The Ukraine conflict has pushed European governments to revisit the use of PPP structures to procure defence infrastructure. The Rūdninkai project demonstrates that the...

The €207 million Amber Dragon Ukraine Infrastructure Fund I (ADUIF 1) reached first close in late May. For Dominykas Tuckus, Ukraine fund lead and managing director at...

Africa benefits from large untapped pools of capital in the shape of savings - but infrastructure projects struggle to tap it. A new generation of donor- and DFI-led...

Ukraine is no longer waiting for peace to finance its recovery. But generous terms, layered guarantees, war-risk cover, fund anchors and public balance sheets are taking...

The refinancing for Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport combines long-dated institutional capital, a DFI anchor commitment and flexible bank funding. Where asset quality,...

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...