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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), a Cairo-based multilateral institution focused on financing and promoting trade in Africa, said its 2018 net profit rose 25.2 percent to around $276 million.
In 2017, the bank’s net profit stood at $220.5 million.
Total assets increased by 13 percent to $13.42 billion at the end of December 2018, from $11.91 billion in the previous year, the bank said in a statement on Sunday. Net loans and credit facilities jumped 30.3 percent in 2018, the bank added.
