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Navigating Complexity: How The Access Bank UK Limited Delivers Unmatched Trade Finance Solutions
In the rapidly evolving landscape of global trade, businesses face pressures that can disrupt even the most carefully planned transactions. Currency volatility, shifting regulations, supply chain disruptions and liquidity gaps increasingly define the international marketplace. During these moments of uncertainty,
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Peru’s Export Paradox: How Micro-Policy Shielded SMEs from Macro-Politics
While the headlines focused on Peru’s political carousel, a quiet technocratic revolution was taking place in its trade corridors. The result? A resilient class of SME exporters that defied both global protectionism and local instability. In the volatile landscape of
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CABEI’s AA+ Breakthrough: How a Smarter Balance Sheet Is Financing Central America’s Next Growth Chapter
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) has secured an S&P upgrade to AA+, capping a year of balance-sheet innovation. The move reduces funding costs, widens investor appetite and—crucially—equips the Bank to deliver more regional transport, clean energy and
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Barrow Hanley: Insights from a Global Value Investing Leader
Cory Martin, CEO of Barrow Hanley Global Investors, reflects on the firm’s growth, its value investing philosophy, and how technology and ESG considerations are shaping the future of asset management. Cory Martin’s Journey at Barrow Hanley For the second consecutive
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Clifford M Gross: From Lab to Leadership — Steering Tekcapital’s Commercialisation Engine
Since founding and leading three publicly listed companies and co-founding numerous other high-growth ventures, Dr Clifford M Gross now drives Tekcapital plc as CEO. His rare blend of academic, inventor and investor experience has shaped Tekcapital’s strategy: converting university research
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Tekcapital: Building Companies That Change Lives — And Create Value for Shareholders
Tekcapital has honed a differentiated model for discovering university inventions, turning them into real businesses, and listing them on major markets. With a near-term push into GenAI ventures and a clear intent to return capital via special dividends, the company’s
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Africa Finance Corporation: Powering Africa’s Future Through Pragmatic Investment and Infrastructure
The Africa Finance Corporation is redefining development on the continent by championing bankable, climate-resilient, and inclusive infrastructure projects. With US$17bn invested across 36 countries, AFC is a model of how strategic capital and partnerships can catalyse Africa’s sustainable growth. In
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Samaila Zubairu: Championing Africa’s Economic Transformation Through Infrastructure Investment
Under the stewardship of Samaila Zubairu, the Africa Finance Corporation has become a driving force for industrialisation, clean energy and pan-African prosperity. Samaila Zubairu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has established himself as one of
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Deem Finance: Driving Financial Inclusion and Digital Transformation in the UAE
Deem Finance has established itself as one of the UAE’s most progressive non-bank financial institutions — redefining inclusion and innovation in a rapidly digitising economy. Guided by a clear purpose to serve the underserved and underbanked, the company is enabling
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Blended Finance’s Second Act: The OECD Renews Guidance to Effectively Align Development Goals and Investment Returns
A decade after blended finance entered the global lexicon, the challenges it was meant to address have multiplied – and so has its relevance. Public budgets are tightening, debt levels are climbing, and political priorities are shifting inward. In this
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