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South Africa’s target of lifting export value from just over R2tn to R3tn by 2030 gives ECIC’s mandate a clear test: whether risk mitigation can turn regional demand into financeable trade. As a state-owned export-credit insurer, its role runs beyond insuring transactions to widening participation among exporters, manufacturers, emerging firms and black entrepreneurs where political and commercial risks deter private appetite.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 2024\/25 results show total assets of R10.68bn, net assets of R9.43bn and a R956m surplus after the prior year’s deficit. Notably, during the year ECIC paid a R1bn claim on Ghana’s sovereign default yet still grew its capital base, the test of any credible insurer. The external audit opinion was unqualified, with remaining findings being addressed.<\/p>\n Over the last 15 years ECIC has supported 57 cross-border investments and export trade transactions worth about $4.8bn, spanning power projects in Ghana and Mozambique, mining, rail, manufacturing, telecommunications and road infrastructure. Afreximbank anchors its partnership model: ECIC has moved from Class B to Class A, and the South Africa-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Programme (SATIPP) provides liquidity, syndication and de-risking. A risk-sharing arrangement with Japan’s NEXI supports Japanese firms registered in South Africa and exporting across the continent.<\/p>\n Risk selection weighs sovereign and project viability, creditworthiness, political stability and environmental impact, with growing emphasis on ESG and climate-resilient infrastructure. Short-term credit insurance, cedable policies and bank-facility cover speed approvals and ease working-capital access. ECIC is also helping build the business case for a national export-import bank targeted for 2028, while a pipeline of about $3bn under evaluation, expected to close between 2026 and 2031, could generate roughly $1.5bn in South African exports.<\/p>\n The Capital Finance International (CFI.co) Judging Panel congratulates ECIC on the Excellence in Export Credit Enablement Award (Africa 2026).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South Africa’s target of lifting export value from just over R2tn to R3tn by 2030 gives ECIC’s mandate a clear test: whether risk mitigation can turn regional demand into financeable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,35,37,11,53,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-development","category-fdi-agencies","category-finance","category-front","category-government"],"yoast_head":"\n