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21 November 2024
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Finance and other

MDBs welcome G20 roadmap for reform

The heads of ten multilateral development banks have welcomed the endorsement by G20 leaders of the roadmap towards Better, Bigger, and More Effective MDBs. The...

04 November 2024
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Social projects

ADB helps fight against gender-based violence in Cambodia

ADB has approved $10 million in grant financing to address gender-based violence in Cambodia to help meet the country’s target of zero GBV by 2030.The Strengthening...

01 November 2024

Euro gigafactories: Parking debt

Europe’s gigafactory bubble is bursting with battery makers Northvolt and ACC halting schemes amid waning demand for EVs. With project sponsors reviewing business models,...

22 October 2024

MIGA and ECI partner to expand guarantees

MIGA and Etihad Credit Insurance are to coordinate their activities in promoting foreign direct investment by providing co-insurance and reinsurance guarantees. The...

11 October 2024
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Renewable energy

Enel Colombia signs ECA-backed EIB loan

Enel Colombia has signed an ECA-supported loan through a synthetic product which neutralises the exchange rate risk, for a maximum amount in Colombian pesos equivalent to...

11 October 2024

USAID advances efforts to strengthen cost-effectiveness of assistance

USAID has launched two new agency policy documents to maximize the impact achieved on humanitarian and development objectives for every dollar of US foreign assistance...

01 October 2024

AfDB, USAID pen $600m Sahel deal

AfDB and USAID have signed a $600 million Regional Development Objective Agreement to strengthen social and economic development in the Sahel. The agreement reflects...

27 September 2024

Acre Capital on drumming up impact dollars for Africa

Uxolo spoke with Chris Mitman, a partner at Acre Capital to find out how the fund is threading impact dollars into export finance deals, as it garners growing interest...

20 September 2024
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Social infrastructure

Cyprus University of Technology gets EIB loans

The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) will receive €125 million ($140 million) in EIB loans to build affordable student housing and upgrade campus facilities in...

12 September 2024
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Mining

And debt shall have no dominion

ECAs, DFIs and banks to Madagascar’s Ambatovy nickel mine project financing are facing a wipeout of $1.66 billion loans under a new shareholder restructuring proposal....

11 September 2024

First Ammonia closes Series B to advance Texas project

First Ammonia has finalised its Series B round with investments from a group of global investors including the Development Bank of Japan affiliated company Mercuria...

29 August 2024

TCX could tap Gulf SWFs to raise volumes

Amsterdam-based The Currency Exchange Fund (TCX), set up by several development banks to help Least Developed Countries mitigate FX risks, is bolstering its efforts...

13 August 2024
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Renewable energy

SEFA approves $10m to KawiSafi II clean-energy fund

AfDB has approved a $10 million junior equity investment in the KawiSafi II Fund to help local businesses create and expand climate projects that aid vulnerable...

05 August 2024

Strategic insight: SocGen’s Camilli on navigating the overlap of export, project and development finance for sustainability

Uxolo looks at the way different financial institutions are approaching the crossovers between export, project and development finance in their stated efforts to finance...

18 July 2024
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Social infrastructure

IDB Invest, DFC form LatAm, Caribbean partnership

IDB Invest and DFC strengthened their partnership through a new initiative that will accelerate international development projects in countries throughout Latin America...

10 July 2024
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IT and telecoms

NIB funds Swedish data centre expansion

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a SEK280 million ($26.5 million) five-year loan with EcoDataCenter to finance the 24MW expansion of the Falun data centre in...

09 July 2024
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Renewable energy

Uxolo Athens: DEG's DeWit on upping DFI support

Uxolo spoke with Natalie DeWit, DEG Invest's head of strategy to outline how the German DFI is backing small-scale projects and gender-based SME lending to its first...

02 July 2024
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Traditional energy

Snam receives €100m to support energy efficiency

EIB and Italy's Snam have signed a financing agreement for €100 million to support energy improvement projects in public buildings and energy efficiency measures...

28 June 2024
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Renewable energy, Social projects

Uxolo Athens: ILX Fund's broader church of investors

Uxolo spoke with Guillaume Le Bris, head of infrastructure and energy at ILX Fund to discuss how the Amsterdam-based fund is working with DFIs and governments to attract...

25 June 2024
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Climate finance, Social infrastructure, Social projects

Uxolo Athens: BII bullish on Africa despite pricing volatility

Colin Buckley, managing director and general counsel at British International Investment (BII) outlines the UK development bank’s new commitments, including its bullish...