Hear the Idea Come to Life

Featuring Richard Wulff (ICISA), Fanny Beaumont & Benjamin Le Forestier.
Shared during the ICISA/FCI/Afreximbank Regional Conference in Abuja.

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Learn how local actors can change that - step by step.

Africa Trades. But Exposure Holds It Back.

90% of intra-African trade is open-account.
Less than 5% is insured. 

Trade Credit Insurance: The missing piece in Africa’s trade engine

$14B trade finance gap in

  • West Africa
  • TCI <5% in most SSA countries
  • SME failures often caused by late payments

 What it really takes to get started a TCI - 3 magic ingredients

Commercial
Development

Quote, issue, and bind faster - with workflows that scale.

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 Risk
Underwriting

Smart risk selection powered by logic, not guesswork.

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Claims
Execution

When defaults happen, your clients trust you'll deliver.

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 Digitize your TCI operation, from day one 

 Tinubu’s SaaS platform is modular, cloud-based, and proven globally. Manage policies, automate underwriting, and monitor risk - all in one place. 

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Richard Wulff Executive Director of ICISA
At ICISA, we see the numbers: trillions in insured trade - but far too little in Africa. The urgency is real.

It's not easy, but it's possible

No team? No problem.

 Tinubu’s in-house risk team supports portfolio monitoring and underwriting setup for new entrants. 

18 analysts across Paris, Singapore, Mumbai

  • Ex-Euler Hermes, Coface, banking sector 50,000+ buyer decisions annually
  • Languages: FR, EN, DE, ES, IT, CN, AR

 

Supports new MGAs and ECAs with:

  • Full buyer assessments
  • Authority structures
  • Group exposures
  • 12-month monitoring

 

Proprietary scoring model

  • Access to 50+ global/local data sources (e.g. Altares, D&B, Graydon, Worldbox)
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Martin Sheppard Risk Director at Tinubu
Managing a €22 billion risk portfolio 19 years at Euler Hermes (now Allianz Trade) in various risk director and managerial roles across the UK, France, and Italy.

Hear the idea come to life

Watch the Replay of Tinubu’s keynote at the African Regional Conference on Factoring, Receivables Finance & Credit Insurance (Abuja 2025), co-hosted by ICISA, FCI, and Afreximbank. Fanny Beaumont and Benjamin Le Forestier explain how to launch trade credit insurance with speed, simplicity, and impact.

Are you ready to launch a local trade credit insurance offering?

This whitepaper walks through the must-haves: capabilities, partnerships, and priorities that matter.

📘 Download the whitepaper to assess your readiness.

What you need to launch - a practical checklist