Africa, with a wealth of natural resources, a developing infrastructure, an improving business environment, in addition to a working population set to double by 2050, represents a unique investment opportunity and a real source of diversification versus traditional markets .
The traditional financiers are struggling to provide cost-effective, quick turn-around, risk-adjusted funding solutions for medium size agricultural deals, resulting in a 120 BN$ trade finance gap in Africa, where 80% of exports are commodities. The recent pull-out of international banks is adding to the problem.
Agri-business mid-market players are searching for alternative commercial partners offering on-the-ground responsiveness, customised trading expertise and short-term innovative funding facilities solution. Both the African continent and the food industry have proven to be extremely resilient during the Covid19 crisis.
ATRIA is a South Africa-based advisory company providing commodity trading, structured trade finance, deal origination, transaction intermediation, fund management and capital raising services for the agri-business sector in Africa.
