The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently announced a financial agreement with Equatorial Guinea for youth inclusion and employment, and a partnership with the Republic of Congo to expand its support… read more →

2025 has been a year of shock for global supply chains and corporations navigating the impact of US tariffs. Yet, for Europe in particular, the long-term disruptions from tariffs have… read more →

Africa’s $120 billion trade finance gap isn’t just about capital scarcity, but about information asymmetry. Traditional environmental, sustainability, and governance (ESG) assessments may ask companies whether they have a supply chain policy, but that’s not what trade financiers really need to know.

Intra-African trade still accounts for less than 20% of Africa’s total trade flows. But geopolitical tensions, and in particular, self-inflicted carving out of the US from international trade networks, have… read more →

Supply chain disruption and industrial action have, in the last week, demonstrated the fragility of maritime shipping across Europe, exacerbating an already uncertain situation for international maritime logistics companies. The… read more →

In a grocery store in Cape Town, Korean instant noodles and ice cups sit alongside local biltong. “The younger generation is observing on social media, and has now created a… read more →

The report, by the US-based Environmental Defence Fund and Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, outlines a roadmap to finance a green transition for the global shipping industry. The three key… read more →

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a modernisation catalyst for the payments industry. However, only a quarter of financial institutions are confident that the technology’s capabilities have been embedded into their… read more →

The Joint Declaration of Intent, signed yesterday, said the two countries would “promote and strengthen cooperation and trade in the critical minerals value chain,” “coordinate and intensify existing exchange,” and… read more →

In the first half of the year, the dollar index, which measures the US dollar’s strength, fell 10.8%. This marks the US dollar’s worst start to the year since 1973.… read more →