Germany is expected to back Spain’s Nadia Calvino as the next head of the European Investment Bank, putting the spotlight on France to take a position in...
The Development Bank of Japan has become the latest member of the Blue Visby Consortium.Blue Visby Consortium is a cross-industry project aimed at reducing...
A review of the IFC’s scaling solar initiative, and what it says about the African project finance market.
The Impact Investing Institute has appointed Kieron Boyle as Chief Executive Officer.Boyle joins the Institute following seven years as Chief Executive of Guy’s...
UBS Asset Management has appointed Narina Mnatsakanian as head of impact investing, a newly created role.Mnatsakanian will lead the expansion of the firm’s impact...
The logic of DFI exit mobilisation theory is sound. So why isn’t it happening in a big way in Africa and what are the issues stopping the concept delivering on its...
RSK Group has appointed two new directors to its board: Chief Scientist Lucy Thomas and Chief Sustainability Officer Stephanie Wray.Thomas has led teams across the RSK...
GIB Asset Management has launched a sustainable corporate bond fund, saying it will select companies to invest in based on their ability to help solve ESG...
Pentagreen, a new, sustainable infrastructure-focused lending platform headed by Marat Zapparov, launched in Singapore last month. Does it have the tools to address...
In the second part of the inaugural Uxolo Awards we look at the best DFI-backed infrastructure deals of 2021 - projects and funding that are key to wider economic...
Investment firm Thomas Lloyd, which specializes in impact investing, has appointed Marc Fischer as a managing director. In the newly created position of head of...
The recent FDN and Proparco financing for Colombia’s Green Movil electric bus fleet project might yet create a path for commercial banks to participate in the country’s...
IFC has appointed Judith Green as its new Country Manager for the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Green will oversee IFC's...
IFC has appointed Thomas Jacobs as its new country manager for the Mekong region covering Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. Based in Hanoi, Jacobs will focus on supporting...
Since the country's financial meltdown, project finance lending in Greece has slowly made a comeback in tandem with DFI support for a growing renewable energy and PPP...
Although the Uzbek wind sector is still in its infancy, a host of recent legislative reforms, and the first project tendered under those reforms, could spur an...
The UK government is set to commit up to £25 million of seed capital to the ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust (TLEI) that is seeking to raise up to $340 million for...
Lucara Diamond has received credit approved commitments from a syndicate of five mandated lead arrangers for a senior secured project financing debt package of up to $220...
March has seen a flurry of new financing commitments for off-grid renewable energy projects as DFIs look to accelerate deal flow in the fast-maturing sector.
Students and staff at nine schools across St Vincent and the Grenadines can look forward to new and improved facilities under a major schools’ improvement project...