AfDB has priced a new £500 million three-year benchmark transaction due February 1, 2028. The bond pays a coupon of 4.625% with a re-offer yield of 4.704% and a reoffer price of 99.778%.The transaction marks AfDB’s first benchmark issuance in 2025 and return to the GBP market since 2023.... More

EBRD is supporting Poland’s green economy transition by extending a PLN71.6 million ($17.3 million) loan to Bioelektra, a waste management company specialising in innovative processing technologies.The bank’s investment, backed by an InvestEU guarantee and provided through a syndicated... More

Cote d’Ivoire has secured a €50 million EIB investment loan to increase its membership in the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance. This operation was made possible thanks to an EU guarantee in the framework of the EU Global Gateway Strategy. Cote d’Ivoire... More

The World Bank has agreed a $20 million grant from the IDA for a new project that will help Djibouti improve its public finance governance and digital services to support better economic conditions for the population.The Economic and Financial Governance Project aims to improve tax administration... More

The World Bank has approved financial assistance for two new projects in Kosovo aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of the private sector and improving connectivity.Both the Financial Sector Development Project, worth $52 million, and Trade and Transport Facilitation Project (TTFP) 2.0, worth... More

BNDES has approved financing of BRL480 million (about $78.4 million) for CMAA to invest in ethanol production, biomass energy generation from sugarcane, and the modernisation of its industrial units.Of the total, BRL220 million will come from the Climate Fund to increase anhydrous ethanol production... More

Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors has secured a €1 billion EIB loan to advance the company’s RDI investments.The loan facility carries an approximate interest rate of 4.7% when drawn in dollar denominated tranches, under the current market conditions and has a duration of six years.... More

New Development Bank has issued a RMB6 billion (about $818 million), five-year panda bond priced at 1.7% in China’s Interbank Bond market. This transaction is the first NDB issuance in 2025.Bank of China was lead underwriter. Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of Communication, China... More

AFC has priced a $500 million perpetual hybrid bond. The transaction is AFC’s debut hybrid bond issue. Priced at a coupon of 7.50% with no fixed maturity, AFC’s perpetual bond attracted robust demand, peaking at $1.1 billion in orders, and closed with 1.5 times oversubscription.BofA... More

Sandra Kassab has been appointed director of the Africa department at AFD.For almost 20 years at AFD, Kassab has been involved in the structuring of numerous development and financing projects in several geographies and sectors, notably in infrastructure and energy, the financial sector and social... More

The World Bank approved a $257.8 million financing to improve water supply services in the Greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon area. The Second Greater Beirut Water Supply Project (SGBWSP) will complete critical water infrastructure, improve water quality, reduce reliance on costly private water... More

DFC has approved six new transactions since the beginning of January 2025 at the board and sub-board levels. The transactions total nearly $1 billion and advance the agency’s development and foreign policy mission. The newly announced investments bring DFC’s total approved projects... More

Thousands of Tongan students are set to benefit from safer, more resilient schools and enhanced education systems through additional support for the ongoing Tonga Safe and Resilient Schools Project.Building on the success of the current project, the additional financing of $21 million will fund... More

EIB and Societe Generale are partnering on an agreement which could unlock investment of up to €8 billion to support wind energy manufacturers in Europe. EIB will provide a €500 million (about $516 million) counter-guarantee to Societe Generale, which the bank will use to create a... More

AIIB has priced its second Climate Adaptation Bond, raising A$500 million under its Sustainable Development Bond Framework.The five-year bond, which carries a coupon of 4.6% semi-annual, will fund projects where at least 20% of total project financing contributes to climate adaptation efforts. Lead... More

Azorra has finalised a $190 million financing deal with BNDES to fund up to eight Embraer E2 jets.This facility marks the inaugural collaboration between BNDES and ITASCA MGA. The financing, structured under BNDES’ Exim Post-shipment Product, will support the delivery of aircraft from... More

Definitions of what a green bond is must be streamlined urgently to attract funds needed for the green transition, the IFC said, as markets brace for a backlash on sustainable investments from the incoming Trump administration.The number of 'taxonomies', a system of classification, for green... More

IDB priced its largest ever single tranche Kangaroo bond, a A$900 million five-year Sustainable Development Bond Kangaroo benchmark. The bond pays a semi-annual coupon of 4.450% and matures on January 21, 2030. It was priced with a spread of 48 basis points over semi-quarterly asset swap,... More