Development finance lenders are continuing to innovate, despite a less promising backdrop. But making those innovations stick, as speakers at Uxolo's Global 2026 suggest,...
Tanzania’s latest standard gauge railway financing shows that African transport corridors can access global liquidity. But only when sovereign risk, export credit, MDB...
Biovac’s EU-backed quasi-equity package and Brazil’s planned $1.2 billion vaccine PPP suggest that life-sciences are increasingly viewed as social infrastructure. But...
A landmark sustainable aviation fuel project in Egypt shows that commercial banks and local equity can get behind emerging transportation fuels. But shared experience on...
ATIDI has evolved from a political risk insurer into a Pan-African development catalyst - unlocking capital across infrastructure, energy, agribusiness and digital trade....
The €65 million Poro Power green bond offers a faster alternative to conventional DFI-led project finance for African renewables. But the template still depends on...
Development banks have lined up behind ATOME’s Villeta green hydrogen fertiliser plant in Paraguay. Global supply chain disruptions have given the deal momentum, but DFI...
Panama’s Metro Line 3 and Ruta del Este financings rely on strikingly different risk and revenue models. But together, they suggest that after a subdued spell, one of...
DFIs are increasingly turning to funds to deploy their capital, with the product increasingly rivalling project finance structures. But the benefits in scale and risk...
A debut project finance loan securitisation from Natixis has a fresh geographical focus. It also points to a way for banks to integrate CLOs into their distribution...
Uxolo spoke with AIIB’s head of funding, Darren Stipe, to outline the MDB’s fundraising programme for 2025 and beyond. From multi-currency issuances to a broadening...
Nigeria is starting to build robust channels for attracting institutional debt capital – both foreign and domestic - into infrastructure assets. But this expanded toolkit...
The Dorjilung hydroelectric financing moved away from sovereign-backed debt towards a blended PPP structure combining concessional capital, multilateral lending and...
The 2025 winners show development finance becoming bolder, greener, and more structurally inventive than before.
When is a DFI preferred creditor not a preferred creditor? A messy restructuring and a ratings downgrade for Afreximbank could hammer smaller development banks’ cost of...
Seung-Hoon Lee is now head of Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim’s) investment finance team, having recently been director of the new development finance team in the...
Zambia’s Ilute solar project reached financial close without a sovereign guarantee, using a layered capital structure to absorb merchant price risk. It provides a...
Exile Group welcomes Bridgepoint, a leading mid-market investor, which will take a minority interest in the leading provider of events and intelligence for the export,...
The Argentinian renewables generator deftly navigated domestic instability in pricing its second green bond. But DFI support from FMO and Proparco was a vital help in...
IDB Invest recently added $450 million to its debut securitisation from 2024. The expanded deal marks the first retap of a securitisation under the originate-to-share...
Development finance lenders are continuing to innovate, despite a less promising backdrop. But making those innovations stick, as speakers at Uxolo's Global 2026 suggest, will require deeper commitment.