A pan-African organization that provides trade credit and political risk insurance to companies, investors and lenders interested in doing business in Africa. With deep roots in Africa, we are best positioned to understand and assess the risks here – and help mitigate them.
With both a commercial and developmental mandate, we aim at improving Africa’s risk perception and attracting affordable investments in support of sovereign governments and the private sector.
In 2000, a group of East African countries, under the leadership of COMESA, commissioned a World Bank-funded study to look into why the region wasn’t attracting adequate Foreign Direct Investments. The results showed political risks to be the primary concern of investors.
Established with the technical & financial support of the World Bank, this study led to the creation of the African Trade Insurance Agency (“ATI”), now rebranded as African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI). We are registered with the UN as a Multilateral Organization and offer a range of insurance products/guarantees focused on increasing trade and investments into Africa.
The robust risk solutions we offer our clients have seen our financial partners come to rely on our assessments because of our credibility, financial strength and underwriting capacity.
ATIDI has a good market position in Africa, based on the scale of our underwriting penetration and benefits from significant local expertise and understanding in several African countries. We currently insure trade and investments worth over USD8 billion.
With risk mitigation tools to cover both inward investments and outward trade, we have you covered no matter where your business takes you in Africa.
We strive to carry out our business with the below values:
