Group photo, Narcissus Hotel, Riyadh, 18 November 2025
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Riyadh, 20 November 2025 – The 2025 G-NEXID Exchange Programme, hosted by Saudi EXIM Bank in Riyadh on 17-18 November 2025, brought together public development banks and Saudi governmental entities to strengthen South-South trade and investment. The event showcased Saudi EXIM’s growing role under Vision 2030, featured presentations from key Saudi ministries and from Saudi EXIM bank, and enabled targeted partnership discussions. G-NEXID Members also held their 20th Annual General Assembly Meeting to review progress and strategic priorities before joining the Saudi EXIM Global Partners Forum to expand international cooperation.
Driven by G-NEXID’s mandate to facilitate cooperation among export-import banks and development finance institutions in support of South-South trade and investment, the 2025 G-NEXID Exchange Programme —a capacity-building and networking event organised by the Saudi EXIM Bank at the Riyadh Narcissus Hotel on 17–18 November 2025— followed earlier successful editions hosted by India Exim Bank (2016), BNDES (2017), Indonesia Eximbank (2018), and Afreximbank (2019).
The Riyadh edition highlighted Saudi EXIM’s expanding mandate in supporting non-oil exports under Saudi Vision 2030 while reinforcing the Kingdom’s growing contribution to global trade partnerships.
On Day 1, leading Saudi governmental entities —the Ministry of Transport and Logistics Services, the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, and the Ministry of Energy— presented investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s transport and logistics sector, the potentials in the mining sector, and the Kingdom’s competitive advantages in the circular carbon economy and renewable energy. Saudi EXIM Bank highlighted key features of its mandate, products, and services in financing and credit insurance, demonstrating the Bank’s contribution to Vision 2030 through export diversification and global market access. The presentations facilitated bilateral and small-group meetings to explore potential partnerships with G-NEXID Members.
On Day 2, G-NEXID Members convened for their 20th Annual General Assembly Meeting to review the implementation of the work programme (the 2025 Activity Report, the 2025 Financial Report, and the 2023–2025 Strategic Plan) and to discuss potential elements of the new strategy, in the context of the initiation of the second two-year term of EBID’s Honorary Presidency. As part of the membership drive, Shelter Afrique Development Bank made a presentation on its institutional mandate. Finally, G-NEXID Members engaged in a roundtable on “Fostering Economic Growth and Cooperation: South-South Trade and Investment Opportunities”. Panellists addressed the following topics: Innovating for Regional Growth—Transforming Ghana’s Export Ecosystem under AfCFTA; Fostering Economic Growth and Development—Arab–Africa Investment Opportunities; and India Exim Bank’s Experience Sharing in Trade and Investment Finance.
Immediately following the Exchange Programme, participants attended the Saudi EXIM Global Partners Forum on 19–20 November 2025 at the Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences, which gathered international leaders from governments, ECAs, DFIs, and the private sector to expand partnerships and strengthen global cooperation.