Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Podtail, ListenNotes, TuneIn The exclusion of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) from finance isn’t driven by mere moral neglect, but by systemic infrastructural constraints – amplified… read more →
On Monday, 16 February, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney discussed deepening UK-Canadian trade and security relations with his UK counterpart Keir Starmer. This comes amid ongoing talks about a potential… read more →
Imagine a world where goods in transit, regardless of their location, destination, and mode of transport, can be resold in just seconds, with a few clicks, realising their full value.… read more →
African lenders catering to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face a paradox in accessing sustainable trade finance capital. To tap green bond markets or secure development finance institutions’ (DFI) facilities,… read more →
Today, 13 February, Tarique Rahman of the Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP) has become the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. The BNP held a considerable lead over its main contenders, the Islamist… read more →
In a meeting held last week in Abuja, Nigeria, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) reignited talks of a shared currency across… read more →
On 1 January 2026, the European Union’s (EU) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) came into force, a measure described as putting a fair price on carbon and encouraging cleaner industrial… read more →
To reiterate and summarise, conventional factoring unilaterally involves the transfer of ownership of an already existing receivable. The factor acquires a receivable owned by the debtor and records, collects, and… read more →
Although the history of factoring dates back to Babylonian times, over four thousand years ago, two-factor international factoring transactions as we know them today started with the 17th-century colonisation. Then,… read more →
In an evolving landscape, factoring has emerged as a particularly relevant instrument. Grounded in real economic activity and directly linked to the underlying sale of goods and services, factoring provides… read more →
