Business Finance Global LLC provides consulting and advisory services to small and mid-sized businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa that operate in international trade, construction, and real estate development.

We partner with Trade Finance Company (TFC) —  one of the largest direct providers of trade finance instruments in the U.K., to facilitate the prompt issuance of trade finance instruments such as Letters of Credit (LC), Standby Letters of Credit (SBLC), and Bank Guarantees (BG). These instruments are issued through reputable international banks in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and the United States to importers and other small businesses, including construction companies and real estate developers, that are required to provide specific financial instruments (for example, a particular type of Bank Guarantee) to third parties for designated business purposes.

Unlike many banks in Sub-Saharan African countries, these instruments are issued without requiring importers or business owners to provide cash collateral, maintain a bank account, submit lengthy documentation, or comply with additional governmental regulatory procedures related to importation.

We also advise qualified importers of capital goods, such as machinery and equipment, on how to obtain Buyer’s Credit to finance the purchase and importation of these goods from the exporter’s country to the importer’s country. This credit facility is arranged by the exporter’s bank, with support from the Export Credit Agency (ECA) in the exporter’s country.