BNDES has approved BRL150 million ($26 million) in financing for the construction of four industrial effluent treatment plants with biogas production.The new biogas...
The AIIB tapped the public Hong Kong dollar bond market for a landmark HK$4 billion ($514 million) three-year issue as the Beijing-based MDB diversifies its funding mix...
The Defence, Security and Resilience (DSR) Bank could answer Nato members’ defence spending needs, particularly in EU states. But what would such a bank modelled on MDBs...
SAF projects are complex to finance, with short offtake contracts and high prices often deterring project finance lenders. SAFCO Ventures has lowered costs to secure a...
As Uzbekistan looks to meet growing gas demand while phasing out inefficient Soviet-era power facilities, a DFI/ECA-backed financing for the 1.6GW Surkhandarya CCGT...
MDBs and DFIs have sharpened their product suites in their bid mobilise private capital and realise the race to net zero emissions. But what were the standout innovations...
EBRD and EIB have agreed funding to Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Smatsa (SMATSA), the air traffic services agency that covers the air space of Serbia and...
EBRD has signed the first portfolio risk-sharing facility in Kosovo with Raiffeisen Bank to unlock €25 million of new finance for MSMEs. Around 20% of the facility...
The UK has announced a support package to the Inter-American Development Bank.The package includes support for IDB Invest’s “Originate to Share”...
The financing backing the Rio Cobre water treatment plant in Jamaica has signed. Project sponsors tapped heavy DFI support to push out the tenor envelope to 20 years,...
Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Perhaps an...
Serbia has launched its second renewable energy auction. Wind projects up to an approved quota of 300MW and solar PV projects up to 124.8MW will be supported through...
The EIB Group has signed a synthetic securitisation with Santander to support new investments in energy efficiency in Portugal worth €183 million. The operation...
Uxolo spoke with Suzanne Gaboury, ADB's director general for private sector operations to outline the DFI's largest deal pipeline to date, and the importance of speeding...
The heads of ten multilateral development banks have welcomed the endorsement by G20 leaders of the roadmap towards Better, Bigger, and More Effective MDBs. The...
ADB has approved $10 million in grant financing to address gender-based violence in Cambodia to help meet the country’s target of zero GBV by 2030.The Strengthening...
Europe’s gigafactory bubble is bursting with battery makers Northvolt and ACC halting schemes amid waning demand for EVs. With project sponsors reviewing business models,...
MIGA and Etihad Credit Insurance are to coordinate their activities in promoting foreign direct investment by providing co-insurance and reinsurance guarantees. The...
Enel Colombia has signed an ECA-supported loan through a synthetic product which neutralises the exchange rate risk, for a maximum amount in Colombian pesos equivalent to...
USAID has launched two new agency policy documents to maximize the impact achieved on humanitarian and development objectives for every dollar of US foreign assistance...