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Risk mitigation, technology and the programme capstone

Module 05 / 5 · 70 min

Share risk with insurers, guarantors and trade finance lines, run the programme on data and digital payments, and present the Meskerem programme design.

In this module you will learn to

  • Use credit insurance, partial credit guarantees and DFI or multilateral trade lines to extend SCF to riskier segments
  • Choose SCF technology, e-invoicing and digital farmer payments that fit Ethiopian rules and infrastructure
  • Monitor a live programme with key indicators and apply provisioning when payments slip
  • Design and defend a complete payables finance programme for a large anchor and its suppliers

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.