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14 May 2021

FPIP raising A$250 million impact investment vehicle

For Purpose Investment Partners (FPIP) – an impact investor founded last year by former National Australia Bank CEO Andrew Thorburn and ex-Macquarie banker Michael...

Perspective
12 May 2021

Building a Beta recovery in Asia

Nick J. Freeman, Associate Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), considers some of the key challenges, old and new, that a post-pandemic K-shaped...

Perspective
10 May 2021

Earth Security's founder Alejandro Litovsky on climate finance

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance talks with Alejandro Litovsky, Founder & CEO, Earth Security on climate finance and making carbon an investable market...

News
10 May 2021
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Renewable energy

EBRD, EIB, Proparco finance 100MW solar PV plant in Uzbekistan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European investment Bank, and Proparco have agreed an €87.4 million financing package to help finance 8GW...

Perspective
30 April 2021

Pangea-Risk's Dr. Robert Besseling, CEO, on the IMF in Africa

Sam McManus talks to Dr. Robert Besseling, Founder and CEO of PANGEA-RISK, about the historical and existing role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), especially in...

Perspective
29 April 2021

The EU gears up for development finance framework

The EU is currently considering a financial framework for European multilateral and bilateral development banks – under the EFAD umbrella. But, as Paul Mudde, consultant...

Perspective
27 April 2021

African PPP: from drawing board to reality

David Baxter, senior advisor to the UNECE-affiliated International Sustainable Resilience Center for PPPs (ISRC), considers the potential for PPP as an alternative source...

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26 April 2021
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Social infrastructure

ADB helps finance rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the Pacific

The Asian Development Bank has approved $18.9 million in grants to help four developing member countries in the Pacific roll out safe and effective vaccines against the...

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23 April 2021
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Waste and water

World Bank finances Sri Lankan watersheds and water resources project

The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank have signed a $69.53 million credit agreement to improve dams and irrigation schemes covering 165,000 hectares of...

Perspective
22 April 2021

MIGA's Hoda Moustafa, Africa Regional Head, on successful solar power project models

Sam McManus at Uxolo Development Finance talks to Hoda Moustafa, Africa Regional Head at Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) about successful solar power...

News
22 April 2021

NIB reports big drop in new loans amid Covid-19 crisis

The Nordic Investment Bank has agreed a total of €256.8 million (€1,716.9 million in Q1, 2020) in new loans during the three-month period ending 31 March this...

Perspective
15 April 2021

EBRD's Matthew Jordan-Tank, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy, on mobilising capital

Listen to this week's podcast where Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance, talks with Matthew Jordan-Tank, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and...

Perspective
15 April 2021
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Agriculture/food chain

DFC bets on blended finance for nature-based climate solutions

The US’ DFI is looking to use de-risking instruments such as credit guarantees to attract diverse groups of investors into projects that use nature to combat...

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01 April 2021
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Renewable energy, Traditional energy

EIB finances Brenmiller Energy thermal storage factory

The European Investment Bank and Brenmiller Energy, an Israeli provider of industrial energy storage solutions, have signed a €7.5 million financing deal. The funds...

Perspective
31 March 2021
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Renewable energy

DFIs go off-grid

March has seen a flurry of new financing commitments for off-grid renewable energy projects as DFIs look to accelerate deal flow in the fast-maturing sector.

News
22 March 2021

DEG finances food producer in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Germany's DEG is investing in Bosnia-Herzegovina by providing food producer Vispak with a long-term loan of around €12 million. Vispak will use the funds to...

News
15 March 2021

New focus on SDGs needed to rebuild after COVID-19, says ADB report

A renewed focus on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will be essential as countries seek to rebuild from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according...

News
11 March 2021
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Social infrastructure

EU agrees additional financing for Corridor Vc

The construction of Corridor Vc, the key infrastructure project the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development supports in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is progressing...

News
09 March 2021
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Social infrastructure, Waste and water

KfW supports German-Indonesian climate initiative with €2.5bn financing

Development bank KfW plans to make €2.5 billion available for infrastructure measures in Indonesian cities under a German-Indonesian climate initiative.The planned...

News
05 March 2021
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Renewable energy

Uzbek Solar 2 RFP deadline delayed

The deadline for RFPs for two solar PV projects in Uzbekistan - the 200MW Kattakurgan solar PV plant in Jizzakh and 200MW Gallaorol solar PV plant in Samarkand - has been...