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19 March 2018

Raza Hasnani lands new role at Africa50 Project Finance

Pan-African infrastructure investment platformAfrica50 - capitalised by the African Development Bank, 25 African countries, and two central banks on the continent - has...

19 March 2018

IsDB issues $1.25bn sukuk

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has successfully priced a $1.25 billion, five-year Sukuk under its $25 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Programme. The Sukuk was...

19 March 2018

IFC and Victory Park Capital to invest in fintech groups in emerging markets

Chicago-based alternative investment firm Victory Park Capital (VPC) and the International Finance Corporation have launched a new fund that will invest in fintech...

19 March 2018
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Social infrastructure

World Bank agrees to finance bus service overhaul in Lebanon

The World Bank has approved a $295 million package to overhaul the transport sector in Lebanon. The project will enable the purchase of 120 buses to service 40km of Bus...

19 March 2018

EBRD, IFC, EIB commit $425m to fund for green bonds in emerging markets

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, and the European Investment Bank have made a landmark investment in the...

19 March 2018
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IT and telecoms

IFC invests $46m in Phoenix to boost telecommunications coverage in Brazil

The International Finance Corporation has provided a $46 million-equivalent eight-year debt financing in Brazilian local currency to wireless infrastructure operator...

16 March 2018
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Social infrastructure

Canakkale Bridge PPP ECA-backed facility signed

Canakkale Otoyol ve Koprusu Insaat Yatırım ve Isletme – a consortium comprising Daelim, SK Engineering, Limak and Yapi Merkezi – has raised €2.265...

16 March 2018

Credit Agricole finalises $2bn trade finance synthetic

One year on and Credit Agricole has followed up its Premium Green 2017-2 $3 billion synthetic securitisation of green project loans with a $2 billion synthetic risk...

16 March 2018

EIB agrees €8bn financing for 34 projects across the globe

The European Investment Bank has approved a total of €8 billion of new financing for 34 projects in the European Union, Africa, Asia and Latin America. It includes...

16 March 2018
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Renewable energy

Alten completes financing of Hardap solar project in Namibia

Alten Energias Renovables has completed financing for its $70 million 45.5MWp Alten Hardap solar project in the Mariental municipality of Namibia....

16 March 2018

EBRD issues first trade finance line in Lebanon

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is supporting the expansion of international trade in Lebanon for the first time with a $50 million trade finance...

16 March 2018

Caribbean Development Bank to open first office in Haiti

The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank will establish its first country office in Haiti later this year. The country became a member of the bank in 2007. To date,...

16 March 2018

IFC, Credit Agricole CIB seal $2bn Synthetic Risk Transfer

The International Finance Corporation and Credit Agricole CIB have closed a Synthetic Risk Transfer transaction that will allow the bank to expand its trade finance...

15 March 2018

TXF Development and Agency Finance: Book your Early Bird tickets now

The Early Bird Discount of our upcoming TXF Development and Agency Finance conference, taking place in Washington on 18 April, 2018, is expiring this Friday so don't...

15 March 2018

ECCB to pilot blockchain tech for KYC, AML with Bitt

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and Barbados-based fintech group Bitt are planning to conduct a fintech pilot using blockchain technologies in the ECCB eight...

15 March 2018

CAF approves $300m loan to boost Trinidad and Tobago fiscal sustainability

The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) has agreed a $300 million loan to Trinidad and Tobago to support public policy reforms aimed at strengthening fiscal...

15 March 2018

AfDB Economic Outlook shows decline in regional economies

The African Development Bank has expanded its flagship publication, the African Economic Outlook, with five regional reports: North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa,...

15 March 2018
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Social infrastructure

NIB finances new motorway connection in western Norway

Nordic Investment Bank and the Norwegian toll-road operator Bergen-Os Bompengeselskap have signed a €156.7 million, 21-year loan for the construction of a new...

15 March 2018

Jamaica Exim and DBJ expand offerings to SMEs

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (Jamaica Exim) are to expand the provision of new financial services to the micro,...

15 March 2018
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Social infrastructure

ADB agrees $140m loan for Pakistan road improvements

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed a $140 million loan for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Roads Improvement Project in Pakistan. The project will seee 214km of...