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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 whether the nature of illiquid, growth-focused, emerging market economies means that the gap will never truly close.
Jeff Gable of Absa explains how African markets are adopting new trends to get future-ready.
The score, however, ranks Uganda in fifth position among 23 Africa countries, which was an improvement from the tenth positions last year
In terms of architecture, enabling legislation, products and depth, Sub-saharan African (SSA) capital markets are, at best, ‘a work in progress’.
The 2021 Africa Financial Markets Index shows that other African countries are pulling all stops to help ordinary consumers trade on their exchanges.