This brief provides a visual overview of Africa’s merchandise trade landscape through heatmaps. It highlights key trade patterns and concentrations among trading partners, product categories, and regional blocs. Using data from 2023 and 2024, the analysis focuses on African trade flows, bilateral trade intensity, and the distribution of traded products at both country and regional […]
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The 2025 African Trade and Economic Outlook (ATEO) provides an in-depth analysis of Africa’s economic and trade performance, projecting the continent’s growth trajectory in the short-to- medium term. The report highlights the key macroeconomic and trade developments shaping Africa’s recovery, detailing opportunities for sustainable growth amid heightening global and domestic uncertainties. Notably, despite global economic
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The 2025 edition of the African Trade Report, published by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), examines trade and economic development in Africa and other parts of the world during 2024 and explores how a rapidly fragmenting global economy – marked by intensifying geopolitical schisms and industrial-policy rivalries – is reshaping Africa’s trade dynamics just as
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In 2025, the Bank of Industry (BOI) has emerged as a leading force in African development finance, demonstrating excellence across multiple fronts — from innovative capital raising to strategic partnerships and sustainable financial leadership. The following report synthesizes BOI’s key achievements and initiatives so far this year. 1. BOI Honored with Syndicated Loan Deal of
On 23 June 2025, the Development Bank of Southern Africa proudly hosted the inaugural South African Development Finance Institutions Forum (SADFIF). This was a groundbreaking initiative to unite development finance institutions (DFIs) across the country for greater impact. The event brought together 23 DFIs representing national, provincial and district level interest, allowing for the establishment of
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In a remarkable demonstration of development finance in action, the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) has significantly expanded its investment footprint, positioning itself as a catalyst for Uganda’s industrialization and sustainable economic development. Since its re-establishment in 2016, UDC – Uganda’s state-owned development finance institution – has deployed capital strategically into high-impact sectors such as agro-manufacturing,
The AADFI was represented by its Secretary-General, Mr. Cyril Okoye, at the Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility Closing Event held on June 18, 2025, at The Square in Brussels, Belgium. The event, themed “From Coordination to Collaboration: 5 Years of the ICR Facility,” brought together stakeholders to reflect on the initiative’s achievements and explore the transition to its
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Dans le cadre de la promotion de l’entrepreneuriat des jeunes en République Démocratique du Congo, le Fonds de Promotion de l’Industrie (FPI) et le Fonds de Garantie pour l’Entrepreneuriat au Congo (FOGEC) ont signé un protocole d’accord historique le 09 mai 2025 visant à lever l’un des principaux obstacles à l’accès au financement : la
