1、 African TradeReport 2025African Trade in a Changing Global Financial Architectureafreximbank African Export-Import BankAfrican TradeReport 2025African Trade in a Changing Global Financial Architecture Copyright Afreximbank,Cairo 2025.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced

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3、rican Export-Import Bank 72(B)El Maahad El Eshteraky Street Heliopolis,Cairo 11341 P O Box 613 Heliopolis Cairo 11757,Egypt Tel:+202 24564100/1/2/3 E Website: The global financial and trade architecture is undergoing profound transformation.Geopolitical fragmentation,rising protectionism,volatile ca

4、pital flows,and a growing tendency towards deglobalisation are redrawing the contours of international economic cooperation that have prevailed since the end of World War II.For the nations of the African continent,this volatile environment presents significant challenges.But it also presents the hi

5、storic opportunity to reposition themselves within the global economy and redefine the trajectory of their development.African economies face a complex web of structural constraints,including a persistent continent-wide trade finance gap estimated at about US$100 billion annually,regulatory dissonan

6、ce,exchange rate volatility,and macroeconomic instability.Compounding these constraints are sovereign debt vulnerabilities,infrastructure deficits,and systemic biases embedded in global financial systems,among them skewed credit rating methodologies,limited access to concessional finance,and underre