The greatest impact of the second Trump administration is likely to be through its application of tariffs on global trade flows. But its impacts on project pipelines and...
AfDB has approved a $7.9 million grant to bolster Sao Tome and Principe’s economic recovery. The budgetary support operation aims to strengthen the...
Uxolo's awards recognise innovation and effort in putting development capital to work, but also the strides that DFIs, MDBs and impact investors have made in raising that...
SWEN Capital Partners has announced the final closing of the third vintage of its mezzanine debt fund range, SWEN Mezz Flex 3. Launched at the end of 2022, the fund...
Indonesia will need to seriously pick up the pace of both renewables and coal retirement financing to meet a 2040 coal phase-out ambition. A lacklustre and...
Asia has traditionally lagged behind the rest of the world in the use of project finance for energy and infrastructure assets. Could securitisation and private credit...
Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Perhaps an...
EBRD is providing a $30 million loan to Turkiye’s Team Agro Gıda Sanayi Ve Ticaret to help the company finance its first geothermal greenhouse project and meet its...
Colombia’s Petro administration has not shown much enthusiasm for concession-based road financings. But the financing record of the last two years suggests that its...
AfDB has approved a $129.71 million loan to Tanzania for the implementation of a youth-focused agribusiness program.The loan will fund the first phase of the...
ADB has approved a new goal to devote 50% of its annual lending to climate finance by 2030 and boost private sector capital mobilization as part of a sweeping strategy...
The Lobito Corridor Railway project is progressing, with more than enough funding raised for its initial needs. But questions still remain over whether DFIs should be...
Helios Investment Partners’ Climate, Energy Access, and Resilience (CLEAR) private equity fund has raised $200 million in its first close, leaving the Africa-focused fund...
Eurazeo has launched Eurazeo Planetary Boundaries Fund (EPBF), a thematic impact buyout fund which aims to build and scale tomorrow’s leaders to reverse or adapt to...
Brazil has officially joined the Lusophone Compact, an initiative working to accelerate private sector development in Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, known as...
IDB and Paraguay have signed a $60 million loan to strengthen health services in the San Estanislao district, north of the Eastern Region of the country. The loan...
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), is providing a $30 million senior secured loan facility to AXIAN Energy. This financing is part of AXIAN Energy's...
The African Development Bank has approved a €86.89 million (about $95 million) loan to Senegal to develop an agribusiness processing zone in the north of the...
AFC has announced Burundi and Sao Tome & Principe as its newest member countries, expanding its community of sovereigns to 42 African nations. Despite macroeconomic...
MDB callable capital represents an eye-watering $1.2 trillion in nominal terms, although it has yet to be properly quantified or harnessed. ODI, with funding from the MDB...