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01 July 2021

2X Challenge's Anne-Marie Lévesque, FinDev Canada and Jessica Espinoza-Trujano, DEG

In 2018 the G7 development finance institutions (DFIs) made a commitment to deploy $3 billion before the end of 2020 in emerging markets private sector investments that...

25 June 2021

How to unlock institutional investor funding for climate action

Scale, capital allocation and shareholder activism were top of the agenda as panelists at a recent Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) conference discussed the best...

24 June 2021

IDB Invest's Marisela Alvarenga, Chief of the Financial Institutions Division, on green bonds

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance, talks shop with Marisela Alvarenga, Chief of the Financial Institutions Division at IDB Invest, about how the...

04 June 2021

Afreximbank's Kofi Asumadu Addo, Director Guarantees and Specialized Finance, on Covid 19

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance speaks with Kofi Asumadu Addo, Director Guarantees and Specialized Finance at Afreximbank on how after being mandated...

12 May 2021

Building a Beta recovery in Asia

Nick J. Freeman, Associate Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), considers some of the key challenges, old and new, that a post-pandemic K-shaped...

10 May 2021

Earth Security's founder Alejandro Litovsky on climate finance

Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance talks with Alejandro Litovsky, Founder & CEO, Earth Security on climate finance and making carbon an investable market...

30 April 2021

Pangea-Risk's Dr. Robert Besseling, CEO, on the IMF in Africa

Sam McManus talks to Dr. Robert Besseling, Founder and CEO of PANGEA-RISK, about the historical and existing role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), especially in...

29 April 2021

The EU gears up for development finance framework

The EU is currently considering a financial framework for European multilateral and bilateral development banks – under the EFAD umbrella. But, as Paul Mudde, consultant...

27 April 2021

African PPP: from drawing board to reality

David Baxter, senior advisor to the UNECE-affiliated International Sustainable Resilience Center for PPPs (ISRC), considers the potential for PPP as an alternative source...

22 April 2021

MIGA's Hoda Moustafa, Africa Regional Head, on successful solar power project models

Sam McManus at Uxolo Development Finance talks to Hoda Moustafa, Africa Regional Head at Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) about successful solar power...

15 April 2021

EBRD's Matthew Jordan-Tank, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy, on mobilising capital

Listen to this week's podcast where Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance, talks with Matthew Jordan-Tank, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and...

15 April 2021
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Agriculture/food chain

DFC bets on blended finance for nature-based climate solutions

The US’ DFI is looking to use de-risking instruments such as credit guarantees to attract diverse groups of investors into projects that use nature to combat...

31 March 2021
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Renewable energy

DFIs go off-grid

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.

14 January 2021

IADB’s CFO on the value of MDB exposure exchanges

The ADB and the IADB recently agreed a $1 billion exposure exchange agreement, but the benefits of the instrument are not always the same for the MBDs, reveals IADB’s...

05 January 2021

2020: Impact investment’s breakthrough year

The global sustainability focus of recent years has seen impact investing growth accelerate rapidly: Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) estimates the size of the...

15 December 2020

Indorama blue loan lays marker for Asian corporates

ADB, DEG and IFC have provided a $300 million financing that will fund the recycling of 50 billion plastic bottles every year by 2025, diverting plastic waste from...

02 November 2020

Natural allies – but a changing alliance

Following a collaboration between FMO and The eco.business Fund, Uxolo spoke to impact asset manager Finance in Motion about the nuanced and ever evolving relationship...

21 October 2020

New green infra fund aims to unlock $4bn for urban innovation

The City Climate Finance Gap Fund will help cities in poorer nations develop strategies for climate-friendly growth and turn them into bankable projects.

24 September 2020

Tackling Europe’s housing crisis

In late July, The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) agreed to provide a €63.2 million loan to Stuttgart’s housing association, SWSG, to increase the supply of...

15 September 2020

EIB backs Barcelona’s superblock urban regeneration plan

A €95 million financing will provide funding for 38 energy efficiency and social infrastructure projects across Barcelona, including helping to expand the city’s...