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This edition of the Regional Integration and Market Access Insights Report offers a comprehensive look into Africa’s dynamic economic transformation. As the continent takes strides towards deeper regional integration and enhanced market access, this report explores the infrastructure projects reshaping Africa’s trade routes, from modern railways to crucial energy pipelines, all of which are boosting

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

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

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

Investing in agrifood systems changes lives – lifting people out of poverty and hunger, connecting small-scale farmers and rural entrepreneurs to markets and financing, protecting vital ecosystems and biodiversity, and much more. For six decades and counting, the FAO Investment Centre has worked with countries and financiers to invest in food and agriculture for a

This volume presents the first systematic review of public bank lending in the water sector in the Global South. Many public banks have an explicit mandate to finance public water management, yet despite a resurgence of interest in public banks and the role they can play in sustainable development, their role in funding water management

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) play a crucial role in addressing climate change. Following a workshop themed “A Practical Road Map for African DFIs in Accessing Green Fund”, the AADFI Working Group on Climate Change conducted a survey to assess member DFIs readiness for climate finance. This survey aimed to understand DFIs’ engagement with climate finance

With its continued focus on climate, this year’s report arrives at a pivotal moment in global efforts to combat climate change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This edition unveils a complex landscape of opportunities and challenges, emphasizing the role of blended finance in mobilizing private capital for climate initiatives, particularly in Emerging Markets

Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 and Eradicating Poverty in Times of Multiple Crises: The Effective Delivery of Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative Solutions. The 2024 Africa Sustainable Development Report (ASDR) reviews the status of the implementation of the two Agendas in Africa and offers policy recommendations to facilitate their attainment. As in previous years,

The October 2024 edition of Africa’s Pulse reports a fragile economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa, with growth projected at 3% in 2024, up from 2.4% in 2023, driven by increased private consumption and investment. Inflation is expected to decline from 7.1% in 2023 to 4.9% in 2024 and 4.6% in 2025–26 due to tighter monetary

Globalization has moved the world from fragmented economies to a unit trading bloc that offers enormous opportunities but also heightens competition, with increasing demand on market players. However, weaker market players will be ‘pushed’ out of mainstream value chains and this is a present threat for small Africa’s farmers. Indeed, in most African countries, agricultural

One of the most recurrent challenges when conducting research in Africa is limited availability and/or access to reliable data. Researchers and policymakers often lament the unavailability and/or the reliability of African data – even when available, data usually spans a short time period, casting doubts on research outcomes and raising ambiguity on policy recommendations derived

The Contemporary Issues in African Trade and Trade Finance (CIAT) is introduced by the Bank to provide a platform for the staff of Afreximbank and other individuals knowledgeable in African trade and trade finance to publish articles in the areas of trade, trade finance and economic development in Africa. The CIAT publishes technical and non-technical

This Edition This publication is the result of the sixth edition of the Babacar Annual Lecture. Held alongside the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings on 14 October 2022 in Washington DC, USA, this edition was themed Africa and the Global World in a Turbulent Global Financial Architecture. The keynote speaker was Honourable

This report outlines various policies and initiatives to alleviate trade constraints and catalyse the emergence of vibrant RVCs in Africa. It shows that the confluence of GSC realignment under the new world order and the implementation of the AfCFTA provides a unique opportunity for accelerating manufacturing export growth in Africa. In particular, rules of origin