Africa

Your Monday coffee briefing from TFG: China ramps up trade restrictions against Taiwan

Africa is a dynamic and exciting market of opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Innovation, entrepreneurial mindedness, and the willingness to embrace change for the good of all make this continent and its people as unique as its emerging payments story. 

As global central banks hike rates to rein in inflation, and businesses battle with sourcing goods through choked supply chains exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and Chinese lockdowns, Africa finds itself with a growing problem–accessing US dollar liquidity.

India is projected to surpass China as the most populous nation in 2023, according to the latest medium variant data from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: What does Boris Johnson’s resignation mean for UK trade?

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was admitted as the newest member of the East African Community (EAC)

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: China trade sector poised for decline, UK appoints new trade commissioner to Africa…

Governments and businesses across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are digitising at a rapid pace, shifting away from on-premises hardware and manual processes in favour of software as a service (SaaS).

Trade Finance Global announces the winners of the 2022 International Trade Awards in cooperation with BAFT in Washington, DC.

An African economic problem deserves an Afro-centric solution: namely, an economic integration tool known as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement or AfCFTA.

Accelerate Scholarship 2022 winner Albert Chris Puja writes about how fintech solutions empower African SMEs with financing alternatives.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. TFG’s Deepesh Patel appointed to new ITFA ESG Committee

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG.

Baris Kalay, head of trade and supply chain finance for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at Bank of America, caught up with TFG’s Deepesh Patel at ITFA’s Annual Conference held in Bristol, England. 

Our editor, Deepesh Patel sat down with Geoff Brady and Madhav Goparaju from Bank of America and Chris Doroszczyk from IBM to discuss the impact of COVID-19, access to finance and technology.