Afreximbank

Afreximbank raises $260 million to support SMEs via Islamic bond

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has raised around $260 million via three sharia-compliant facilities to support the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises in the region, as African markets gradually open to Islamic finance. The Cairo-based Afreximbank, which was founded by African governments and other investors in 1993 and focuses on trade finance, obtained a $100 million […]

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Sun Trust Bank signs MoU with ICD on non-interest banking

Sun Trust Bank Nigeria Limited (SBN) has signed an agreement with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) to establish a new non-interest banking window in the bank. ICD is the private arm of Islamic Development Bank Group (IDBG). Mr. Muhammad Jibrin, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SBN, said in a […]

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