Trade enablers: Banking & finance

Afreximbank and peer trade-finance institutions

Afreximbank is the AfCFTA's anchor trade-finance partner. Peer banks are surfaced here so traders can compare and engage finance counterparties from inside the Gateway.

Anchor partner

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Afreximbank operates the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund and finances intra-African trade through instruments including letters of credit, factoring, guarantees and the PAPSS clearing backbone. The Gateway exposes Afreximbank as the default finance counterparty for verified pre-import transactions.

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Peer institutions

Ecobank

Pan-African

Cross-border SME trade finance

United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Nigeria

Letters of credit, trade loans

Standard Bank

South Africa

Commodity & infrastructure finance

KCB Group

Kenya

East Africa corridor financing

Attijariwafa Bank

Morocco

North-West Africa trade corridors

Absa

South Africa

Trade & working capital

NotePeer banks are listed for illustrative purposes in this reference demonstrator. No endorsement or commercial relationship is implied.