Business Talk – Standard Bank’s Amish Shunker and Justin Milo on South Africa’s role as an intra-African trade leader

In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Standard Bank’s Amish Shunker and Justin Milo discuss intra-African trade and its impact on South Africa.

Shunker is the Head of the Solutions Structuring Group and Head of Trade for Africa at Standard Bank CIB.

He has worked at Standard Bank CIB for nearly 15 years and previously served as the Head of Sales for Standard Bank’s Trade and Supply Chain Finance department.

Before joining the bank, Shunker worked as Trade Finance Product Manager for Citi and as an analyst at Accenture.

Milo is the Executive Head of Trade and Working Capital for South Africa at Standard Bank CIB.

He has worked at the bank for over 15 years, holding several key leadership roles during this time.

These include Executive Head of Trade Sales, Head Trade Finance Transactor, and Data Analytics Manager.

The interview

In this Business Talk interview, Shunker and Milo explain how South Africa’s trade industry has fared in 2024 – including in relation to trade with other African countries, and global counterparts.

Shunker reveals the top trends and potential catalysts in the trade industry that South African businesses should be monitoring.

Milo then unpacks the country’s biggest trade relationships – both within Africa, and with the rest of the world.

Shunker concludes the interview with his key predictions for intra-African and international trade in 2025.

Watch the interview with Amish Shunker and Justin Milo below.