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AFK
VanEck Africa Index ETF

AFK
VanEck Africa Index ETF

  • NAV
    $25.16

    as of March 23, 2026
  • YTD RETURNS
    -3.84%

    as of March 23, 2026
  • Total Net Assets
    $115.74M

    as of March 23, 2026
  • Gross Expense Ratio
    0.89%
  • Net Expense Ratio
    0.88%
  • Inception Date
    07/10/2008

About AFK

VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS® GDP Africa Index (MVAFKTR), which includes local listings of companies that are incorporated in Africa and listings of companies incorporated outside of Africa but that have at least 50% of their revenues/related assets in Africa.

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Overview

Why AFK

  • Exposure to Africa’s vast commodity resources and growth potential
  • Access to a broad range of African countries and sectors
  • Invest in companies incorporated in Africa or generating at least 50% of revenues from the region

Performance

Performance History:

Average Annual Total Returns* (%)

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  1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR LIFE
07/10/08
AFK (NAV) 8.98 23.57 15.39 83.89 25.27 9.91 8.71 0.91
AFK (Market Price) 9.57 25.07 14.24 87.54 24.77 10.15 8.94 0.98
MVAFKTR (Index) 8.42 23.64 15.28 84.94 28.85 13.05 10.96 2.67
Performance Differential (NAV - Index) 0.56 -0.07 0.11 -1.05 -3.58 -3.14 -2.25 -1.76
  1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR LIFE
07/10/08
AFK (NAV) 7.09 9.74 68.50 68.50 19.56 7.67 6.62 0.09
AFK (Share Price) 9.48 10.87 74.66 74.66 19.82 7.89 7.04 0.22
MVAFKTR (Index) 7.25 9.93 69.57 69.57 23.57 10.65 8.85 1.86
Performance Differential (NAV - Index) -0.16 -0.19 -1.07 -1.07 -4.01 -2.98 -2.23 -1.77

*Returns less than one year are not annualized.

Index data prior to June 21, 2013 reflects that of the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index (DJAFKT). From June 21, 2013, forward, the index data reflects that of the Fund's underlying index, MVIS GDP Africa Index (MVAFKTR), and is not intended for third party use.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Please call 800.826.2333 or visit vaneck.com for performance current to the most recent month ended.

Prices as of 03/23/2026

NAV/
Market
Price 		Volume
30-Day Avg./
Last Trading Day 		Daily Change
NAV/
Last Price 		YTD Change NAV/
Last Price 		Premium/
Discount 		30-Day
Median
Bid Ask
Spread 		NAV
Chart
AFK $25.16
$24.98 		110,107
57,477 		$0.28 / +1.11%
$0.39 / +1.59% 		-3.84%
-6.62% 		$-0.18
-0.72% 		0.82%

