The World Bank has approved $137 million for the second operation of the Western Africa Regional Digital Integration Programme to support digital integration and jobs in...
The World Bank approved a $131.8 million loan to the Municipality of Sao Paulo to expand access to social assistance services and benefits and modernise the city’s...
The European Investment Fund has committed up to €20 million ($21.8 million) in DaVinci Growth Capital Fund to back Italian SMEs with high technological...
NADBank, via its Mexican subsidiary COFIDAN, signed a loan agreement of up to MXN650 million ($36.2 million) with the Government of Sonora to finance 2026 public...
IDB will support the government of Bolivia with $500 million to strengthen the country’s social protection system and expand direct access to state assistance for...
When is a DFI preferred creditor not a preferred creditor? A messy restructuring and a ratings downgrade for Afreximbank could hammer smaller development banks’ cost of...
AfDB has approved a $9.57 million grant to support SADC countries in strengthening regional health security and emergency preparedness. The initiative aimed to...
FitSpo Nutrition signed €5.3 million (about $5.8 million) in long-term financing from Unicredit Bulbank, with EBRD sharing risk to support a green expansion in...
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank priced a €1 billion three-year benchmark bond and a A$500 million five-year climate adaptation bond as part of its 2026 funding...
African Development Bank priced a new $2 billion five-year global benchmark due March 2031, the bank’s second USD benchmark of the year, following a $1 billion...
NSIA Bank Benin signed a €20 million ($23.63 million) portfolio risk-sharing guarantee agreement (ARIZ) with Proparco to support increased lending to SMEs in...
ADB has approved a $60.9 million loan to improve water supply and sanitation in Port Moresby and Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. The financing comprised a $30 million...
The World Bank Group has launched a new $6 billion insurance-backed facility to expand lending to small and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets.Under the...
Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) recorded a record year in 2025, closing the year with a total of $182 million committed across 13 projects.Recent...
AfDB, AfricaRice and ECOWAS have launched the Strengthening Adaptation to Climate Change of Rice Value Chains in West Africa (REWARD-AfricaRice) programme.The initiative...
The Baltic Sea Action Plan Fund selected eight new projects for a total allocation of €1.3 million (about $1.53 million) to start work during 2026. The awards...
CEB and Gewobag signed an additional €100 million (around $109 million) loan to expand, modernise and improve the energy efficiency of social and affordable housing...
Seung-Hoon Lee is now head of Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim’s) investment finance team, having recently been director of the new development finance team in the...
IDB has approved a $99.2 million loan to improve the coverage and quality of early-childhood education in Joinville, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Santa...
AfDB has approved an addendum to strengthen financing for Rwanda’s Energy Sector Results Based Financing Programme. The approval confirms the bank...