Markets, integration and AfCFTA — Africa's economic heartbeat.
AFREXIMBANK
Algiers, October 02, 2025 – Afreximbank TV, a digital TV channel wholly owned and run by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), marked its fifth edition with dedicated coverage of the recently concluded Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025) held in Algiers, Algeria. Since premiering in November 2023, the virtual TV channel has steadily grown its audience with over […]
AFRICA
Algiers, Algeria, 11 September 2025: – The fourth Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023), hosted in Algiers, Algeria, ended on September 10, 2025 in a resounding success with US$48.3 billion in trade and investment deals signed during the weeklong continental exposition event that begun on September 4 and attended by over 112,000 visitors (physical and virtual), from 132 countries. […]
AFRICA
At IATF 2025, Oakwood Green CEO Gabriel Edgal calls for a Pan-African Currency Protocol to cut dollar dependence and boost intra-African trade.
AFRICA
Grenada — July 29, 2025 Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of Afreximbank, has called on African and Caribbean nations to urgently build direct sea and air transport links to unlock the immense trade potential between the two regions—estimated at over $1 billion annually. Speaking during a high-level infrastructure panel at the 4th AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum […]
ECONOMY
The second day of the 32nd Annual Meetings of Afreximbank in Abuja shone a spotlight on the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), with leaders across Africa’s financial ecosystem hailing it as one of the most transformative tools for facilitating intra-African trade. With trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) picking up momentum, PAPSS—developed by Afreximbank […]
AFRICA
According to the Africa Trade Report 2025 published by Afreximbank, intra-African trade experienced a notable resurgence in 2024, growing by 12.4% to reach approximately US$220.3 billion. This recovery marks a sharp turnaround from the 5.9% decline observed in the previous year, underscoring the continent’s resilience and renewed momentum for integration. Leading this resurgence was South Africa, which accounted for US$42.1 billion in intra-African […]
AFRICA
Africa’s economies are once again at the center of global trade discussions, but not for the reasons most would hope. According to the recently released African Trade Report 2025 by Afreximbank, the continent faces a staggering trade finance gap of over $100 billion annually—a persistent structural constraint that threatens to undermine Africa’s industrial ambitions, job creation efforts, and […]
ALGERIA
Africa must take deliberate steps to increase intra-continental trade and shift from rhetoric to results, Gabriel Edgal, IATF Ambassador and Chairman of Oakwood Green Africa, has said, urging Ghanaian businesses in particular to ensure active participation in the upcoming Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) to deepen commercial partnerships and unlock cross-border opportunities. Mr. Edgal was addressing […]
AFRICA
Monrovia, Liberia – February 20, 2025 Oakwood Green Africa, in collaboration with the Intra-Africa Trade Fair (IATF) Secretariat of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and in partnership with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Finance & Development Planning, and the National Investment Commission, announce the 2025 IATF Stakeholder & Business Engagement Session, scheduled […]
GAMBIA
Gambian businesses were encouraged to leverage new opportunities in intra-African trade at the inaugural Bloom Bank Africa Gambia Breakfast Meeting. Held under the theme, “Trade Africa, Trade Global: A Discourse on Trade and Trade-Enabling Infrastructure,” the event spotlighted the importance of financial infrastructure, partnerships, and cross-border payment systems in advancing Gambia’s regional and global market […]