Fees

Holdings

Daily Holdings (%) as of 03/23/2026

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Total Holdings: 80
Ticker
 Holding Name % of Net
Assets
Identifier (FIGI)
Shares
 Asset Class Market Value
(US$) 		Notional Value
ATW MC
 Attijariwafa Bank 7.37
BBG000BMG377
115,433
 Stock 8,532,144 --
AAF LN
 Airtel Africa Plc 4.35
BBG00PBWXCZ0
1,048,973
 Stock 5,032,094 --
AAL LN
 Anglo American Plc 4.33
BBG000BWF7M0
122,403
 Stock 5,011,554 --
EDV LN
 Endeavour Mining Plc 4.20
BBG011DVVYT3
89,810
 Stock 4,863,078 --
BCP MC
 Banque Centrale Populaire 3.65
BBG000CQLKJ0
156,259
 Stock 4,222,675 --
NPN SJ
 Naspers Ltd 3.62
BBG000CTYB91
80,399
 Stock 4,189,076 --
ZENITHBA NL
 Zenith Bank Plc 3.38
BBG000NDS8Y0
50,090,889
 Stock 3,909,033 --
IVN CN
 Ivanhoe Mines Ltd 3.34
BBG003CSCHG0
464,733
 Stock 3,868,823 --
GTCO NL
 Guaranty Trust Holding Co Plc 3.31
BBG011LN7CZ0
50,088,259
 Stock 3,829,775 --
GLNG
 Golar Lng Ltd 3.08
--
67,553
 Stock 3,566,798 --
MSA MC
 Societe D'Exploitation Des Ports 3.04
BBG00D2ZJ7N0
42,573
 Stock 3,524,180 --
GFI
 Gold Fields Ltd 3.04
BBG000KHT4K7
86,021
 Stock 3,517,399 --
SAFCOM KN
 Safaricom Plc 2.79
BBG000RLQYC7
14,504,257
 Stock 3,233,112 --
FSR SJ
 Firstrand Ltd 2.74
BBG000BNTS67
611,983
 Stock 3,174,965 --
CBKD LI
 Commercial International Bank Egypt Sae 2.62
BBG000CLC0L2
1,353,438
 Stock 3,031,701 --
FM CN
 First Quantum Minerals Ltd 2.43
BBG000BX7818
125,261
 Stock 2,807,826 --
EQTY KN
 Equity Group Holdings Plc/Kenya 2.32
BBG000F2R4W5
4,754,075
 Stock 2,685,970 --
BOA MC
 Bank Of Africa 2.26
BBG000J1QX23
111,803
 Stock 2,621,260 --
AU
 Anglogold Ashanti Plc 2.15
BBG01HGVLP51
29,038
 Stock 2,485,653 --
SBK SJ
 Standard Bank Group Ltd 2.12
BBG000BQR991
138,995
 Stock 2,450,336 --
IAM MC
 Itissalat Al-Maghrib 2.10
BBG000BNT7Q1
242,212
 Stock 2,430,036 --
IAG
 Iamgold Corp 2.06
BBG000LL9LQ5
141,487
 Stock 2,386,886 --
B
 Barrick Mining Corp 1.94
BBG000BB07P9
59,443
 Stock 2,240,407 --
CPI SJ
 Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd 1.93
BBG000D4HYB1
9,198
 Stock 2,236,727 --
PRU AU
 Perseus Mining Ltd 1.74
BBG000Q68231
620,296
 Stock 2,015,057 --
MTN SJ
 Mtn Group Ltd 1.57
BBG000C4S5Y8
159,564
 Stock 1,814,888 --
VAL SJ
 Valterra Platinum Ltd 1.49
BBG000BTXNT5
22,052
 Stock 1,724,775 --
MAU CN
 Montage Gold Corp 1.41
BBG00XKLZFZ8
177,216
 Stock 1,630,315 --
HTWS LN
 Helios Towers Plc 1.31
BBG00K7MFFV5
659,376
 Stock 1,519,332 --
FSM
 Fortuna Silver Mines Inc 1.31
BBG000LDZ482
167,319
 Stock 1,519,257 --
PDN AU
 Paladin Energy Ltd 1.27
BBG000BC8GS6
201,990
 Stock 1,472,038 --
ABG SJ
 Absa Group Ltd 1.02
BBG000BF9DG8
84,797
 Stock 1,176,087 --
IMP SJ
 Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd 1.01
BBG000BTZK82
88,093
 Stock 1,168,245 --
MMYT
 Makemytrip Ltd 0.92
BBG000BB34J0
26,291
 Stock 1,069,255 --
SLM SJ
 Sanlam Ltd 0.87
BBG000CDQK77
195,230
 Stock 1,009,622 --
DSY SJ
 Discovery Ltd 0.78
BBG000DD6054
61,162
 Stock 900,207 --
SHP SJ
 Shoprite Holdings Ltd 0.66
BBG000BFNXZ7
48,385
 Stock 767,902 --
SBSW
 Sibanye Stillwater Ltd 0.66
