There have been a number of failures of cryptocurrency exchanges (CEs) over the past 12 months – see, for example, Voyager and Celsius. While each case is different and should not be judged in the round, there are some common themes that apply to many of these cases. Whose crypto is it anyway? It is […]
By Investpedia What Is a Financial Instrument? Financial instruments are assets that can be traded, or they can also be seen as packages of capital that may be traded. Most types of financial instruments provide efficient flow and transfer of capital all throughout the world’s investors. These assets can be cash, a contractual right to […]
Developments in the African market have taken centre stage in the trade finance industry lately, but this has not done much to dispel the hurdles that the market faces. With a global energy and food crisis peaking, alongside hiking inflationary rates and geopolitical tensions, it may seem that the road ahead for the African continent is not […]
Closing Africa’s $100 billion trade finance gap is going to require alignment across a number of ecosystem elements, especially given current geo-political instability and supply chain issues. It is often debated whether the reported existing trade finance gap, which over the last 3 years has oscillated between $100 billion and $120 billion, will diminish or […]
