Hormuz crisis threatens Africa’s trade finance gains
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Progress made over the past decade in African trade finance is threatened by rising energy prices, insurance costs, and dollar shortages exacerbated by the Hormuz crisis. These factors risk reversing gains in closing the continent's trade finance gap.
A decade of progress in closing Africa’s trade finance gap is at risk as energy prices, insurance costs and dollar shortages rise.
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