BBG00RRGP445
67,092
 Stock 760,823 --
BID SJ
 Bid Corp Ltd 0.65
BBG00CP99BP5
31,505
 Stock 756,737 --
NED SJ
 Nedbank Group Ltd 0.65
BBG000BFSBW3
48,350
 Stock 754,972 --
GGR SP
 Golden Agri-Resources Ltd 0.63
BBG000BK1581
3,103,600
 Stock 734,208 --
HMY
 Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd 0.62
BBG000BX93G1
51,278
 Stock 721,994 --
SSL
 Sasol Ltd 0.60
BBG000BBNC37
56,899
 Stock 695,875 --
NPH SJ
 Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd 0.58
BBG0125542Z0
35,856
 Stock 669,821 --
RCL
 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 0.55
BBG000BB5792
2,272
 Stock 633,797 --
REM SJ
 Remgro Ltd 0.49
BBG000C55RJ9
53,612
 Stock 569,633 --
PPH SJ
 Pepkor Holdings Ltd 0.42
BBG00HDGJ2C4
355,936
 Stock 483,785 --
BVT SJ
 Bidvest Group Ltd/The 0.38
BBG000BFBR74
32,704
 Stock 435,988 --
CLS SJ
 Clicks Group Ltd 0.34
BBG000BWY9T8
23,083
 Stock 396,214 --
INVP LN
 Investec Plc 0.34
BBG000C0TDQ7
51,531
 Stock 389,029 --
VOD SJ
 Vodacom Group Ltd 0.34
BBG000BD5GF1
45,877
 Stock 388,994 --
OUT SJ
 Outsurance Group Ltd 0.34
BBG001BNQDW2
94,471
 Stock 388,035 --
EXX SJ
 Exxaro Resources Ltd 0.27
BBG000CF7Z98
24,424
 Stock 315,808 --
PAF LN
 Pan African Resources Plc 0.27
BBG000DK30N1
184,313
 Stock 312,613 --
OMU SJ
 Old Mutual Ltd 0.27
BBG00KRBWLT8
386,210
 Stock 311,108 --
MTM SJ
 Momentum Metropolitan Holdings 0.24
BBG000K2YQD3
132,382
 Stock 276,238 --
AVZ AU
 Avz Minerals Ltd 0.24
BBG000GDY0D1
1,399,901
 Stock 274,165 --
GRT SJ
 Growthpoint Properties Ltd 0.21
BBG000BFGWM1
258,439
 Stock 247,316 --
WHL SJ
 Woolworths Holdings Ltd/South Africa 0.21
BBG000BV1BQ4
79,057
 Stock 239,823 --
APN SJ
 Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd 0.18
BBG000BP97L3
27,241
 Stock 207,659 --
AVI SJ
 Avi Ltd 0.17
BBG000BF9VM1
32,378
 Stock 196,978 --
SCATC NO
 Scatec Asa 0.16
BBG00747Z8D4
15,577
 Stock 188,088 --
MRP SJ
 Mr Price Group Ltd 0.15
BBG000BTPJN9
19,422
 Stock 175,881 --
BTG
 B2gold Corp 0.15
BBG000V9KFD5
42,460
 Stock 173,237 --
TBS SJ
 Tiger Brands Ltd 0.15
BBG000C3KV44
9,943
 Stock 167,871 --
ARI SJ
 African Rainbow Minerals Ltd 0.13
BBG000BP6Q52
11,385
 Stock 144,858 --
KIO SJ
 Kumba Iron Ore Ltd 0.11
BBG000PPVK43
7,111
 Stock 124,668 --
DLTA ZH
 Delta Corp Ltd/Zimbabwe 0.01
BBG000BLMWL2
15,980
 Stock 16,718 --
ECO ZH
 Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Ltd 0.00
BBG000C90H80
2,231
 Stock 864 --
TNCI ZH
 Tn Cybertech Investments Holdings Ltd 0.00
BBG00MTHXTT1
32,900
 Stock 159 --
ABOAF MC
 Bank Of Africa 0.00
BBG01XWNWRL2
15
 Stock 0 --
-USD CASH-
 3.45
--
3,987,390
 Cash Bal 3,987,390 --
-NGN CASH-
 0.29
--
462,075,147
 Cash Bal 335,440 --
-KES CASH-
 0.20
--
30,200,929
 Cash Bal 232,942 --
-ZAR CASH-
 0.01
--
215,899
 Cash Bal 12,817 --
-NOK CASH-
 0.00
--
29
 Cash Bal 3 --
-MAD CASH-
 0.00
--
71
 Cash Bal 8 --
-GBP CASH-
 0.00
--
35
 Cash Bal 47 --
-EUR CASH-
 0.00
--
14
 Cash Bal 16 --
-AUD CASH-
 0.00
--
0
 Cash Bal 0 --
--
Other/Cash -3.99
--
0
 Cash -4,616,965 --
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Portfolio

