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18 October 2021

NIB issues two new environmental bonds

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued two new environmental bonds (NEBs): a five-year SEK3 billion NEB, and a six-year NOK1 billion NEB – the bank’s...

18 October 2021

EIB and UniCredit Bulbank to provide nearly €200 million to businesses

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and UniCredit Bulbank Bulgaria signed a guarantee agreement of €60 million that is expected to unlock new loans of nearly...

18 October 2021
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Renewable energy

EBRD acquires minority stake in Enefit Green

The EBRD has acquired a 1.5% stake in Estonian company Enefit Green for €11.8 million. The investment amounts to 6.7% of the company’s €175 million...

18 October 2021

EIB and EU team up for alternative fuels projects funding

The EIB and the European Commission have signed an agreement that will make it possible to combine EU grants and long-term EIB financing for alternative fuels...

18 October 2021

World Bank prices €2bn 25-year sustainable development bond and dual tranche A$800mn kangaroo bonds

The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) priced its first euro-denominated benchmark bond of the 2022 fiscal year with a €2...

18 October 2021
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Renewable energy

Matrix closes on Los Llanos solar financing

TGP-backed renewable energy platform Matrix Renewables has signed a COP114 billion ($30 million) long-term post-construction financing with the Inter-American Development...

15 October 2021

EBRD invests in Latvia’s AST inaugural green bond

Acting as an anchor investor, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has supported the issuance of a $116 million green bond by Latvia’s...

15 October 2021
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Agriculture/food chain

OptoScale raises $4.1m to scale up real-time fish farm monitoring

Norwegian business OptoScale has raised $4.1 million to scale up the use of its real-time fish farm monitoring technology into major exporting countries.The company,...

15 October 2021

ADB and Kazakhstan to adopt new Country Partnership Strategy for 2022-2026

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Kazakhstan plan to adopt the new Country Partnership Strategy for 2022-2026. The new strategy, which will be finalized in 2022, will...

15 October 2021

IOM and USAID to launch a new $10 million project to reduce the impact of climate change in Sudan

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the U.S Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance announce...

15 October 2021

Social impact investing in the UK has increased eight-fold to £6.4 billion during the pandemic year

Social impact investing in the UK has increased by almost eight-fold over nine years from £833 million in 2011 to £6.4 billion in 2020, according to new...

15 October 2021

KfW raises largest ever USD green bond

Germany's development bank KfW has issued a new five-year $3 billion US dollar denominated green bond - the largest to date across all sectors. The issue takes...

15 October 2021
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Social infrastructure

IDB Invest signs a $200 million financing deal for multipurpose port in Colombia

IDB Invest, the private sector institution of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, signed a $200 million financing deal for the construction, operation, and...

15 October 2021
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Social infrastructure

ADB and Papua New Guinea sign a $325 million loan for transport development

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Papua New Guinea have signed a $325 million loan to help fund tranche 2 of the Sustainable Highlands Highway...

15 October 2021
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Agriculture/food chain

EBRD grants $7.2 million loan to support olive oil production in Tunisia

The EBRD is providing a $7.2 million loan to Compagnie Générale des Industries Alimentaires (COGIA SA) to support expansion of COGIA's sourcing,...

14 October 2021

SIMA’s ‘unprecedented’ relief fund to keep lights on across Africa and Asia

The Energy Access Relief Fund amassed a unique coalition of investors to help 100 energy access companies survive a liquidity crunch brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic

14 October 2021

EBRD considers $11.6 million loan to N. Macedonia's M-NAV

The EBRD is considering providing a senior loan of up to €10 million ($11.6 million) to M-NAV, the Air Navigation Services Provider of the Republic of North...

14 October 2021
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Manufacturing

Grit Real Estate Income Group gets IFC backing for expansion

Africa-focused property fund Grit Real Estate Income Group has secured funding to buy an Orbit Products Africa Limited (Opal) light industrial warehouse in Nairobi, Kenya...

14 October 2021

Islamic Development Bank sells $1.7 billion in five-year Islamic bonds

Islamic Development Bank has sold $1.7 billion in five-year Islamic bonds at 25bp over mid-swaps, 5bp tighter than the 30bp initial guidance and $200 million more than...

14 October 2021

French government commits $150 million to African tech start-ups

French President Emmanuel Macron has made a new €130 million ($150 million) three-year commitment to support 500 African start-ups as part of a Digital Africa...