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International Trade Center | List of Abbreviations |
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Guide
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International Trade Center | COVID workplace measures and financing. |
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Chapter 2: Financing Options and Eligibility Requirements
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International Trade Center | Step 1: Establish what the money is needed for and how much you really need. Step 2: Find out what business and personal information is required. Step 3: Select two or three providers that could meet your needs. |
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Chapter 3: Business Implications of Different Forms of Financing
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International Trade Center | 3.1: Community financing providers of low-value financing. 3.2: Short-term equipment, pre-shipment, sales order or working capital financing. 3.3: Term loans through banks and non-bank financing providers. 3.4: Bank and non-bank short-term supply chain financing options. 3.5: Key enterprise loan regulatory considerations for banks. 3.6: What is “Collateral” and what are its implications for your business? 3.7: Asset valuation: enterprise and lender perspective. 3.8: What are “Covenants” and how do they affect your business? |
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Chapter 4: Managing Lender and Investor Relations
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International Trade Center | 4.1: Business communications and visibility. 4.2: Loan performance and reporting communication norms. 4.3: References and customer feedback. |
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Chapter 5: Drafting An Application For Financing
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International Trade Center | 5.1: What to optimize before drafting your business plan. 5.2: Risk assessments: supply chain vulnerabilities, sustainability and resilience. 5.3: Resilience and business continuity plans and measures. 5.4: Product and service authenticity, traceability, quality & labeling compliance. 5.5: Drafting a realistic business plan. 5.6: Market, business growth and revenue projections with references. 5.7: Typical errors and practices that result in application rejections. 5.8: Digitisation and the implications for financing options. |
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Chapter 6: Working With Business Development Services
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International Trade Center | 6.1: What to prepare before contacting BDS service providers. 6.2: Types of business development services and business support organizations. |
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Chapter 7: COVID Workplace Measures and Financing
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Assessment of cross-industry skills development initiatives in the East Africa Community and Zambia
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FSD Africa | By FSD Africa This project: Identifies the skills gap, training needs and existing cross-industry skill development initiatives among financial service providers in East Africa, Identifies existing cross-industry skills development initiatives in International markets, and, Develops potential solutions for cross-industry skills development for the East African financial service sector. |
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Climate Finance Innovation for Africa
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FSD Africa | By FSD Africa. The African continent presents a massive investment opportunity for investors to advance climate solutions in the coming decade, however, a set of barriers to finance have stifled requisite investment to date. In this new report, in collaboration with Climate Finance Innovation for Africa and Climate Policy Initiative, we provide a framework for how innovation in financing structures can leverage strategic deployment of public capital to ‘crowd-in’ private investment at levels not yet seen. |