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20 May 2020

Live webinar: Recovering defaulted credit insured trade receivables and export credits in MENA

Thursday 21 May | 11:00 BST | 14:00 GST When obligors in remote countries miss payments, speed and local knowledge are essential in recovering defaulted funds. In this...

20 May 2020
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Renewables

Ibri II solar: Saudi Exim looks to ramp up support for Saudi exports

The Ibri II solar project financing in Oman, which signed electronically at the end March amid the global economic lockdown, was the second regional project to engage...

15 May 2020

MIGA: Breathing fresh support into Africa's infra push

TXF spoke with Hoda Moustafa, Africa regional head at MIGA to discuss the multilateral's internal response to the Covid-19 crisis on the continent, and how the pandemic...

11 May 2020
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Renewables

Tulu Moye geothermal: Diversifying Ethiopia's energy mix

TXF spoke with Darrel Boyd, CEO at TM Geothermal Operations (TMGO) to outline the progress and challenges of procuring and financing the 150MW Tulu Moye geothermal power...

07 May 2020

Impact assessment: Covid-19 and the global development agenda

In the second of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Judith Tyson, a fellow at the Overseas Development...

06 May 2020

Top takeaways from TXF Africa Virtual

Last week TXF welcomed 700 export and project finance practitioners to our first fully virtual event – TXF Africa 2020, as Covid-19 changes how the trade community...

04 May 2020

Sweden Africa Chamber: ECAs to step up in Africa amid pandemic

Angelica Adamski, director at the Sweden Africa Chamber and a member of the board at Svenska Aerogel, says collaboration amongst Swedish exporters is key to promoting...

01 May 2020

ECAs and banks at the time of Covid-19

TXF is joined by Gabby Buck, managing director at GKB Ventures, to discuss the impact that Covid-19 is having and will have on export finance.

30 April 2020
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Infrastructure, Transport

Abidjan Metro: From PPP to pure EPC

The Ivory Coast decided to keep the ECA-backed financing of the Abidjan Metro on balance sheet after it initially launched the project as a PPP in 2013. TXF spoke with...

29 April 2020

Africa: Going cold turkey from Chinese infra finance addiction?

China’s president, Xi Jinping, pledged $60 billion in 2018 for African development over the next three years. But will the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic downturn...

28 April 2020

Shop talk: EASTvine – the rise of the small and flexible trade fund

TXF spoke with EASTvine Capital, a small alternative fund set up in Singapore in 2018 by three ex-bankers who saw an opportunity to fill the commodity trade finance...

27 April 2020

Keynote: Berne Union’s President and Secretary General, certain about uncertainty

Beatriz Reguero, President, and Vinco David, Secretary General, of Berne Union, the global export credit and investment insurance industry association, discuss the...

16 April 2020

It’s Fridayyyee! Giving something back in tough times

Please watch the video link below to see how one industry practitioner – Jerry Kohler of Texel - is making a difference by raising money for those less fortunate.

14 April 2020

Shop talk: Preugschat on the road to recovering ECA debt

TXF spoke with Kai Preugschat, Asia Pacific director at Recovery Advisers, based in Singapore, to outline his role at the international dispute resolution law firm that...

08 April 2020

Covid-19 Export Finance Survey 2020: Help us, to help you

TXF is sounding out bankers and borrowers, importers and exporters, for its Export Finance survey 2020, to garner market sentiment on the real impact of the Covid-19...

08 April 2020

Keynote: Pedal still to the metal on sustainability for France’s MoF

Gabriel Cumenge, deputy secretary of the French Ministry of Finance, DG Tresor tells TXF the importance of ECAs continuing their roles as the shock absorbers of global...

07 April 2020

Expert briefing: Keep trade flowing while borders are closing

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the supply chains that move medical goods and keep the world fed are under duress. But the crisis underscores the need to support trade to...

06 April 2020

Podcast: BPL Global on the impact of Covid-19 on CPRI

TXF spoke with James Esdaile, managing director at BPL Global, to discuss the significant exposure private insurers have to credit and political risk insurance (CPRI)...

03 April 2020

Expert briefing: Financial education - train hard to fight easy

Financial services staff and systems are already facing intense pressure amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but no-one knows what the economic effects of locking-down economies...

01 April 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Cocobod signs Africa’s inaugural ESG-tied loan

Cocobod has won TXF’s African Commodities Finance Deal of the Year for securing the first ever syndicated sustainability-linked loan for an African borrower – a milestone...