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South Africa has formally joined the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), with the pan-African lender unveiling an $8bn support package aligned with the country’s industrial development goals. The accession marks the completion of a three-decade ambition to bring Africa’s most industrialised economy into the Cairo-based institution, giving Afreximbank its first full continental coverage. The move comes …
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The Republic of South Africa has today officially acceded to the Establishment Agreement of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), Africa's leading Multilateral Financial Institution, marking the formal entry of one of Africa's largest economies into the Bank's membership, heralding deeper financial sovereignty.
The accession follows the South African Parliament's historic approval of the accession in 2025, cementing a strategic partnership between Africa's leading multilateral Bank and the continent's industrial powerhouse. South Africa becomes the 54th state to accede to the Bank's Establishment Agreement, which constitutes a historic milestone as the two partners seek to unlock trade opportunities within a global financial architecture that is rapidly fragmenting due to protectionist policies and shifting trade blocks.
To operationalise this partnership, Afreximbank will launch major financial interventions in the Country. This includes a new US$8 billion Country Programme designed to deepen the South African economy. These programmes are tailored to expand the Bank's developmental impact; enhance industrial development and regional supply chains and significantly boost intra-African trade and investment flows. This support is strategically aligned with South Africa's economic ambitions.
As the continent's highest regional contributor to intra African trade, accounting for 19.1% of the continent's total trade in 2024 (http://apo-opa.co/4rqC5K7), South Africa is uniquely positioned to leverage Afreximbank's trade infrastructure, expertise and pan African reach to extend its export relationships across the continent.
Dr George Elombi, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank hailed South Africa's membership as a ‘decisive step' noting:
“This affirmation of the membership of South Africa in Afreximbank marks a decisive step towards uniting around the continent's economic interests, the interests of our mother continent. South Africa's membership of the Bank, while providing Afreximbank a full continental coverage, brings the country into the heart of Afreximbank's vision and its aspirations to promote the change so much desired in the structure of Africa's trade.
“I am therefore pleased that together with the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), under the leadership of Hon. Minister Parks Tau, we have put together what we consider an important package of US$8 billion for South Africa. The country programme is aligned with South Africa's national development plan 2030 and national industrial and trade priorities, and targets key strategic areas.”
Dr Elombi added that Afreximbank's current pipeline of projects in South Africa, at different stages of review, exceeds US$6 billion, spanning healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, energy, industrial and mining sectors.
Commenting on South Africa's accession to Afreximbank, President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa said:
“Today we mark a major milestone in our quest to realise what I would call the economic integration of our continent. South Africa's accession to the African Export-Import Bank affirms our commitment to African industrial development and to deepening trade, investment and development across our continent. Once finalised, the South African-Afreximbank Country programme will be operationalised with a finance package that will initially support a range of strategic projects across the trade and industrial cluster. And one of those areas that we are going to focus on with immediate effect is to give muscle to our Transformation Fund, to support black businesses who, by the way, were held back by the apartheid system from being active participants in the economy of our country.”
President Ramaphosa added, “For more than 30 years, Afreximbank has demonstrated its own ability, its resilience, its innovative capability but it has more than that demonstrated that it has impact. This partnership will strengthen in more ways than one South Africa's ability to support South African exporters, industrial projects and regional value chains while advancing our continent's progress.”
Following the announcement, both South Africa and Afreximbank have resolved to jointly pursue trade and economic development programmes, key among them the South Africa-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Programme (SATIPP), the Afreximbank Guarantee Programme, the financing of Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones – not to mention export trading company financing – Project and Asset Based Finance, conventional trade finance, Afreximbank Project Preparation, and financing devised to support the creative and cultural industries, as well as a broad range of advisory services.
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About Afreximbank:
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is a Pan-African multilateral financial institution mandated to finance and promote intra- and extra-African trade. For over 30 years, the Bank has been deploying innovative structures to deliver financing solutions that support the transformation of the structure of Africa's trade, accelerating industrialisation and intra-regional trade, thereby boosting economic expansion in Africa. A stalwart supporter of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), Afreximbank has launched a Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) that was adopted by the African Union (AU) as the payment and settlement platform to underpin the implementation of the AfCFTA. Working with the AfCFTA Secretariat and the AU, the Bank has set up a US$10 billion Adjustment Fund to support countries effectively participating in the AfCFTA. At the end of December 2024, Afreximbank's total assets and contingencies stood at over US$40.1 billion, and its shareholder funds amounted to US$7.2 billion. Afreximbank has investment grade ratings assigned by GCR (international scale) (A), Moody's (Baa2), China Chengxin International Credit Rating Co., Ltd (CCXI) (AAA), and Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) (A-). Afreximbank has evolved into a group entity comprising the Bank, its equity impact fund subsidiary called the Fund for Export Development Africa (FEDA), and its insurance management subsidiary, AfrexInsure (together, "the Group"). The Bank is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.
For more information, visit: www.Afreximbank.com
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