Elombi: When Preparation Meets Opportunity at AfreximBank
Elombi: When Preparation Meets Opportunity at AfreximBank By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko “As we look to the future, I see Afreximbank as a force for industrialising Africa and…

Elombi: When Preparation Meets Opportunity at AfreximBank By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko “As we look to the future, I see Afreximbank as a force for industrialising Africa and…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF) have signed a landmark memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a collaborative framework aimed at promoting, developing and improving gas infrastructure in Nigeria. It was signed on the sidelines of the just ended fourth Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) by Mrs Helen…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has acted as global coordinator and joint mandated lead arranger for a senior secured term loan facility amounting to US$1.6 billion, in favour of Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. (Staatsolie), Suriname’s state-owned energy company, in a major boost to the country’s GranMorgu upstream offshore oil project. Afreximbank, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior,…
Attendees of the Factoring workshop in Egypt pose for a group photo. In pursuit of the growth and transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) across Africa, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in partnership with FCI, the largest global network of factoring companies, and the Egyptian Factoring Federation (EFF), recently played host to a two-day Workshop…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a project preparation facility financing agreement for its private-sector renewable energy project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking a major step in expanding green infrastructure across the Central African region. Partnering with Kipay Investments SAS (Kipay), the Bank will finance the technical and bankability studies, legal, financial…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) recently joined a consortium of financial institutions in London to sign a landmark syndicated term loan facility for Bank of Industry (BOI) Nigeria of up to EUR 2 billion. Afreximbank, acted as one of the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers, Bookrunner and Facility Agent. The Bank disbursed its participation amount of…
One hundred and fifty small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from 10 African countries are set to become Africa’s latest businesses positioned for the global export market with participation in the Export Readiness Programme (RERP) implemented by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Egyptian Exporters Association (Expolink) in Cairo, Egypt. Designed to equip the SMEs with…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank or “The Bank”) and Amufert SA announced that they have signed terms for a USD 1.4 Billion facility to support the establishment of a fertilizer plant in Angola. Afreximbank is arranging the required debt funding in its capacity as Mandated Lead Arranger and is also supporting the equity raise as one…
The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions (AAMFI), held the third meeting of its Governing Council in Accra, Ghana, on the margins of the African Union’s 6th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting. The Governing Council discussed key aspects of the implementation of its strategy and welcomed new members, notably, the African Solidarity Fund (ASF) and the East African…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) co-hosted a Joint Project Preparation Facility (JPPF) workshop in Maseru, Lesotho, to help address investment gaps in project preparation and to highlight the critical role of project preparation. Organised under the theme “Leveraging Project Preparation to Boost Trade and Investment in Lesotho,” the workshop that was…