The trade finance industry has an image problem. Like the nerdy girl in 2000s teen movies, whose striking good looks are revealed once she takes off her glasses and lets… read more →

On 17 November, the London High Court began hearing one of commodities’ most high-profile fraud cases in recent memory: Trafigura’s announcement in early 2023 that it had been subject to… read more →

Black Swan, a Mauritian fintech on a mission to “Make Africa Bankable,” has won the MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) 2025, securing a $50,000 equity investment and access to commercial solutions… read more →

While attention on Africa abounds, news stories often focus on geopolitical developments or trade agreements – missing a crucial part of the story. Behind the scenes, far from negotiating rooms… read more →

Australia announced this month that it would establish a working group to progress the adoption of the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) and start drafting amendments to enshrine… 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 →

The 2026 edition of The Economist’s annual ‘The World Ahead’ report was released online on 10 November 2025. Between political sentiment in the US, the growth in popularity of weight… read more →

It’s often easier to ship from Lagos to London than it is from Lagos to Nairobi: a fact which illustrates the nascent stages of intercontinental transport in the continent, but… read more →

The Trade Finance Global (TFG) team have had quite an international presence this year. And at all corners of the world, Africa has been the market on everyone’s lips and… read more →

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has unveiled a series of initiatives to boost sustainable trade financing as world leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 summit, marking a deepening of… read more →