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Africa creates $5 billion energy bank as Western financing retreat forces continent to rethink how it funds oil and gas

Africa creates $5 billion energy bank as Western financing retreat forces continent to rethink how it funds oil and gas — the desk wire, 2 November 2026. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Petroleum Producers' Organisation (APPO) have formally established the Africa Energy Bank, a $5 billion institution designed to finance oil and gas projects across the continent as traditional lenders scale back funding for fossil fuels.

Updated 2 November 2026 · First published 2 November 2026

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