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13 December 2024

Keynote: Sparking a new chemical reaction at the BU with President Akita

Yuichiro Akita, President of the Berne Union and general manager, international and strategic policy, at Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), explains his...

06 December 2024
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Infrastructure

Angola: The African ECA benchmark

The latest Angolan Ministry of Finance ECA-backed loan to sign to fund the construction of an airport marks the country's ninth such sovereign deal this year, with Angola...

02 December 2024

Celebrating Sean Keating: ‘A bashed out obit’ for TXF, Proximo and Uxolo

Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Thanks to all...

28 November 2024
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Infrastructure

Cameroon seals landmark road deal with Italian SMEs

Cameroon recently signed an ECA-backed loan for a strategic national road project. The deal has provided a financial blueprint for SME exporters to get involved in future...

04 November 2024

TXF, Proximo and Uxolo mourn the loss of Sean Keating

Exile Group is devastated to announce the death of our editor, Sean Keating.

04 November 2024

ECA, DFI and ODA – all under the one Kexim umbrella

It has been a year since Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) set up a development finance operation. Hwang Kiyeon, senior executive director and board member at Kexim,...

12 September 2024

EDC’s Lavery on creating a legacy of no wrong doors to export finance support

Mairead Lavery at EDC is coming to the end of her term as CEO. She discusses changes in her philosophy, the need for reform of Common Approaches, and creating a robust...

06 September 2024
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Metals and Mining

If I had a nickel

ECAs, DFIs and banks to Madagascar’s Ambatovy nickel mine project financing are facing a wipe out of $1.66 billion loans under a new shareholder restructuring proposal....

02 September 2024

Too high a price

Africa pays a premium for its debt that in many instances it should not. Why the onerous debt costs? And what can be done about it without major systemic change?

07 August 2024
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Africa agri trade: Are lenders’ risk perceptions misplaced?

Trade financiers are taking a more conservative approach to lending to the increasingly volatile agri sector in Africa. But is the heightened African risk perception...

05 August 2024

Strategic insight: SocGen’s Camilli on navigating the overlap of export, project and development finance for sustainability

In the first of a new series, TXF looks at the way different financial institutions are approaching the crossovers between export, project and development finance in...

02 August 2024
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Renewables

Finding the financing formula: The ECA project pipeline in 2024

Export finance activity looks strong as the industry enters the second half of the year, but there is room to improve if ECAs want to match record volumes in 2023. The...

19 July 2024

Navigating the market: Insights from the 2023 US Exim Competitiveness Report

US Exim has released its annual competitiveness report, and the story is familiar. While progress has been made in dealmaking since its 2019 reauthorisation, Exim remains...

16 July 2024

Keynote: Euler Hermes’ Schoene, on delivering the transformation message

Edna Schoene, CEO of Euler Hermes, naturally chose the eponymous messenger Hermes as her legendary figure of choice when TXF spoke to her at Global 2024: Export, Project...

12 July 2024
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Oil & gas, Renewables

Looking for the alternatives: EET Fuels on its plans for decarbonisation

EET Fuels is leading the development of a major UK hydrogen cluster around its Stanlow refinery operations. The company has put its decarbonisation plans firmly behind...

27 June 2024

Three pillars of finance: Export, project and development finance in 2024

As the dust settles on the Athens edition of Global 2024, how should the industry reflect on its progress this year? TXF Intelligence has taken a close look at the data...

27 June 2024

Catch up on all 2024 event content and online ECA training

Having exclusive access to our extensive library of 2024 content is a game-changer. Catch up on sessions from Global 2024 and more, plus make use of TXF’s online ECA...

26 June 2024

Global 2024 Export, Project & Development Finance, Athens: The Oracle speaks

The Delphic Oracle has spoken at TXF Global Export Finance Athens 2024 and the auguries are generally good for the export finance industry. We dig through some of the...

24 May 2024

Hoping for clear skies for transition, innovation, cyber and geopolitics, at BU Oslo

At the Berne Union’s flagship spring meeting in Norway, enthusiasm over opportunities for ECAs on climate and energy transition, technology and innovation, were balanced...

17 May 2024
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Oil & gas

Mozambique LNG: When will funds be disbursed?

The financing backing TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project was taken out of the financial fridge earlier this year but funds are yet to be disbursed. With the latest...