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Resource Title Name of Organisation Description Source
Abbreviations and glossary
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International Trade Center

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Guide
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International Trade Center

COVID workplace measures and financing.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Chapter 7: COVID Workplace Measures and Financing
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International Trade Center

Resource Title Name of Organisation Description Source
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.

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.

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