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Afreximbank expands trade platforms and financing

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In mid‑July 2026 2026, Afreximbank broadened expanded its development role. role through human capital and industrial initiatives. On 12 July it July, the bank signed an MOU with the International Business Development Learning group to launch joint training and certification programmes for a new generation of African trade leaders. Twelve days later, on On 24 July, the bank sealed it entered a strategic memorandum with South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) that creates (IDC), creating an $8 billion financing envelope for manufacturing, agriculture, mining, renewable energy energy, and infrastructure, supporting infrastructure to support the African Continental Free Trade Area and South Africa’s industrialisation agenda. Area. Later that month month, the bank operationalised its strategy by launching two national platforms under its African Trade and Development Corporation (ATDC) network – network: one in Zimbabwe with CBZ Agro Yield of CBZ Holdings and another in Malawi with Press Corporation Plc. The These platforms aim to aggregate production, promote exports, and provide storage, logistics and market information, and deliver structured trade financing to reinforce agricultural and industrial value chains. financing. Afreximbank announced that these launches are part of a goal intends to establish seven ATDC structures across Africa by the end of 2026. On 3 August August, the bank completed its largest ever dollar bond issuance, raising $1.5 billion across two tranches. Proceeds are earmarked for trade, industrialisation tranches to fund continent‑wide trade and growth projects continent‑wide. industrialisation projects. In the same week Afreximbank week, it signed a $190 million financing package with CBZ Bank Limited to support Zimbabwe’s trade, SME SME, and power sectors, comprising a $150 million revolving trade‑finance facility, sectors. By late August, Afreximbank reported a $20 million SME facility and accompanying capacity‑building services. These actions illustrate Afreximbank’s dual focus on human‑capital development 30 per cent increase in net income for the first half of 2026, reaching $534.7 million. This growth was driven by increased lending, with net loans and large‑scale financing mechanisms advances rising to deepen intra‑African trade and industrial capacity. $35.4 billion, alongside an improved non-performing loan ratio of 2.20 per cent.

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  1. 2026-08-26 21:25 UTC Afreximbank expands trade platforms and financing
  2. 2026-08-03 10:22 UTC Afreximbank expands trade platforms and financing
  3. 2026-07-31 10:15 UTC Afreximbank expands trade platforms and financing

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