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The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) has reported another year of strong financial performance, marking its Silver Jubilee with double-digit growth across key indicators as African leaders reaffirmed its role in mobilising investment and reducing the continent’s cost of capital.

The full year 2025 results were released at ATIDI’s 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Nairobi from 30 June to 3 July under the theme “Empowering Africa: Risk Managed, Growth Unlocked.”

ATIDI said total exposure rose to $9.2 billion in 2025, up from $8.9 billion the previous year, while profit increased 20 per cent to $71.4 million. Total assets crossed the $1 billion threshold for the first time, growing 20 per cent to $1.06 billion. Shareholders’ equity also expanded 12 per cent to $883 million, strengthening the institution’s underwriting capacity and financial resilience.

Chief Executive Officer Manuel Moses said the results reflect ATIDI’s resilience amid continued global economic uncertainty.

“Against a backdrop of continued global uncertainty and the lingering effects of the COVID pandemic, ATIDI delivered another year of resilient growth in 2025, with strong results across insurance revenue, investment income, and total equity,” he said.

Marking 25 years of operations, Moses highlighted ATIDI’s growing development impact. Since its establishment, the institution has facilitated more than $93 billion in trade and investment across Africa through political risk insurance, credit insurance and other risk-mitigation instruments that enhance investor confidence.

ATIDI’s shareholder base has expanded from seven founding members to 24 African countries, 13 institutional shareholders and one non African member state. It has also consistently maintained investment grade credit ratings from major international agencies.

“We have demonstrated that African solutions are often best placed to address Africa’s unique challenges and opportunities,” Moses said. “We have built our success on the ability to combine world-class standards with a deep understanding of African markets.”

Board Chairman Professor Kelly Mua Kingsly said investor confidence remains Africa’s most valuable economic asset.

“Africa’s greatest asset is confidence. If capital is the engine of development, confidence is its fuel. We do not merely mitigate risk. We create confidence,” he said.

The AGM also underscored ATIDI’s growing strategic importance within Africa’s emerging financial architecture. Kenya’s President, William Ruto, endorsed the New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD), an initiative aimed at mobilising domestic capital, strengthening risk-sharing mechanisms, and reducing borrowing costs across the continent.

Describing ATIDI as a key pillar of the initiative, President Ruto called for the institution’s recapitalisation to $2 billion and announced that Kenya will, subject to national processes, increase its shareholding from $25 million to $65 million. He also presented ATIDI with the title deed for land designated for its permanent headquarters.

African Development Bank Group President Sidi Ould Tah said the Bank has increased its equity stake in ATIDI fivefold, making it the largest institutional shareholder. He said the challenge facing Africa is not a lack of capital but a persistent mispricing of African risk, adding that ATIDI’s guarantee instruments are essential to unlocking greater private investment.

The AGM concluded with investment promotion sessions showcasing projects in renewable energy, agriculture, transport and water infrastructure, alongside Business-to-Business and Business-to-Government meetings aimed at connecting investors with bankable opportunities across the continent.

ATIDI, founded in 2001 by African states, provides political risk, credit insurance and surety insurance to support trade and investment across Africa. It is rated ‘A’ by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, reflecting its strong financial position and risk management practices.