News
22 August 2018
FMO agrees grant to African fintech Lendable
Dutch development bank FMO is extending a convertible grant to Kenyan-based fintech platform Lendable, providing a 'first loss' backstop that is expected to...
Dutch development bank FMO is extending a convertible grant to Kenyan-based fintech platform Lendable, providing a 'first loss' backstop that is expected to...
The Berri Barmera Council in South Australia’s Riverland region is inviting expressions of interest in a tender to build and operate a 10MW solar farm that is...
The World Bank has issued a report on Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) amongst low- and middle-income countries from 2013-2017. In 2017, investments in...
The Asian Development Bank has raised AMD2.66 billion (about $5.4 million) from a new issue of offshore Armenian dram-linked bonds. The transaction was structured as a...
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the US DFI, is resuming activity in Uzbekistan. Bilateral "road maps" are being realized to implement the...
CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution, has appointed two new non-executive directors, Dolika Banda and Andrew Alli, who will bring African experience to...
The Philippines' Department of Finance is set to discuss loan arrangements with China for the first basket of infrastructure projects under the Build,...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to be appointed as the transaction advisory service provider for the Asian Development Bank-financed Gautam Buddha...
German development bank KfW has agreed a €150 million loan to the Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation to finance an underground gas storage facility. The project is...
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $300 million policy-based loan to support the Philippines' efforts to strengthen the framework under which the private...
The International Finance Corporation will provide $55 million to BIND Banco Industrial to expand the bank's lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in...
Parkwind has mandated nine commercial banks for project financing of its 224MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. Construction is...
The government of India is investing $10 million in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) – the first time a non-African government has become a member of the...
GuarantCo has provided a 100% wrap for a $60 million-equivalent locally denominated dual-currency green bond for Singapore-based renewables developer Sindicatum...
The International Finance Corporation will provide Itaú Argentina with $50 million to expand financing to small and medium-sized enterprises, and sustainable...
Gazelle Finance, a US investment fund manager, has launched investment operations in Armenia targeting investments in high growth small and medium-sized enterprises....
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is providing Egyptian dairy and juice producer the International Company for Agricultural Industries Projects (Beyti)...
The International Finance Corporation and the private sector window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program have boosted support for the fishing...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has passed internal stress tests for a 40% drop by the Turkish lira - but the currency has weakened more than that...
The InfraCo Africa-controlled Djermaya Solar project has signed a 25-year PPA with Chad's Ministry of Energy and national utility La Societe Nationale...