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At this year’s GTR East Africa – Trade and export finance conference , Trade Catalyst Africa’s (TCA) CEO Duncan Onyango joined leading voices from across the trade finance ecosystem, including Nick Kwolek, Arnaud Levasseur, Patrick Makau, Phanice Mokua, Fredrick Mutua, Paras Shah, and Freddie Tucker, for a roundtable discussion where he shared TCA’s perspective on what it will take to finance Africa’s trade transformation.
As TCA advances its mission to catalyse over $300M for SME trade finance and trade infrastructure< Duncan’s message was clear: Africa is ready, credible, and investable.
Read more from the roundtable discussion: https://lnkd.in/dwMUXMng
East Africa Trade Leaders Roundtable: Unlocking Regional Potentia
FSD Africa and TradeMark Africa’s Review of the Trade Finance Landscape in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa.
The study shows how limited access to trade finance stifles SME growth and regional integration, and how blended finance and innovative instruments can unlock billions in opportunity.
At TCA, this resonates deeply with our work: unlocking trade finance for MSMEs in high-export potential sectors. By providing subordinated debt to trade finance vehicles for on-lending, we help enterprises access the capital they need to purchase supplies, avoid costly delays, and scale into export value chains.
Takeaway: Africa’s trade finance gap costs the continent jobs, weakens economic resilience, and undermines competitiveness on the global stage.
Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/dkWrYZrV
Global Gateway Support to Transport Corridors in Africa
The Joint Research Centre’s Global Gateway Support to Transport Corridors in Africa report provides a comprehensive comparative assessment of 11 corridors. The trade implications are clear:
1. All 11 corridors studied are investment-attractive.
2. Abidjan-Lagos is Africa's densest corridor, but with severely overstretched road capacity relative to its population. This bottleneck makes a strong case for catalytic investment.
3. Digitalisation remains the most challenging investment area, yet when linked to corridor infrastructure, it becomes cheaper, faster, and more impactful.
4. Investments in infrastructure accessibility deliver the greatest benefits: in some corridors, over 70% of rural populations live within 2Km of a main road, compared to less than 40% in lagging ones.
For TCA, this validates our focus on two of our pillars: enhancing trade infrastructure and digital infrastructure to accelerate exports, create jobs, and drive inclusive growth.
Many thanks to the European Union for shaping this crucial agenda!
👉 Full report: Read here
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