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BB Energy has said it has received irrevocable award letters from South Sudan for two crude cargoes due before November, in the latest development in a long-running commodity finance dispute linked to oil-backed prepayment debt. The update follows a London...
#BB Energy#commodity finance#crude oil
S&P Global Ratings has assigned Afreximbank a BBB+ long-term issuer credit rating and A-2 short-term rating with a stable outlook,…
#Afreximbank#Africa#Caribbean
Afreximbank has released a new Trade and Development Finance Brief warning that Africa needs stronger trade and investment resilience as…
#AfCFTA#Afreximbank#Africa
Crown Agents Bank has led a trade refinancing facility for Vista Bank Guinea, providing additional capacity to support trade activity…
#Africa#Crown Agents Bank#export finance
Vitruvian Partners has agreed to make a strategic investment in Africa Specialty Risks, the developing markets-focused reinsurance group, in a…
#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…
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