With such a wide range of projects and sectoral opportunities in the market, Oliver O'Connell asks those active in sub-Saharan export finance what is driving demand.
Trade Finance talks to Piers Constable, director of export finance at Deutsche Bank in London about the successful closing of one of the most significant export financings in sub-Saharan Africa in 2006 – financing the import of gas turbines for South Africa's Eskom.
With commodity prices still high, sub-Saharan Africa is witnessing a boom in exploration and development in the metals, minerals and oil and gas sectors, though structured trade remains a challenge with banks having to search out deals and be especially innovative. Oliver O'Connell looks at how banks are securing and implementing transactions in this challenging region.
Will Russia’s recent ban on grain exports result in a significant rise in private risk insurance claims from grain traders unable to fulfil their contracts?
From a Brazilian perspective a lot of work still needs to be done in getting foreign lenders more comfortable to finance the second-tier players again.
Ian Henderson, Texel Capital - Brazil: Agri-sector bounces back - Trade Finance July/August 2010