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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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