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14 July 2021
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Social infrastructure

JICA lends support to Brazilian healthcare

JICA has signed a $150 million private sector investment finance (PSIF) loan for Itau Unibanco in Brazil. The funding will support the commercial bank’s lending to...

News
09 July 2021

Bridgewater launches new sustainability fund

Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund firm, launched Bridgewater All Weather Sustainability, LP earlier this month with $2 billion of committed...

News
09 July 2021
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Manufacturing, Traditional energy

AfDB backs Ethiopia-Djibouti interconnector project

African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two grants totalling $83.6 million for a power interconnector project between Ethiopia and Djibouti. The funds comprise a...

Transmission
08 July 2021

DFC's Nafisa Jiwani, Managing Director of Health Initiatives, on global health

Sam McManus, Director, Uxolo Development Finance speaks with Nafisa Jiwani, Managing Director, Health Initiatives at the U.S. International Development Finance...

News
05 July 2021

ADB proposing new type of SDG bond

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed a new kind of sustainable development goals (SDGs) bond – the SDG Accelerator Bond – in its latest publication...

Perspective
01 July 2021

2X Challenge's Anne-Marie Lévesque, FinDev Canada and Jessica Espinoza-Trujano, DEG

In 2018 the G7 development finance institutions (DFIs) made a commitment to deploy $3 billion before the end of 2020 in emerging markets private sector investments that...

News
01 July 2021

Heritas reaches first close on third impact fund

Heritas Capital (Heritas) has reached a $60 million first close on its third private equity fund, Heritas Growth Fund III (Fund III). The planned $150 million Fund III...

News
25 June 2021
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Waste and water

ADB finances Timor-Leste water supply and sanitation project

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $47 million loan to help the Government of Timor-Leste provide safe, reliable, and affordable water supply and sanitation...

Perspective
25 June 2021

How to unlock institutional investor funding for climate action

Scale, capital allocation and shareholder activism were top of the agenda as panelists at a recent Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) conference discussed the best...

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24 June 2021
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Social infrastructure, Waste and water

MIGA backs loan to upgrade two hospitals in The Bahamas

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency has issued a guarantee for $118.56 million to Banco Santander for a project to upgrade two public hospitals in...

Perspective
24 June 2021

IDB Invest's Marisela Alvarenga, Chief of the Financial Institutions Division, on green bonds

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance, talks shop with Marisela Alvarenga, Chief of the Financial Institutions Division at IDB Invest, about how the...

News
21 June 2021
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Renewable energy

EBRD finances 2 ECA-backed windfarms in Poland

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is financing two wind farms in Poland to help the country transition from fossil fuels.The EBRD’s local...

Transmission
17 June 2021

CDC's Amal-Lee Amin, Director & Head of Climate Change, on climate financing

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance caught up with Amal-Lee Amin, Director & Head of Climate Change at CDC, the UK’s development finance institution &...

Transmission
10 June 2021

Innpact's Arnaud Gillin, Co-Founder, on setting up impact investment funds

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance speaks with Arnaud Gillin, Partner & Co-Founder of Innpact, regarding their role as impact investment fund advisors,...

News
10 June 2021
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Social infrastructure

EIB supports IE University with €30m financing

The European Investment Bank has approved a financing plan of up to €30 million for IE University in Spain. The financing, supported by a guarantee from the European...

Perspective
04 June 2021

Afreximbank's Kofi Asumadu Addo, Director Guarantees and Specialized Finance, on Covid 19

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance speaks with Kofi Asumadu Addo, Director Guarantees and Specialized Finance at Afreximbank on how after being mandated...

News
28 May 2021
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Agriculture/food chain

EBRD helps Indorama introduce advanced cotton farming tech in Uzbekistan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is supporting the modernisation of agriculture and enhanced economic opportunities for the local population in...

News
25 May 2021
in
Social infrastructure

Saudi Fund for Development in talks with Seychelles on education, housing support

The Seychelles' government has opened discussions with the Saudi Fund for Development on possible financial support for infrastructural development in the education,...

News
21 May 2021
in
Renewable energy

Masdar wins tenders for Uzbekistan solar power plants

Uzbekistan has announced the winning bidder of the public-private partnerships for two photovoltaic solar parks in the Jizzakh and Samarkand regions. These PPPs, tendered...

Transmission
21 May 2021

AfDB's David Ashiagbor, Chief Financial Sector Strategy Officer, on African finances

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance speaks with David Ashiagbor, Chief Financial Sector Strategy Officer at The African Development Bank (AfDB) about how...