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01 November 2021
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Renewable energy, Traditional energy

COP26: UK’s Johnson announces £5.4bn climate finance package

The package includes commitments to provide guarantees for climate-related projects in Africa and India, and new green funds for UK development financiers CDC Group and...

27 October 2021

Meet the Uxolo team at COP26

We will be in Glasgow across all 12 days of the conference, so please do get in touch if you are attending

26 October 2021

What is holding blended finance back?

From a lack of common understanding, systematic metrics to evaluate impact to opacity in data, MDBs and DFIs weigh in on the challenges of structuring a blended finance...

20 October 2021

Risk transfer mechanisms can help bridge $3.7trn development finance gap

An OECD report calls for development finance actors to use risk transfer mechanisms to mobilise more private sector funding for the sustainable development goals.

14 October 2021

SIMA’s ‘unprecedented’ relief fund to keep lights on across Africa and Asia

The Energy Access Relief Fund amassed a unique coalition of investors to help 100 energy access companies survive a liquidity crunch brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic

07 October 2021

EU gears up to become world’s largest green bond issuer

The European Commission has adopted a new framework aimed at reassuring investors of the environmental credentials of its upcoming €250bn green bonds programme.

04 October 2021

TFP: The paths less travelled with EBRD’s Makhmudova

The EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme continues its success and in no small measure that is down to its team. Kamola Makhmudova reflects on her decade as lead banker of...

30 September 2021
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Renewable energy, Traditional energy

The hidden world of Chinese development finance revealed

Analysing close to $1 trillion worth of Chinese development projects since the turn of the millennium, a new report reveals that China now spends over double its closest...

30 September 2021

Long-term infrastructure financing in an emerging market: The Infrastructure Investment Programme for South Africa (IIPSA) case study

On 30 September 2021, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), the South African National Treasury and the EU hosted over 500 delegates for a virtual webinar to...

30 September 2021

Accelerating green investments in developing economies

In the run-up to COP26, some of the best minds involved in climate finance deliberate over the ways to attract private capital towards green investments and overcome...

30 September 2021

UNEP FI: Public private approaches will be critical in mitigating climate change

Eric Usher, Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), speaks at the Uxolo Climate Finance virtual platform about the significant...

30 September 2021
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Renewable energy

UXOLO CLIMATE FINANCE | Watch on demand content today

Watch on-demand content and network with other delegates. Plus, Uxolo will be adding regular exclusive content to the platform over the coming weeks in the run up to...

23 September 2021

The dawning of the conservation finance market

A new report by the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation reveals that the conservation finance market looks set for take-off in 2021 – but still lacks...

22 September 2021
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Waste and water

Under the radar: Water and sanitation in Bomet

In the first of a series of profiles on DFI-backed deals that rarely grab the headlines, Uxolo talks to two of the key architects at the AfDB of the structure...

20 September 2021
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Waste and water

Landmark blended finance structure used for key Angolan water project

With a promise to make a significant contribution towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 and climate resilience, the $1.1 billion Angolan water infrastructure project...

14 September 2021
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Agriculture/food chain

The impact fund banking on smallholder farmers in developing countries

FMO and Rabobank have each invested €10 million in the IDH Farmfit Fund, which aims to bridge the $170 billion annual credit gap of small-scale farmers in developing...

02 September 2021
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IT and telecoms, Manufacturing, Social infrastructure, Traditional energy

Central America’s 21st century industrial revolution

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) is embarking on an ambitious project to bring private equity financing to fund the region’s vital...

01 September 2021
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Manufacturing, Renewable energy, Traditional energy

How the EIB aims to power Europe’s green hydrogen revolution

The European Development Bank recently signed advisory agreements with two local hydrogen associations as it looks to finance the EU’s aim to increase hydrogen to 14% of...

25 August 2021

How impact investors can finance social justice

Uxolo talks to Renee Morgan, social justice strategist at San Francisco-based impact investor Adasina Social Capital's, about how the financial markets can be used to...

18 August 2021

Blended finance: a solution to the SDG funding puzzle?

Blended finance could be a significant part of the funding solution in meeting the UN's SDGs. But to pull in private sector investment in the volume needed, and the time...