Dutch development bank FMO has closed multiple transactions to microfinance group Compagnie Financiere Africaine (Cofina). A total of €7.5 million is issued to Cofina’s subsidiary in Senegal, and €5 million to Cofina Ivory Coast. Most of the funding will specifically support the lending to women and youth-owned businesses.
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, will...
Sacit Akbaş, Head of Investments at YEO. Having begun his career as a civil engineer before specialising in geotechnical engineering in the United States, Sacit has spent more...
Tanzania’s latest standard gauge railway financing shows that African transport corridors can access global liquidity. But only when sovereign risk, export credit, MDB guarantees, Chinese cover and E&S machinery are assembled into a highly bespoke structure.
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, will require deeper commitment.
Sacit Akbaş, Head of Investments at YEO. Having begun his career as a civil engineer before specialising in geotechnical engineering in the United States, Sacit has spent more than two decades helping deliver infrastructure and renewable energy projects around the world. Watch this episode to understand the lengths to Sacits loyalty.
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