As the European, Middle East, and African (EMEA) regions continue to be plagued by instability, it begs the question: how are financiers managing the increasingly complicated nature of cross-border transactions?… read more →
Glencore, the commodity trading giant, has today announced its adoption of global technology provider FIS’ Supply Chain Finance Platform (formerly Demica) to inaugurate its trade receivables securitisation programme in oil… read more →
At least four vessels were seized by unauthorised persons off the coast of Somalia in the last week, with authorities declaring a ‘substantial’ regional threat amid a reignited wave of… read more →
The UAE has announced today, 28 April, that it has quit the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and OPEC+ oil cartel, as the global energy crisis caused by the… read more →
On Friday, 24 April, the US Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria, concluded a two-day event formally expanding the revitalisation of its Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for Nigeria, aimed at… read more →
As disruption in the Strait of Hormuz surges, Togo aims to position its Port of Lomé as an alternative for routing goods bound for Asia and Africa. “Eurasian shipping lines… 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 →
On Monday, 9 February, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Tanzanian counterpart Mahmoud Thabit met in Moscow to discuss the deepening trade and energy relations between the two states. … read more →
A US-India trade deal is expected to be finalised, slashing US tariffs on Indian goods from 50% to 18%. The deal, expected to be signed mid-March, would involve India buying… read more →
