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Supply Chain Finance for Ethiopian Exports and Imports
Finance whole value chains from farm gate to foreign buyer on receivables, goods and anchor strength, not only buildings
Design, price and control anchor-led supply chain finance, inventory and warehouse receipt finance, and export and import programmes, using one Ethiopian brewery and its 300 suppliers as the running case.
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What you will be able to do
- Design a supply chain finance programme anchored on a large buyer or exporter
- Assess risks and structure limits, pricing and controls for programme finance
- Finance commodities and inventory against registered security, collateral management and ECX warehouse receipts
- Structure export and import SCF within Ethiopia's foreign exchange rules
- Build partnerships with anchors, collateral managers, insurers and guarantee providers
- For
- Trade and transaction banking product managers, corporate relationship managers and experienced trade, SME and agricultural finance officers in Ethiopian banks who have completed the Level 1 course or have equivalent experience.
- Study time
- About 6 hours online, in 5 modules (24 hours in the classroom version)
- Each module
- Short lessons, animated visuals, Ethiopian examples, decisions to make, NBE rules and worked calculations, then a quiz
- Assessment
- A 20-question final exam; pass mark 70%
- Certificate
- Erudite Africa Center of Excellence certificate of completion
- Access
- Module 1 free for registered users; the full course, exam and certificate for subscribers
The 5 modules
- Module 01Free previewDesigning an anchor-led programmeMap where cash gets stuck in a value chain, choose the right anchor and design how suppliers join, qualify and get paid.6 lessons · 65 min · quiz
- Module 02Credit, risk, limits and pricing for programme financeAssess the anchor and its suppliers, measure dilution, choose between true sale and recourse, and set limits and prices that hold up at committee.6 lessons · 70 min · quiz
- Module 03Commodity and inventory financeLend against goods you control: register the security, contract a collateral manager, monitor the warehouse, margin the loan and use ECX warehouse receipts.6 lessons · 65 min · quiz
- Module 04Export and import supply chain financeFinance exporters from contract to proceeds and importers from L/C to distributor, within Ethiopia's foreign exchange rules on repatriation, retention and payment modes.6 lessons · 70 min · quiz
- Module 05Risk mitigation, technology and the programme capstoneShare risk with insurers, guarantors and trade finance lines, run the programme on data and digital payments, and present the Meskerem programme design.6 lessons · 70 min · quiz
- Officer simulationA month as supply chain finance officer at Bank A, head office transaction bankingWork as supply chain finance officer: 11 real-life items, decisions with consequences and a hand-over note. Pass with 70% to qualify for the certificate.
- Final examFinal exam and certificate20 applied questions across all 5 modules. Pass with 70% to download your certificate.
Built on
- Erudite Africa training module: Ethiopian Context, topic 1.k Supply Chain Finance for Ethiopian Exports/Imports, Level 2 Intermediate (October 2026)
- Erudite Africa: Ethiopian regulatory framework register (October 2026)
- A commercial bank's Revised Credit Procedure Manual (August 2025), unnamed
- NBE directives as listed in the lessons: FXD/01/2024, FXD/04/2026, FXD/05/2026, SBB/87/2024, SBB/90/2024, NBE/INT/13/2026, MCR/01/2020, ONPS/09/2023; NBE MPC No. 7 press release (July 2026)
- Movable Property Security Right Proclamation No. 1147/2019 and Warehouse Receipt System Proclamation No. 372/2003, as cited in the bank manual
Examples and companies are fictional. Bank practices are shown as typical Ethiopian practice, not as any one bank's policy. Always apply your own institution's approved policy and the current NBE directives.