The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced strong financial results for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total assets and contingencies rising by 21 percent to 48.5 billion USD, up from 40.1 billion USD in 2024, confirming sustained growth and market confidence.
Afreximbank’s 2025 performance reflects a solid expansion of its balance sheet and operational activity, driven by increased financing across Africa and the Caribbean. Net loans and advances rose by 16 percent to 33.5 billion USD, supporting key sectors such as manufacturing, infrastructure, food security, and climate adaptation. The Bank maintained strong asset quality, with the non-performing loan ratio contained at 2.43 percent, while liquidity remained robust, with cash reserves reaching 6 billion USD, representing 14 percent of total assets, above the institution’s strategic threshold.
Afreximbank presents itself as the financial institution most committed to understanding the challenges of intra-African trade. It is also the institution most determined to level the playing field for African economic actors, primarily SMEs. This is because African SMEs face a competitiveness problem. They therefore need the support of a trans-African and pan-African financial institution that can provide visibility and structure for the African industrial sector.
Justin Honoré MONDOMOBE, Economic intelligence expert – Cameroon
Profitability indicators also improved, with net income increasing by 19 percent to 1.2 billion USD, while gross income rose to 3.5 billion USD, reflecting sustained revenue growth. Shareholders’ funds expanded by 17 percent to 8.4 billion USD, supported by capital inflows and retained earnings. 
Afreximbank is a driver of economic competitiveness that also aims to act as a technology hub.
Justin Honoré MONDOMOBE, Economic intelligence expert – Cameroon
The results underline Afreximbank’s growing role as a key financial institution driving trade, industrialisation, and economic resilience, at a time when African economies continue to face global uncertainties and external shocks.
