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The African Energy Chamber has partnered with Rystad Energy and the African Export-Import Bank for the Invest in African Energy event in London to drive European investment across Africa’s energy sector The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (EnergyChamber.org) – the voice of the African energy sector – is proud to announce that multinational energy market research […]
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Ten companies from across Africa are embarking on a scale-up project which offers a unique opportunity for mature, highly scaled digital ventures to further their expansion plans through an initiative with African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and CNN International Commercial (CNNIC). Following the launch of a partnership between Afreximbank and CNNIC last year, the two organisations have […]
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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Standard Chartered announced an agreement for Standard Chartered to provide USD 200m of not-for-profit funding towards Afreximbank’s structured framework to help finance the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines for African nations. The collaboration between Standard Chartered and Afreximbank will help ensure that 55 countries across Africa have access to COVID-19 vaccines. […]
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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership (MFW4A) released on 15 April 2021 the African Trade Finance Survey Report which provides a better understanding of the trade finance landscape across Africa and how it has […]
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Global trade expected to contract by 9.2% this year, having fallen by 2.9% in 2019 Africa’s share of global trade was 2.7% in 2019, below the 4% figure of the 1970s. Informal cross-border trade which is a key component of intra-African trade is wide-spread in its composition. The African Trade Report estimates that in Eastern […]
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CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are collaborating on a new long-term initiative to showcase, empower and tell the stories of emerging and expanding businesses – known as scale-up companies – across Africa. In the first partnership of its kind, CNNIC has combined a rich suite of branded content and sponsorship solutions […]
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African Media Agency (AMA)/- Taking place last week, the Fourth edition of the Ndiaye Lecture was organised at a time of major tectonic shifts around the world and the choice of the main theme “Africa and the Remaking of the New World Order” reflected these developments at the global level. In his keynote address H.E. Professor Kishore […]
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– Keynote speaker at this year’s Babacar Ndiaye Lecture is China expert Professor Kishore Mahbubani – Lecture will focus on the future of Africa in the emerging multipolar world order – Lecture will also discuss what Africa can learn from Asia and how to reposition itself in the new world order Now in its fourth […]
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Communiqué sets out a road map for WTO reform Communiqué calls for development to be at the centre of WTO reform Agriculture subsidies and non-tariff barriers highlighted as a specific hindrance to development Following a meeting convened by the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) and hosted by the Afreximbank, a communiqué addressed […]
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A survey of 200 CEOs was commissioned by the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC), and conducted by African Business magazine in partnership with the Afreximbank. It revealed that: African CEOs explicitly called for a fairer system governing global trade that will support developing countries 37% of the CEOs surveyed feel WTO as […]
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