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Standard Bank has provided Helios Towers with a US$29m documentary credit facility to finance telecommunications equipment and services across Africa, marking the bank’s first trade finance transaction structured under a sustainable finance framework. The facility will support the procurement and...
#Africa#documentary credit#Helios Towers
The World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and Deutsche Bank have launched a €1bn guarantee platform aimed at expanding…
#Africa#Deutsche Bank#emerging markets
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
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
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
Afreximbank increased trade finance activity during the first quarter of 2026 as African markets faced growing pressure from energy disruption,…
#Afreximbank#Africa#commodity 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
Receivables finance is gaining momentum across Africa as financial institutions look to expand access to working capital beyond traditional lending.…
#Africa#factoring#receivables finance
Afreximbank is calling for new financing models to support Africa’s digital transformation, as policymakers and financial institutions step up efforts…
#Afreximbank#Africa#digital trade