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Drip Capital Surpasses $9 Billion in Trade Transactions as SMBs Navigate Shifting Global Supply Chains
SMBs continue to face a substantial working capital gap, with traditional banks pulling back on small business lending and alternative lenders increasingly unable to meet the scale or speed that global trade requires.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Iran War Cuts LPG Flows as Charcoal Demand Spikes in Africa and India
Cooking-fuel costs spike across Africa and South Asia after the Iran war disrupts Gulf liquefied petroleum gas supply, with conservationists warning the return to charcoal and firewood could undo a decade of clean-cooking progress.
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- Global
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Ghana Deepens Spain Partnership to Scale Tomato Production and Cut Import Reliance
Ghana has entered into a new agribusiness partnership with Spain to strengthen domestic tomato production and reduce reliance on imports.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BII and Deutsche Bank Launch $150 Million Trade Finance Initiative to Unlock Capital in Africa’s Frontier Markets
The initiative is designed to increase the flow of trade finance into some of Africa’s most underserved and higher-risk markets, where access to capital remains limited.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zimbabwe Bans All Raw Mineral Exports
Africa’s largest lithium producer — whose stores make up 4.4% of global reserves — is a major supplier to China, which leads the world in refining the battery metal. But like other African countries, Zimbabwe is increasingly keen to maximize the value of its minerals by processing them at home before exporting.
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- Energy, Environment, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: The Great Chinese EV Exodus
A consolidation among Chinese carmakers is flooding markets from São Paulo to Dubai.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Global
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‘Mother of All Deals’: EU and India Sign Free Trade Agreement
The agreement is expected to double EU exports to India by 2032 by eliminating or cutting tariffs in 96.6% of traded goods by value, and would lead to savings of €4bn (£3.5bn) in duties for European companies, the EU said.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Why Developing Countries Oppose the EU’s Carbon Border Tax
Some poorer nations argue the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) risks pushing the cost of decarbonisation onto poorer exporters, raising concerns over fairness, trade rules and access to finance and clean technology.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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