TXF’s inaugural Credit and Asset Distribution Day (CAD) gives a platform to a market that has often shaped the limits of long-dated finance, but from the shadows. What's the state of play, and where do we go from here? A 13 point word soup is a start.

Tanzania’s latest standard gauge railway financing shows that African transport corridors can access global liquidity. But only when sovereign risk, export credit, MDB guarantees, Chinese cover and E&S machinery are assembled into a highly bespoke structure.

Speaking at TXF Global, Jebsen & Jessen CEO Ralf Schwarzhaupt highlighted a booming project pipeline despite Middle East headwinds, calling for fewer regulations, faster decision-making, and a level playing field.