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14 July 2022
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Social projects

First green bond issuance in El Salvador

IDB Invest and Banco Promerica have issued a $20 million green bond in El Salvador, the first of its kind in the country.The bond proceeds will be used for new credits...

14 July 2022
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Finance and other

EIB group provides guarantee to RLB Steiermark for additional lending

The EIB and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have provided RLB Steiermark with a guarantee for a €60 million mezzanine tranche of a synthetic securitisation to...

14 July 2022
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Social infrastructure

EBRD invests in green bond for Greek regeneration project

The EBRD has invested €20 million in a €230 million seven-year green bond offering issued by Lamda Development, the largest real-estate developer in...

14 July 2022
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Social projects

World Bank launches $4bn sustainable development bond

The World Bank has launched a five-year $4 billion sustainable development bond to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.Citi, Nomura, TD Securities and Wells Fargo...

14 July 2022

BlueMark launches Inaugural impact investor leaderboard

BlueMark, a provider of independent impact verification services for investors and companies, has released its inaugural impact investor leaderboard, compiling a list of...

14 July 2022
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Renewable energy

First verified green bond issued in Vietnam

GuarantCo, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has provided a $50 million partial credit guarantee to support a $75 million bond issuance by...

13 July 2022
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Social projects

ADB releases new report on investment plans for Cambodia

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has published its latest report on Cambodia which outlines a forward-looking investment focus on skill development projects.ADB has already...

13 July 2022

KKR raises $1.5bn for second Global Impact Fund

KKR has raised $1.5 billion for it’s Global Impact Fund II, exceeding the $1.3 billion raised for its first global impact fund in 2020. The new fund will employ the...

13 July 2022
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Climate finance

Madagascar receives drought insurance pay-out

ARC Group and African Bank have provided a $797,049 drought insurance pay-out to the government of Madagascar under the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme (ADRiFi)....

13 July 2022
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Social infrastructure, Social projects

Proparco acquires majority stake in Kenyan hospital

Proparco and Ascent Rift Valley Fund II, a private equity fund in East Africa and part of the French Development Agency Group (AFD), has acquired a majority stake in...

13 July 2022

Purpose Investments launches new impact fund

Canada-based Purpose Investments has launched a new fund, the Black Diamond Impact Core Equity Fund (BDIC) which began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on 12 July...

13 July 2022
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Social projects

AfDB provides new loan to boost Moroccan health services

African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed to an €87 million loan to implement the support program for the generalisation of social coverage in Morocco. The...

13 July 2022
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Agriculture/food chain, Health/education programmes

CIDEF's Professor Nicholas Biekpe on the academic support of development finance

Professor Nicholas Biekpe, Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Development Finance at The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business speaks with Uxolo on how...

12 July 2022
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Health/education programmes

Aspen Pharma: Great financing but where's the procurement support?

The Aspen Pharma deal was expected to fund Africa's first homegrown industrial scale Covid-19 vaccine production. There was nothing wrong with the financing or the...

12 July 2022
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Agriculture/food chain

New Zealand to fund seed bank in Fiji

The New Zealand Government has announced a NZ$10 million funding packet for a seed bank in Fiji, the first funding awarded from the $1.3 billion climate fund set up in...

12 July 2022
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Social infrastructure

GEN eyes DFI debt for Chilean port

Chilean logistics provider Grupo Empresas Navieras (GEN) is in talks with a DFI for a $70 million loan to support capex investments at the port of Valparaiso in...

12 July 2022
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Climate finance, Social infrastructure

Texas based Crossroads Impact Corp announces new investments

Austin-based Crossroads Impact Corp (Crossroads) has announced a new $180 million equity investment from funds managed by P10 and Conversant Capital (Conversant) and a...

12 July 2022

Proparco and FDN finance Columbian e-mobility scheme

Proparco and FDN have signed on the funding for the Green Movil electric bus project in Bogota, Colombia. Green Movil is backed by loans in local currency for the...

12 July 2022
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Social projects

IFC announces loan for CRDB Tanzania and Burundi

The IFC has approved a $100 million loan to CRDB Bank Tanzania, as well as a $5 million loan to CRDB Bank Burundi, to increase access to finance for micro, small and...

12 July 2022
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Waste and water

EIB delivers final part of credit agreement to Lithuanian water management company

The EIB has granted a €30 million loan to the largest water management company in Lithuania, Vilniaus vandenys. This loan is the second instalment of a €50...