MITIGATING RISKS FOR AFRICA'S GROWTH BUSINESSES (SMEs)
MITIGATING RISKS FOR AFRICA'S GROWTH BUSINESSES (SMEs)
The Context The Context
REAL AND IMAGINARY REAL AND IMAGINARY
IMAGINARY RISKS (RED)IMAGINARY RISKS (RED)
•High birth/death rate (Survival)
•Inadequate experience
•Narrow market
•Short-term goals (“lifestylistic”)
•Unclear growth/critical path
•Dominant player
•Weak or non-existent structures
•Informationallyopaque
•No succession planning
REAL RISKS REAL RISKS
•POLITICAL
•COMMERCIAL/CREDIT
POLITICAL RISK
•Cancellation of Licences and Restrictions on Import and Export
•Inconvertibility and Inability to Transfer
•Imposition or Increase of Import or Export Taxes
•Selective and Discriminatory Imposition or Increase of Import/Export Taxes, Levies or Duties
•Expropriation
•Government Interference with entities owing insured obligations
•Seizure of Goods, Prevention of Sale, or Prevention of Export
•Interference with the Carriage of Goods
•War or Civil Disturbance
•Embargo
•Diversion Risk
CREDIT RISK CREDIT RISK
•Arises from
–the insolvency of buyers in trade transactions
or
–Past due default on the part of customers
POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE
1.WHO OFFERS IT?
2.TERMS AND CONDITIONS
3.APPLICATION PROCESS
4.CLAIMS PROCESS
MITIGATING CREDIT RISK MITIGATING CREDIT RISK
CREDIT RISK INSURANCE
1.WHAT IT IS NOT
2.BASIC PRINCIPLES
3.WHO OFFERS IT
4.BENEFITS TO INSURED
I. Catastrophic loss protection
I.Safe sales expansion
II.Credit decision support
III.Borrowing enhancement
4.THE UNDERWRITER’S ROLE
1.Policy premium
2.Risk retention
3.Coverage limit
5.THE APPLICATION PROCESS
MITIGATING THE RED RISKS MITIGATING THE RED RISKS
(THE HIDDEN KEY TO SME GROWTH) (THE HIDDEN KEY TO SME GROWTH)
MITIGATING RISKS FOR AFRICAS GROWTH BUSINESSES SMEs - To learn more about this author, visit African Development Bank's Website.
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SME RISKS SME RISKS
The Context The Context
REAL AND IMAGINARY REAL AND IMAGINARY
IMAGINARY RISKS (RED)IMAGINARY RISKS (RED)
•High birth/death rate (Survival)
•Inadequate experience
•Narrow market
•Short-term goals (“lifestylistic”)
•Unclear growth/critical path
•Dominant player
•Weak or non-existent structures
•Informationallyopaque
•No succession planning
REAL RISKS REAL RISKS
•POLITICAL
•COMMERCIAL/CREDIT
POLITICAL RISK
•Cancellation of Licences and Restrictions on Import and Export
•Inconvertibility and Inability to Transfer
•Imposition or Increase of Import or Export Taxes
•Selective and Discriminatory Imposition or Increase of Import/Export Taxes, Levies or Duties
•Expropriation
•Government Interference with entities owing insured obligations
•Seizure of Goods, Prevention of Sale, or Prevention of Export
•Interference with the Carriage of Goods
•War or Civil Disturbance
•Embargo
•Diversion Risk
CREDIT RISK CREDIT RISK
•Arises from
–the insolvency of buyers in trade transactions
or
–Past due default on the part of customers
POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE
1.WHO OFFERS IT?
2.TERMS AND CONDITIONS
3.APPLICATION PROCESS
4.CLAIMS PROCESS
MITIGATING CREDIT RISK MITIGATING CREDIT RISK
CREDIT RISK INSURANCE
1.WHAT IT IS NOT
2.BASIC PRINCIPLES
3.WHO OFFERS IT
4.BENEFITS TO INSURED
I. Catastrophic loss protection
I.Safe sales expansion
II.Credit decision support
III.Borrowing enhancement
4.THE UNDERWRITER’S ROLE
1.Policy premium
2.Risk retention
3.Coverage limit
5.THE APPLICATION PROCESS
MITIGATING THE RED RISKS MITIGATING THE RED RISKS
(THE HIDDEN KEY TO SME GROWTH) (THE HIDDEN KEY TO SME GROWTH)
MITIGATING RISKS FOR AFRICAS GROWTH BUSINESSES SMEs - To learn more about this author, visit African Development Bank's Website.
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