Africa’s Merchandise Trade Reaches $1.5 Trillion in 2025 as Intra-African Trade and Economic Growth Accelerate Africa’s merchandise trade expanded to approximately $1.5 trillion in 2025, representing a 6.1% increase from the previous year, according to the African Trade Report 2026: Leveraging Geopolitics for Trade and Industrialisation in Global Africa, published by Afreximbank. The report also found that intra-African trade grew by 5.5% to $213.8 billion, reflecting steady progress toward regional