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Trade Finance in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities And The Role of Risk In Reducing The Financing Gap

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Trade finance in Africa offers a mixture of intertwined challenges and opportunities. Take for instance the continent’s contribution to global GDP and trade, which stands at just 3 percent in contrast to its population, which accounts for 17 percent of the world’s total. Numerous factors contribute to this mismatch including, in the financing space, a lack of transparency, lack of access to adequate trade financing facilities, lack robust financial…

INTO AFRICA June 2017 Edition: Trade Finance Africa’s Growth Enabler

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Welcome to the June edition of INTO AFRICA, the publication with fresh insight into Africa’s Emerging capital markets. This edition focuses on the Insurance sector and is titled: Trade Finance: Africa’s Growth Enabler. Please download by clicking: INTO AFRICA PUBLICATION: JUNE 2017 EDITION. African economies face challenges in the area of trade, both in terms of trade between African countries and trade with non-African countries. The problems are so significant that Africa’s…