Untied ECA lending has surpassed tied business volumes in three regions in the first half of this year. But what does this mean for exporters and banks?

TXF spoke with Chris Mitman, a partner at Acre Capital to find out how the fund is threading impact dollars into export finance deals, as it garners growing interest from DFIs, impact investors, and Africa credit funds.

Tobias Behringer, head of finance advisory, Siemens Financial Services, discusses his role in the transformed Siemens organisation as part of the connective tissue for banks, ECAs, and MDBs. He’s got a zeal for mobility projects, particularly sustainable ones, and the role of equity investments through SFS too. What will shift the needle for longer tenor financing in sustainable infra projects? Should ECAs cover technology risk (spoiler, the answer is yes)?