3-YR Risk Measures as of 02/28/2026

  • Beta vs. S&P 500 Index
    0.50
  • Correlation vs. S&P 500 Index
    0.34
  • Volatility (Standard Deviation)
    16.80
  • Sharpe Ratio
    1.14

Currency Exposure (%) as of 02/28/2026

South African Rand 24.71
U.S. Dollar 21.94
British Pound 15.99
Moroccan Dirham 13.57
Nigeria Naira 6.40
Canadian Dollar 5.97
Australian Dollar 5.86
Kenyan Shilling 4.89
Singapore Dollar 0.37
Norwegian Krone 0.14
Zimbabwe Gold 0.01
Other/Cash 0.15

Sector Weightings (%) as at 02/28/2026

  • Sector

    % of Net Assets

  • Materials

    41.86

  • Financials

    32.35

  • Communication Services

    11.58

  • Consumer Discretionary

    5.47

  • Consumer Staples

    2.84

  • Energy

    2.63

  • Industrials

    2.48

  • Health Care

    0.26

  • Real Estate

    0.22

  • Utilities

    0.14

  • Other/Cash

    0.15

Country Weightings (%) as at 02/28/2026

  • Country

    % of Net Assets

  • South Africa

    35.02

  • Morocco

    12.05

  • United Kingdom

    10.20

  • Canada

    9.10

  • Nigeria

    6.40

  • Australia

    5.86

  • Kenya

    4.89

  • United States

    3.78

  • Burkina Faso

    3.23

  • Zambia

    2.54

  • Egypt

    2.46

  • United Arab Emirates

    1.53

  • Tanzania

    1.32

  • India

    0.95

  • Indonesia

    0.37

  • Norway

    0.14

  • Zimbabwe

    0.01

  • Other/Cash

    0.15

Distributions

Yields  as of  03/23/2026

Distribution Frequency

Annual

30-Day SEC Yield

1.59%

Distribution Yield

1.08%

12 Month Yield

1.08%

Yield information reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Yields would have been reduced had these fees/expenses been included. In the absence of temporary expense waivers or reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yield for VanEck Africa Index ETF would have been 1.59% on 03/23/26. Distributions may vary from time to time.

Distribution History

Year Ex-date Record
Date 		Payable date Dividend
Income‡ 		Short-Term
Capital Gains 		Long-Term
Capital Gains 		Return of
Capital 		Total
Distributions
2025 12/22/2025 12/22/2025 12/26/2025 $ 0.2716 -- -- -- $ 0.27
2024 12/23/2024 12/23/2024 12/24/2024 -- -- -- -- $ 0.00
2023 12/18/2023 12/19/2023 12/22/2023 $ 0.3136 -- -- -- $ 0.31
2022 12/19/2022 12/20/2022 12/23/2022 $ 0.5759 -- -- -- $ 0.58
2021 12/20/2021 12/21/2021 12/27/2021 $ 0.8390 -- -- -- $ 0.84
2020 12/21/2020 12/22/2020 12/28/2020 $ 0.7960 -- -- -- $ 0.80
2019 12/23/2019 12/24/2019 12/30/2019 $ 1.2858 -- -- -- $ 1.29
2018 12/20/2018 12/21/2018 12/27/2018 $ 0.3360 -- -- -- $ 0.34
2017 12/18/2017 12/19/2017 12/22/2017 $ 0.4940 -- -- -- $ 0.49
2016 12/19/2016 12/21/2016 12/23/2016 $ 0.5280 -- -- -- $ 0.53
2015 12/21/2015 12/23/2015 12/28/2015 $ 0.3850 -- -- -- $ 0.39
2014 12/22/2014 12/24/2014 12/29/2014 $ 0.7570 -- -- -- $ 0.76
2013 12/23/2013 12/26/2013 12/30/2013 $ 0.8290 -- -- -- $ 0.83
2012 12/24/2012 12/27/2012 12/31/2012 $ 1.0630 -- -- -- $ 1.06
2011 12/23/2011 12/28/2011 12/30/2011 $ 0.9710 -- -- -- $ 0.97
2010 12/23/2010 12/28/2010 12/30/2010 $ 0.3840 -- -- -- $ 0.38
2009 12/23/2009 12/28/2009 12/30/2009 $ 0.2290 -- -- -- $ 0.23
2008 12/26/2008 12/29/2008 12/31/2008 $ 0.1900 -- -- -- $ 0.19

‡All registered investment companies are obliged to distribute portfolio gains to shareholders at yearend regardless of performance. Trading VanEck ETFs will also generate tax consequences and transaction expenses. The information provided is not intended to be tax advice. Tax consequences of dividend distributions may vary by individual taxpayer. There is no guarantee that dividends will be paid. To receive a distribution, you must have been a registered shareholder of the relevant VanEck ETFs on the record date. Distributions are paid to shareholders on the payment date. Past distributions are not indicative of future distributions.

Certain distributions may constitute a return of capital, which will have the effect of reducing your cost basis in the Fund’s shares and thereby increasing the amount of capital gain, if any, or decreasing the amount of capital loss, if any, that you will realize when selling or exchanging Fund shares. The final determination of the tax characteristics cannot be determined until after each Fund’s yearend and are reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV. The form is mailed to shareholders shortly after calendar yearend specifying how the distributions paid by the Fund during the prior calendar year should be characterized for purposes of reporting the distribution on a shareholder’s tax return.

The tax treatment and characterization of the Fund’s distributions may vary significantly from time to time depending on whether the Fund has gains or losses on the securities in its portfolio. The Fund’s distributions will normally reflect past and projected net investment income, and may include income from dividends and interest, capital gains and/or a return of capital. The final composition of the tax characteristics of the distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the year, and will be reported to shareholders at that time. The amount of distributions will vary, depending on a number of factors. As portfolio and market conditions change, the rate of dividends may change. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to declare a dividend distribution in each period. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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