World Bank mulls $200m loan to combat pollution in Cairo; Nigeria in $1.5bn oil prepay deal with traders Vitol, Matrix; CDC signs extra $75m trade finance deal with Absa

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• The World Bank is in talks over a $200 million loan to Egyptian authorities in support of a project to combat pollution and climate change in Greater Cairo

• Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC has signed a $1.5 billion prepayment deal led by Standard Chartered and backed by oil traders Vitol Group and Matrix Energy - the first such agreement since the coronavirus pandemic, according to two sources

• CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has announced an additional $75 million commitment to its existing trade finance facility with Absa Bank. 

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