Why the farm gate and the credit committee talk past each other
What a bank needs to see, what a trader can show, and the paperwork gap in between.
Read more →Lagos, NigeriaBanker · Trade finance · Agri-tech
The farm gate and the credit committee speak different languages. I work in both.
I'm Oluwaseun Lijoka. Seven years in Nigerian banking, mostly trade finance and agribusiness lending, with roots in the cocoa farms of Ondo State. I now lead agri-tech at a Nigerian bank and I'm finishing a PhD in agribusiness. This is where I write about how credit and commodities actually work here, conventional and Islamic finance both.
- Base
- Lagos, roots in Ondo State
- Banking
- 7+ years, and counting
- Practice
- Trade finance, agribusiness lending, agri-tech