products & Services

The Trade Finance
Bank for Africa

Large Corporates

Corporations, both privately held or publicly quoted that have attained a significant level of scale in their operations and balance sheet size, may apply directly for the support of suitable and relevant products or services from the Bank.

Governments

Corporations, both privately held or publicly quoted that have attained a significant level of scale in their operations and balance sheet size, may apply directly for the support of suitable and relevant products or services from the Bank.

Financial Institutions

Financial institutions play a very important role of intermediation in trade transactions specifically, and in other types of financial interactions generally. The Afreximbank supports trade across the continent through various instruments that are delivered largely through commercial banks in the various countries. Ranging from trade confirmation lines to guarantees and export credit insurance type services, the Afreximbank mobilizes its balances sheet, credit rating and preferred creditor status to support transactions across the continent.

Trade & Project Financing

AFREXIMBANK offers a range of financing programmes, solutions and advisory services to support the expansion, diversification, promotion and development of intra- and extra-African trade and trade development projects. .

Boosting trade in
Africa

Export
Development

Under its 5th strategic plan (2017-2021), the Bank has identified Industrialisation and Export Development (I&ED) as one of the pillars that would help to deliver on its mandate. The Export Development department therefore supports the I&ED pillar through the following mechanisms

  • Facilitating and financing Africa’s manufactured exports in particular for agro-processing and light manufacturing sectors
  • Developing and establishing Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones across the continent
  • Addressing Africa’s infrastructure constraints debilitating industrialization and export development
  • Facilitating and enabling market access of Africa’s manufactured exports
  • Supporting export of services (medical services, tourism, etc.).

Guarantees

The Bank offers variety of guarantee products grouped into five different categories to meet various needs of clients, ranging from short term-trade guarantee solutions, working capital and supply chain finance guarantee solutions for mid-cap entities and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and bonding facilities for exports and trade contracts including engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts.

Trade Information &
Advisory

The Advisory and Capital Markets (ACMA) team serves as the investment banking arm of the Bank and has four distinct business lines that assist clients in accessing African markets. These are: Sovereign Advisory, Corporate Advisory, Capital Markets and Trade Information Services. ACMA products and services are tailored to suit client needs and priced according to the scope of the work involved.

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