Afreximbank’s $11bn bet on SA signals new trade order
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 130 Views |
Mzwandile Masina
South Africa’s membership is expected to influence economies far beyond the Southern African region, extending into East, West, and North Africa.
Afreximbank’s headline commitment of $11 billion not only aligns with South Africa’s National Development Plan 2030 but also reinforces the country’s commitment to advancing African industrial development.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...