Afreximbank pushes digital integration at African Finance Ministers’ Conference

Africa, Business

TANGIER, MOROCCO, 2 April 2026 (NPA) — The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) this week joined African leaders at the 58th Session of the Economic Commission for Africa and Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Tangier, Morocco, advancing solutions to scale Africa’s digital and innovation economy.

Speaking during a panel on “Financing Africa’s Digital and Innovation Economy,” Afreximbank Executive Vice President, Global Trade Bank, Mr. Haytham ElMaayergi, stressed that Africa’s challenge is not the absence of capital, but how that capital is structured and deployed.

He underscored the need to move from fragmented efforts to integrated digital systems, positioning digital public infrastructure — including broadband, data systems, digital identity and payments — as foundational to economic growth.

Afreximbank is driving this agenda through platforms such as the Africa Trade Gateway and PAPSS, which enable seamless cross‑border trade, reduce transaction costs, and strengthen connectivity across African markets.

The priority now, ElMaayergi said, is to scale these systems, mobilise institutional capital, and build fully integrated digital markets that support trade, innovation and long‑term transformation across the continent.