VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK)

Assets	$107.15M
Expense Ratio	0.76%
PE Ratio	12.71
Shares Out	3.60M
Dividend (ttm)	$0.27
Dividend Yield	0.90%
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 22, 2025
Payout Frequency	n/a
Payout Ratio	11.59%

Volume	21,922
Open	29.70
Previous Close	29.78
Day's Range	29.70 - 30.14
52-Week Low	22.63
52-Week High	30.85
Beta	0.75
Holdings	80
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

38.13% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
AngloGold Ashanti plc	AU	5.29%
Attijariwafa Bank SA Registered Shares	ATW.CS	5.25%
Endeavour Mining plc	EDV	5.04%
Gold Fields Ltd ADR	EDG.DE	3.51%
Naspers Limited	NPN	3.44%
FirstRand Limited	FSR	3.22%
Aya Gold + Silver Inc Common Stock	n/a	3.22%
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.	IVN	3.11%
Safaricom PLC	SCOM	3.03%
IAMGOLD Corporation	IMG	3.03%

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 33.27% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 0.70%.

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 8, 2026

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