ATI liquidity facility nudges Malawi solar project to close
21-07-21 / by Jacob Atkins
The African Trade Insurance agency (ATI) has deployed its regional liquidity support tool to back...Absa Bank
IFC and Absa ink first African green loan
12-05-21 / by Jacob Atkins
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided Africa’s first ever certified green loan to South...
IFC adds Nigerian bank to global trade finance programme
04-03-20 / by Felix Thompson
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to provide a US$40mn guarantee to Coronation Merchant...
UK investors take aim at African trade finance gap
22-01-20 / by John Basquill
CDC Group is expanding its trade finance offerings in Africa, lending US$100mn to South African...
Absa inks risk participation agreement with AfDB
20-11-19 / by Eleanor Wragg
Absa and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed an unfunded US$250mn risk participation agreement...
Africa gets US$75mn trade finance injection from UK DFI
22-10-19 / by Shannon Manders
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI), is providing Absa Group with a US$75mn...
Absa Bank secures syndicated facility to boost US dollar lending
02-07-19 / by Shannon Manders
Absa Bank has secured a US$500mn term loan from a syndicate of 19 banks, the...
Absa to increase risk-taking appetite on African banks
25-07-18 / by Sanne Wass
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an unfunded US$250mn risk participation agreement with South...
Mercuria closes oversubscribed US$2.4bn RCFs
03-07-18 / by Sabrina Dougall
Global commodities trader Mercuria has closed three revolving credit facilities (RCFs) worth a total of...
More than 50 banks join Trafigura’s mammoth syndications
20-03-18 / by Finbarr Bermingham
Commodity trading giant Trafigura has signed bumper deals in Europe and Japan with a combined...