The Encyclopedia of Economic Statecraft

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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank): version history

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Publication change log ยท Current review record

Text changes from 2.0.38 to 2.0.39

Reason for this change. Add precise AfCFTA treaty references and distinguish treaty objectives and institutions from implementation and Afreximbank results. Preserve the substantive review date.

Before: edition 2.0.38

Afreximbank supports the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a separate cross-border payment and settlement arrangement involving participating central banks, commercial institutions and other bodies. PAPSS can reduce the need for external correspondent routes and scarce settlement currencies in eligible intra-African transactions. The African Continental Free Trade Area provides a separate treaty framework for continental trade integration.

After: edition 2.0.39

Afreximbank supports the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a separate cross-border payment and settlement arrangement involving participating central banks, commercial institutions and other bodies. PAPSS can reduce the need for external correspondent routes and scarce settlement currencies in eligible intra-African transactions. The African Continental Free Trade Area provides a separate treaty framework for continental trade integration. Its founding agreement sets progressive tariff and non-tariff barrier removal and services liberalisation as objectives for State Parties. Article 9 assigns its institutional framework to the Assembly, Council of Ministers, Committee of Senior Trade Officials and Secretariat (articles 4 and 9). These treaty provisions do not establish the extent of implementation or the results of a particular Afreximbank facility.

Before: edition 2.0.38

  1. African Export-Import Bank, Agreement for the Establishment of the Bank and Charter, consolidated English text, June 2024.
  2. African Export-Import Bank, corporate governance and management team, checked 29 July 2026.
  3. African Export-Import Bank, *Annual Report 2024* (2025).
  4. African Export-Import Bank, full-year 2025 results presentation (2026).
  5. Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, About PAPSS, checked 29 July 2026.
  6. African Union, Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, consolidated text.

After: edition 2.0.39

  1. African Export-Import Bank, Agreement for the Establishment of the Bank and Charter, consolidated English text, June 2024.
  2. African Export-Import Bank, corporate governance and management team, checked 29 July 2026.
  3. African Export-Import Bank, *Annual Report 2024* (2025).
  4. African Export-Import Bank, full-year 2025 results presentation (2026).
  5. Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, About PAPSS, checked 29 July 2026.
  6. African Union, Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, consolidated text, articles 4 and 9, printed pages 5 and 7 (PDF pages 6 and 8).