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5/27/24, 4:19 PM ECI records 21-fold growth in gross exposure by end-2023 to reach AED9.6 billion in 5 years | Emirates News Agency
Furthermore, the report stated that ECI has given a
credit cover of AED4.7 billion to UAE’s industrial sector, a
key contributor to non-oil exports, with AED1.4 billion
committed in 2023 alone, enabling manufacturers’
exports achievement and in line with the company’s
partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Advanced
Technology (MoIAT).
It further highlighted ECI’s projects that aims to support
economic development and improve the quality of
living, including credit insurance commitment of USD
500 million to boost Africa’s clean energy transition as
part of the UAE’s USD 4.5 billion Africa Green Investment
initiative, announced during the Africa Climate Summit
held in September 2023. The report underscored ECI’s
strong track record of managing claims and recoveries
across its portfolio. The company supported clients with
the management of late payments worth AED415
million, of which AED353 million or 83 percent were
successfully recovered, it added.
It stated that ECI-backed trade finance lending crossed
AED1 billion in the first year of a partnership with DP
World Trade Finance. The partnership aims to broaden
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