The ninth Annual African Financial Markets Index, launched today by multinational African bank Absa, shows a continent that has remained relatively stable despite tariff and geopolitical turbulence, where ambitious reforms… read more →
Rerouted trade corridors, regional fragmentation, a currency arms race… these are no longer distant possibilities. They are active geopolitical and macroeconomic forces, reshaping transactional banking. At this year’s BAFT Global… read more →
In a grocery store in Cape Town, Korean instant noodles and ice cups sit alongside local biltong. “The younger generation is observing on social media, and has now created a… read more →
Walk into any small business in Lagos, Nairobi, or Johannesburg, and you’ll see the same thing: ambition trumping circumstance. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the majority of businesses… read more →
India and Africa share deep historical and cultural bonds, tied together with centuries of trade and a large Indian diaspora across the African continent. In recent times, their bond is… read more →
It is no longer news that African economies offer many opportunities and potential for innovative problem-solving. One of these is trade credit insurance (TCI), a form of insurance that involves… read more →
As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues become more important in investment and policy choices, the global regulatory environment for sustainability is both expanding and transforming. This chapter of our… read more →
The workshop, which focused on integrating the trade settlement system and strengthening compliance measures to reduce transaction costs and processing delays, forms part of Afreximbank’s approach to addressing trade settlement… read more →
A narrative growing louder in the African market is the appetite for intraregional trade. Historically, trade volumes between, say, Cameroon and France have been larger than with Cameroon’s regional neighbours,… read more →
The announcement, made yesterday at the fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo meeting in Changsha, China, extends Beijing’s existing duty-free arrangements beyond the continent’s least developed countries to include middle-income… read more →