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22 April 2022
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Renewable energy, Traditional energy

Under the radar: Electricity transmission in Pakistan

FMO and Proparco’s seven-year loan to Pakistani electricity provider K-Electric to finance the upgrade of its transmission system is arguably the replicable bankable...

12 April 2022
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Finance and other

BNDES’ Montezano: A DFI on rebuilt foundations

Gustavo Montezano, President of BNDES, is putting ESG at the heart of the development bank's financing strategy. The policy has refocused the bank on its original core...

07 April 2022
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Agriculture/food chain, Finance and other, Health/education programmes, IT and telecoms, Manufacturing, Mining, Renewable energy, Social infrastructure, Social projects, Traditional energy, Waste and water

UNEP FI: Need for granularity, long-term climate strategy

As the UN-led Net Zero Banking Alliance completes a year, UNEP FI Program Officer for Climate Remco Fischer speaks with Uxolo about the need for granularity in climate...

29 March 2022
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Finance and other

Blended finance: How are commercial banks filling the bankability gap?

Commercial banks are increasingly looking at blended finance to push marginally bankable deals over the fence — but hurdles of transparency, a limited pipeline of deals...

29 March 2022
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Finance and other

Aegon Asset Management's George Nijborg on working with development banks

George Nijborg, senior portfolio manager at Aegon Asset Management speaks with Uxolo about the key learning from collaborating with MDBs and DFIs

24 March 2022
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Finance and other

Allianz Global Investor's Nadia Nikolova on using blended finance in asset management

Nadia Nikolova, lead portfolio manager, AllianzGI Development Finance, speaks with Uxolo about her learnings from working with development banks.

22 March 2022
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Finance and other

Indigenous communities: Are grants or commercial finance the way forward?

Indigenous groups are best placed to protect the rainforests – but how best to finance these communities is a point of contention. Well-meaning and well-financed NGOs...

18 March 2022
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Finance and other

DFIs step up support for Ukrainian refugees

Learning from their experience of supporting Syrian refugees in 2015, Germany’s KfW has swiftly replicated the financial model to house Ukrainian refugees.

10 March 2022
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Social infrastructure

Under the radar: An affordable green housing first for ADB

In a series of profiles on DFI-backed deals that rarely grab the headlines, Uxolo spotlights ADB’s $68 million loan to improve financial access to affordable green...

02 March 2022
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Agriculture/food chain, Finance and other, Health/education programmes, IT and telecoms, Manufacturing, Mining, Renewable energy, Social infrastructure, Social projects, Traditional energy, Waste and water

DFI cooperation: a future casualty of war?

From the balance sheet to the boardroom, the implications for some DFIs and supranationals from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are more than just indirect hits from...

24 February 2022
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Renewable energy

Greek project finance on the mend

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...

18 February 2022

Landmark synthetic bond in Sierra Leonean leone

The FMO and TCX-issued bond aims to transfer currency risk from solar energy investments to Western investors.

18 February 2022

Fondaction's Pierre-Laurent Macridis on impact investing in Canada

Associate Principal, Private, Alternative & Impact Investments at Fondaction, Pierre-Laurent Macridis, speaks to Uxolo about impact investing in Quebec, their funds, and...

10 February 2022

Is faith-based finance making a dent in impact investing?

With their values aligned with SDGs, faith-based investors are looking to climate finance and social impact projects, while keeping their risk low and returns steady.

03 February 2022
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Renewable energy

A change of Uzbek wind speed and direction?

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...

31 January 2022

Systemiq's Jennifer Ring on financing the protection of coral reefs

Jennifer Ring, associate for sustainable finance at Systemiq, speaks with Uxolo about the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, a blended finance instrument set up to mobilise...

28 January 2022

Mobilising capital for emerging markets in a new way

With an investment from Netherland’s largest pension fund manager APG, Amsterdam-based fund management group ILX has launched an emerging market focused private credit...

28 January 2022

DEG's Natalie de Wit-Solounov on gender lens in development finance

Natalie de Wit-Solounov, head of financial institutions debt Asia/EMECA, DEG, speaks with Uxolo about the significance of gender-focused projects for the growth of...

20 January 2022
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Agriculture/food chain

How do we finance dietary transition?

While impact investors are driving the plant-based meats industry, what might be the effect on livelihoods and the emerging markets, and are public financial institutions...

14 January 2022
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Agriculture/food chain

Canal Sugar: An on-lend blend

Egypt's Canal Sugar deal, closed toward the end of last year, incorporates both multi-sourced and multi-currency debt, achieving the blend via an innovative use of...