Category ECONOMY

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and partners enter new alliance leveraging Islamic and Arab finance for economic transformation

VIENNA, Austria, June 17, 2025/ — Today, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), UNIDO, the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and the Union of Arab Banks (UAB), formalized new strategic partnerships under the Islamic and Arab Finance…

Dr. Khalid Khalafalla Appointed as Acting Chief Executive Officer of Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)

The Board of Directors of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector(ICD),the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank(IsDB), has approved the appointment of Dr. Khalid Khalafalla as Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 19 March…

Afreximbank breaks ground on historic state-of-the-art Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) in Barbados, first outside Africa

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 25, 2025/ — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com/), Africa’s leading Multilateral Financial Institution, made history today when it broke ground on its first-ever state-of-the-art Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) in the Caribbean, marking a pivotal moment for…