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African Export-Import Financial institution (Afreximbank) has strengthened its standing as Africa’s foremost capital markets establishment, claiming the highest place in two of essentially the most intently watched classes within the 2025 Bloomberg Africa Borrower Loans League Tables. The Cairo-headquartered lender ranked No 1 as each Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, and took the Quantity 3 spot as Administrative Agent — a sweep that displays the financial institution’s deepening footprint in arranging and structuring large-scale debt transactions throughout the continent.
The Bloomberg Africa Borrower Loans League Tables, a subset of Bloomberg’s broader Capital Markets League Tables, monitor the main arrangers, bookrunners, and advisers throughout deal sorts together with loans, bonds, fairness, and mergers and acquisitions. They function a important benchmark for funding bankers and analysts assessing market share and aggressive positioning.
Commanding Market Share
As Bookrunner, Afreximbank held a 21.66% market share throughout 14 offers. Its lead arranger efficiency was much more pronounced: as Mandated Lead Arranger, the financial institution accounted for 23.65% of the market throughout 20 transactions. The Administrative Agent rating — at Quantity 3 with a 13.92% share throughout 13 offers — provides additional weight to a end result that locations Afreximbank at or close to the highest throughout all three classes.
A big proportion of the financial institution’s exercise was concentrated within the oil and fuel sector, reflecting its deliberate technique of bridging a fabric financing hole in that business on the continent. Each the lead arranger and administrative agent deal counts have been closely weighted in direction of energy-sector syndications.
A Sustained Run on the High
The 2025 outcomes lengthen what has develop into a constant sample for Afreximbank on the summit of Bloomberg’s Africa rankings. The financial institution has maintained a number one place within the league tables over a number of years — a monitor file that speaks to its potential to draw capital from a various vary of home and worldwide traders and channel it into high-impact African tasks.
Haytham Elmaayergi, Government Vice President of World Commerce Financial institution at Afreximbank, attributed the end result to the dedication of the financial institution’s groups. “I’m delighted that the stellar efficiency of our colleagues has been mirrored in Bloomberg’s prestigious league tables, which is an actual testomony to their assiduous willpower and functionality,” he mentioned. Elmaayergi added that the financial institution intends to leverage its place to advertise high-impact investments and handle financing shortfalls throughout Africa’s most crucial sectors.
