Standard Bank Group
Africa trade and investment
Africa Trade

Africa trade and investment

We provide clients with trade solutions to enable optimal trade and minimise logistical challenges. Our support includes the facilitation of relationships between importers and exporters and the provision of end to end solutions for international trade.

Our Focus areas include

Supporting our clients through financial products such as finance, payments and forex, and non-financial solutions to help customers with logistics, access to markets and procurement

Helping African businesses to import and export internationally, with emphasis on Africa’s largest trade partner China, while also supporting and stimulating intra-Africa trade

Providing end-to-end domestic and cross border trade solutions to support the growth and ambitions of business and commercial clients in Africa, including finding a logistics partner, costing of goods, tracking and managing the movement of goods and collection of documents, and ensuring that forex is booked and payments are made appropriately

Providing a digital interface for tracking of imports, initiating letters of credit and guarantees and booking trade loans (local and international).
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