By George Ozalla
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, has reported a strong financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2025, with its total assets and contingencies rising to US$48.5 billion, reflecting steady expansion across its operations and sustained investor confidence in its mandate.
The figures, contained in a press release issued from Cairo on 9 April 2026, show a 21 percent increase from US$40.1 billion recorded at the end of the 2024 financial year. The bank and its subsidiaries described the performance as evidence of continued financial resilience, disciplined execution of strategy, and growing confidence from markets and stakeholders across its network.
The latest results position the bank on a stronger growth trajectory, with its balance sheet expanding significantly within a single year despite a challenging global economic environment marked by tightening liquidity conditions, currency pressures in emerging markets, and shifting trade dynamics affecting cross-border finance.
Afreximbank’s asset growth also points to increased activity in trade finance support across Africa and other emerging markets where the institution plays a central role in facilitating trade flows, providing credit guarantees, and supporting industrial and export-driven development initiatives. The expansion in contingencies further signals heightened engagement in structured finance and risk-sharing arrangements aimed at deepening trade capacity across member states.
The bank has in recent years maintained a focus on strengthening intra-African trade under frameworks aligned with the African Continental Free Trade Area, while also expanding partnerships with external markets to improve access to financing for both sovereign and private sector clients.
The 2025 performance underscores that trajectory, with the institution maintaining growth momentum in both scale and operational reach, reinforcing its position as one of the continent’s leading multilateral financial institutions supporting trade and development finance.
Further details on profit performance, sectoral allocations, and regional distribution are expected to be outlined in the bank’s full audited financial statements.
