On Thursday, 11 June, digital payments network Visa revealed its new initiatives across AI-driven commerce, tokenised deposits, and stablecoins. The announcement, made during the Visa Payments Forum 2026 in San… read more →
FCI, the global representative and network for the factoring industry, has entered a factoring data-sharing cooperation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Trade Register. The announcement was made today,… read more →
Geopolitical shocks are now feeding through to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) faster than ever before. As operating across global supply chains, customer bases, and supplier networks becomes the norm… read more →
Egypt and Belarus have signed a strategic cooperation protocol aimed at boosting bilateral trade, food security, and forming fully integrated industrial cooperation. The agreement positions Egypt as a gateway for… read more →
South Africa is boosting its fuel imports from the US, as disruption in the Strait of Hormuz strains the country’s energy supply. This comes in the lead up to South… read more →
On the morning of 28 February, 2026, a tanker operator in Singapore received a message that would have seemed unimaginable a week earlier: transit through the Strait of Hormuz had… read more →
On Tuesday, 7 April, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced a $10 billion Gulf Crisis Response Programme (GCRP), aiming to protect African and Caribbean economies from the ongoing disruption stemming… read more →
Container shipping companies are set to restart at the Omani Port of Salalah today, Tuesday, 31 March, after a drone strike on Saturday closed the key transhipment hub. AP Moller-Maersk… read more →
The recent conflict in the Middle East has ground supply chains to a halt and disrupted maritime trade from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean. The disruptions in production… read more →
Since the war in the Middle East began earlier this month, disruptions to maritime and air shipping routes have urged carrier companies to move to road freight. Maritime shipping companies… read more →
