Spotlight on structures – The trade instruments boosting USD liquidity across sub-Sahara

Events / 03-12-21 / Share Link

A strong rebound in trade finance business sentiment has been observed since the turn of 2021, though key structural issues remain to be addressed, not least the availability of hard currency for trade.

In response, several innovative trade instruments are gaining traction across Africa as an increasingly crucial means of mitigating the continuing lack of traditional trade finance.

Ian Henderson (Chief Investment Officer, Artis Finance), Ini Ebong (Group Executive, Treasury & Financial Institutions, First Bank of Nigeria), Russell Brown (Global Head of Trade Finance, Financial Institutions, Deutsche Bank) and Andreas Voss (Chief Country Representative Nigeria & Head Trade Finance Financial Institutions Sub-Saharan Africa, Deutsche Bank) illustrated why these structures are needed and used for frontier trade finance, walking you through the anatomy of a typical deal, the various parties involved, and their respective motivations.