This summer, unprecedented heavy rainfall during the monsoon period caused widespread flooding across Pakistan, taking hundreds of lives across the country and devastating homes and fields. While heavy rain is… read more →
This summer, unprecedented heavy rainfall during the monsoon period caused widespread flooding across Pakistan, taking hundreds of lives across the country and devastating homes and fields. While heavy rain is… read more →
Factoring is seen as a somewhat niche corner of trade finance, but it underpins trillions in global commerce, with global volumes reaching nearly €3.8 trillion in 2023. When a company… read more →
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 →
