data and AI are creating new opportunities to develop more context-relevant approaches while maintaining the core principles of security, liquidity and yield.

Afreximbank’s experience demonstrates that capital can be mobilised within the continent. Through its funding programme, the Bank has grown African-sourced funding from zero a decade ago to US$9 billion today.

As Africa advances under the @AfCFTA , strengthening the instruments, infrastructure and frameworks that enable capital to flow into productive investment will be critical to industrialisation and development.

The 2nd Annual Credit Ratings Conference was held on 5–6 October in Mauritius, ahead of the launch of the African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA).

#Afreximbank #AfCRA #CreditRatings #AfricanCapital #AfricanDevelopment #AfCFTA #Investment #Industrialisation #AfricanTrade