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Africa Specialty Risks investment signals growth in political risk...

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

Court ruling sharpens South Sudan oil finance dispute

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 oil sales expose commodity finance risk after...

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 expands Zimbabwe SME export finance push

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 trade finance gap tops US$74bn as banks retreat

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


MIGA targets $6.4bn Africa guarantees to unlock private capital

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 Africa pushes trade diversification as Middle East crisis...

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


South Sudan oil pre-payment injunction raises commodity finance risk

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


Africa faces deeper trade finance pressure as Hormuz disruption...

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 expands trade finance activity as regional volatility rises

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 arranges $2.33bn financing for Tanzania railway project

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 launch $300m facility to boost...

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 selects Surecomp to digitise trade finance operations...

Banco Yetu has selected Surecomp’s RIVO platform to digitise its trade finance operations, as the Angolan bank looks to scale…

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