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Vitruvian Partners has agreed to make a strategic investment in Africa Specialty Risks, the developing markets-focused reinsurance group, in a deal that points to growing investor appetite for political risk and specialty insurance capacity. The transaction is expected to close...
#Africa#Africa Specialty Risks#political risk insurance
A London court has rejected BB Energy’s attempt to block the sale of three South Sudanese oil cargoes worth around…
#BB Energy#commodity finance#creditor risk
South Sudan sold US$731mn of oil despite debt arrears, raising fresh questions over prepayment structures, creditor protection and commodity finance…
#Afreximbank#commodity finance#debt arrears
Afreximbank has extended a US$15mn SME finance facility to Ecobank Zimbabwe to support small businesses operating in export value chains.…
#AfCFTA#Afreximbank#Ecobank Zimbabwe
Africa’s trade finance gap has widened to more than US$74bn, underlining the pressure facing exporters, importers and banks across the…
#Africa#African Development Bank#correspondent banking
The World Bank Group’s guarantee platform is aiming to more than double annual guarantee issuance in Africa to $6.4bn by…
#Africa#development finance#guarantees
East African economies are under pressure to diversify trade routes and supplier relationships as the Middle East crisis raises the…
#commodity finance#East Africa#import finance
A London court has barred South Sudan from entering into new oil pre-payment deals or pledging future crude cargoes to…
#BB Energy#commodity finance#crude oil
African economies face growing trade finance pressure as prolonged disruption around the Strait of Hormuz increases energy costs, import bills…
#Africa#commodity finance#debt pressure
Afreximbank increased trade finance activity during the first quarter of 2026 as African markets faced growing pressure from energy disruption,…
#Afreximbank#Africa#commodity finance
Standard Chartered has arranged a $2.33 billion syndicated financing facility for Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway, giving fresh momentum to one…
#ECA finance#export finance#infrastructure finance
IFC and Standard Chartered have launched a $300 million risk-sharing facility to expand supply chain finance across Africa, in one…
#Africa#IFC#receivables discounting
Banco Yetu has selected Surecomp’s RIVO platform to digitise its trade finance operations, as the Angolan bank looks to scale…