Teaching businesses to unlock working capital and grow their operations through factoring education programmes (FCI)

As MSMEs are weaned off fiscal support, a radical new attitude to how they access working capital will be needed more than ever.

African trade finance literature is often trusted by SMEs and usually omits domestic financial institutional challenges, especially in the Francophone markets.

A five step action plan for stopping the destruction of our most valuable ecosystems

2021 is likely to witness an acceleration of ongoing geopolitical shifts, while some emerging markets may experience significant growth tailwinds

Trade receivables securitisation to the rescue? Businesses will need to become securitisation savvy if we are to plug the trade finance gap

Ignore pressures to retrench. Trade finance infrastructure needs to grow now more than ever.

The most important IT investments of companies, banks, and financial institutions are in collaboration with business partners, digital transformation, big data, and analytics, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Collaboration with the scientific community stands to fast track technology in insurance and surety. We should be doing more to build these bridges.

As Africa enters a revolutionary period of intra-continental trade, factoring will be crucial to the growth of MSMEs.