In this closing keynote conversation, TXF’s Hesham Zakai speaks to Afreximbank’s Melanie Lawrence about the landscape for trade, exports and infrastructure financing in Africa. What is the current macroeconomic environment and how is it impacting dealmaking? How are the challenges, such as Egypt’s FX struggles, being mitigated? How is Afreximbank working with counterparties and financial institutions in the Middle East? What structures and credit enhancement techniques have helped to faciltiate dealflow and how can more organisations get involved? Which market participants can benefit from de-risking tools that are being increasingly utilised in Africa? And finally what are the sector priorities in the region, from healthcare to food security?