The first half of 2026 posted a modest improvement on the same period in 2025. But the DFIs and MDBs that drove that recovery were more responsive to the needs of...
Africa benefits from large untapped pools of capital in the shape of savings - but infrastructure projects struggle to tap it. A new generation of donor- and DFI-led...
Turkey sits in a keystone position both geographically and politically, and multilaterals are moving quickly to enhance their operations in the country. Tight economic...
The refinancing for Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport combines long-dated institutional capital, a DFI anchor commitment and flexible bank funding. Where asset quality,...
Development finance lenders are continuing to innovate, despite a less promising backdrop. But making those innovations stick, as speakers at Uxolo's Global 2026 suggest,...
Biovac’s EU-backed quasi-equity package and Brazil’s planned $1.2 billion vaccine PPP suggest that life-sciences are increasingly viewed as social infrastructure. But...
Ángela Pérez, CEO and chair at COFIDES, spoke to Uxolo at the lill Global Symposium 2026 in Oxford. Here she talks risk-sharing and catalysing private capital in the...
A landmark sustainable aviation fuel project in Egypt shows that commercial banks and local equity can get behind emerging transportation fuels. But shared experience on...
Imperative’s second-phase spekboom project combines a four-investor carbon financing, a 14-year World Bank outcome bond and long-term offtake with Amazon. It points...
The €65 million Poro Power green bond offers a faster alternative to conventional DFI-led project finance for African renewables. But the template still depends on...
Panama’s Metro Line 3 and Ruta del Este financings rely on strikingly different risk and revenue models. But together, they suggest that after a subdued spell, one of...
A debut project finance loan securitisation from Natixis has a fresh geographical focus. It also points to a way for banks to integrate CLOs into their distribution...
Uxolo spoke with AIIB’s head of funding, Darren Stipe, to outline the MDB’s fundraising programme for 2025 and beyond. From multi-currency issuances to a broadening...
Admassu Tadesse, group president at Trade and Development Bank Group, is bracing for the impact of geopolitical turmoil on the African continent’s financing. All the more...
Rising construction costs and demand are putting a strain on the economics of social housing projects. According to the Council of Europe Development Bank’s head of...
The Argentinian renewables generator deftly navigated domestic instability in pricing its second green bond. But DFI support from FMO and Proparco was a vital help in...
IDB Invest recently added $450 million to its debut securitisation from 2024. The expanded deal marks the first retap of a securitisation under the originate-to-share...
Latin American development bank CAF is poised to break new ground in 2026 with a bigger, more diverse borrowing programme, with more hybrid capital, and a strategy that’s...
The world’s multilateral development banks provided a record $137 billion in climate finance in 2024. But backsliding from key governments may put 2030 climate targets at...
New products and new partnerships are key to mobilising greater volumes of private capital for climate and development purposes. This is particularly important in...
The first half of 2026 posted a modest improvement on the same period in 2025. But the DFIs and MDBs that drove that recovery were more responsive to the needs of sovereigns than private debt and equity markets.