African private equity fund manager Ascent has held the first rolling close of its Ascent Rift Valley Fund II (ARVF II) at more than $100 million, significantly exceeding...
Because of their very different lending and cover mandates, ECAs and DFIs have long been fractious allies in big-ticket multi-sourced project financing in emerging...
Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX), the export finance arm of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, has signed a $30 million trade finance agreement with the Eastern and...
Guinea has signed the Agreement for the Establishment of the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), a development impact-oriented subsidiary of the African...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has agreed a $165 million loan with the Fonds d’Equipement Communal (FEC) to finance development projects of the...
The World Bank has approved a $40 million project for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to improve the resilience of the country’s primary road network to...
The African Development Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote sustainable...
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the government of Honduras have formalized the $35 million financing for the purchase of 2.8 million doses...
The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank is expanding its support to SMEs in Romania with a €20 million leasing facility to Garanti BBVA Leasing. The financing will...
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) is financing the expansion of Kigali’s King Faisal Hospital's outpatient facilities in Rwanda...
Indicator Capital, Brazilian development bank BNDES, and Qualcomm Ventures have launced the early-stage venture capital fund Indicator 2 IoT FIP, with a first-close of...
The North American Development Bank (NADB) has approved three new projects in the water sector worth a total of $8.26 million.The first project is a drinking water...
The first ever green bond to be issued by a financial institution in Romania will boost access to climate finance and help enhance the resilience of the banking sector...
Uganda’s Parliament has approved a $395.5 million loan for the refurbishment of the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway (MGR).The project is part of the bigger...
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $600 million project for Peru to improve the protection of vulnerable people through social policies. The project...
The European Investment Bank has approved €1.5 billion of new financing to strengthen support for global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines through the Covax...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $3.92 billion in sovereign loans for 13 projects to India in 2020, including $1.8 billion in projects to support India’s...
New data from the World Bank shows that private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in developing countries, while taking an historic plunge in the first half of 2020...
For Purpose Investment Partners (FPIP) – an impact investor founded last year by former National Australia Bank CEO Andrew Thorburn and ex-Macquarie banker Michael...
FMO is providing Cambodia’s Sathapana Bank with a $20 million subordinated loan to help the bank extend financing to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and...