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Partner profile: Trade finance

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Multilateral trade finance institution. Anchor finance partner of the AfCFTA, operator of the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund and joint sponsor of PAPSS.

Type
Multilateral trade finance bank
Headquarters
Cairo, Egypt
Member states
53+ African states (illustrative)
Established
1993

About

Afreximbank finances and promotes intra- and extra-African trade through letters of credit, guarantees, factoring, project finance and direct lending. Under the AfCFTA, it serves as anchor finance partner and operates the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund.

Role in AfCFTA (mock summary)

  • Operator of the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund supporting states and private sector.
  • Co-sponsor and clearing agent of PAPSS for cross-border settlement.
  • Finances corridor infrastructure and SME participation in the single market.
  • Hosts Biashara Afrika and the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF).
Mock summary: simplified for the demonstrator

Funder & instruments (mock)

Afreximbank is capitalised by African states, African institutional investors, financial institutions and private investors. For this demonstrator, no funding flow to the Gateway or to any specific transaction is represented.

NoteReference demonstrator. Afreximbank name and partnership content are shown for illustrative purposes. The role summary, funder notes and instrument descriptions are mock and not endorsed by Afreximbank or the AfCFTA Secretariat. No commercial relationship is implied.
AfCFTA: Creating One African MarketPan-African Conformity Gateway

A sovereign digital operating layer for AfCFTA conformity assessment, accredited CAB activation and pre-import trade facilitation.

Aligned with AfCFTA Annex 6: Not formally endorsed

Policy
  • AfCFTA Annex 6 TBT
  • ARSO standards
  • AFRAC accreditation
  • PAQI quality infrastructure
Operations
  • CAB & laboratory registry
  • Pre-import conformity
  • Single Window integration
  • Certificate verification
Trade enablers
Reference demonstrator. Institutional use subject to formal governance, authorization and agreement.© 2026 Pan-African Conformity Gateway: Mock data only