African Export-Import Bank

MDB
Egypt
iSustain score 90Moderate· 3–6 months

Pan-African trade finance institution supporting intra-African trade and industrialisation.

Geographic focus

Pan-African

Sector appetite

Trade
Manufacturing
Energy
Infrastructure

Finance instruments

Trade Finance
Debt
Guarantees

Project stages

Operational
Expansion

Typical ticket size

$1m – $300m

Readiness requirements

Trade track record, security package

Partnership preferences

African corporates and banks

Contact

info@afreximbank.com

iSustain relevance score

  • Regional focus & relevance30/30
  • Access & contactability25/25
  • Financing programmes & instruments — 1 open or rolling8/15
  • Instrument breadth12/15
  • Data freshness15/15

Weighted 0–100: Africa focus 30, access & contactability 25, live windows 15, instrument breadth 15, data freshness 15.

Access difficulty

Moderate· 3–6 months

Direct approach possible; published application route.

  • Counterparty requirement — Direct counterparty0/5
  • Application process — Published application route0/3
  • Ticket floor — Minimum ticket $1m+1/3
  • Readiness burden — 0 readiness requirements identified0/2
  • Internal approval process — Board / institutional approval cycles2/2

A rating of how hard this capital is to reach — not a prediction of whether an application will succeed. Built from the counterparty required, the published application route, the minimum ticket, the readiness evidence expected and the internal approval process.

Instruments & programmes

What a client can actually approach this organisation for, and how access works.

Afreximbank Trade & Project Finance Lines

Credit Line
Trade Finance
Open

Trade finance, structured project finance and guarantees for African exporters, banks and industrial projects.

Access route

Direct application

Ticket size

$5m+ — $5m+, larger for project finance

Geographic focus

Pan-African

Sector focus

Trade
Manufacturing
Infrastructure
Agribusiness

Project stages

Operational

Eligibility

African corporates, banks and project sponsors.

How to access

Apply through Afreximbank's client relations team.

Related capital sources

Other funders with an overlapping mandate.

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