African Export–Import Bank

African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank)
Company typeDevelopment finance institution
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1993 (1993)
Headquarters72B, El Maahad El-Eshteraky Street, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Area served
Africa and the Caribbean
Key people
George Elombi (president and chairman of board of directors)
Denys Denya (senior executive vice-president, Finance, Administration and Banking Services)
Kanayo Awani (executive vice-president, Intra-African Trade and Export Development)
Haytham El Maayergi (executive vice-president, Global Trade Bank)
US$ 973.5 million (2024)
Total assetsUS$ 40.1 billion (2024)
Total equityUS$ 7.2 billion (2024)
Capital ratio24 percent (2024)
RatingMoody's: Baa2/P-2 (stable)

Fitch: BBB- /F3 Japan Credit Rating: (A−, stable) China Chengxin Credit Rating Group: (AAA)

Global Credit Rating: A
Websitewww.afreximbank.com

African Export–Import Bank, also referred to as Afreximbank or Banque Africaine d’Import-Export, is a pan-African supranational multilateral financial institution created in 1993 under the auspices of the African Development Bank. It was officially launched at the first general meeting of the shareholders in Abuja, Nigeria, in October 1993. It is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

Afreximbank is a financial provider to African governments and private businesses in support of intra-African and Caribbean trade.