VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK)

Assets	$101.64M
Expense Ratio	0.76%
PE Ratio	11.90
Shares Out	3.60M
Dividend (ttm)	$0.27
Dividend Yield	0.97%
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 22, 2025
Payout Frequency	n/a
Payout Ratio	11.28%

Volume	8,220
Open	27.94
Previous Close	28.66
Day's Range	27.70 - 28.19
52-Week Low	23.00
52-Week High	30.85
Beta	0.75
Holdings	82
Inception Date	Jul 10, 2008

About AFK

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The VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MVIS GDP Africa index, a GDP and market-cap-weighted index of companies generating a majority of their revenues in Africa. AFK was launched on Jul 10, 2008 and is issued by VanEck.

• Asset Class: Equity
• Category: Focused Region
• Region: Africa
• Stock Exchange: NYSEARCA
• Ticker Symbol: AFK
• ETF Provider: VanEck
• Index Tracked: MVIS GDP Africa

Top 10 Holdings

34.48% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Attijariwafa Bank SA Registered Shares	ATW.CS	4.54%
AngloGold Ashanti plc	AU	4.15%
Aradel Holdings PLC	ARADEL.NL	3.55%
Endeavour Mining plc	EDV	3.38%
FirstRand Limited	FSR	3.30%
Gold Fields Ltd ADR	EDG.DE	3.29%
Naspers Limited	NPN	3.19%
Seplat Energy Plc	SEPL	3.15%
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.	IVN	3.14%
Guaranty Trust Holding Co PLC	GTCO.NL	2.81%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 22, 2025	$0.2716	Dec 26, 2025
Dec 18, 2023	$0.3136	Dec 22, 2023
Dec 19, 2022	$0.5759	Dec 23, 2022
Dec 20, 2021	$0.839	Dec 27, 2021
Dec 21, 2020	$0.796	Dec 28, 2020
Dec 23, 2019	$1.2858	Dec 30, 2019

Performance

AFK had a total return of 17.52% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 0.35%.

Data Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, CBOE, and more

Historical data is provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Real-time stock price data is provided by CBOE and 15-minute delayed consolidated tape pricing data is provided by Nasdaq UTP. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Sep 28, 2026

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