Dutch development bank FMO has financed Jordan-based liwwa, a start-up that offers finance to small and medium-sized enterprises through its digital lending marketplace. liwwa aims to improve access to finance for entrepreneurs in Jordan and the Middle East and Northern African region.
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...
Sacit Akbaş, Head of Investments at YEO. Having begun his career as a civil engineer before specialising in geotechnical engineering in the United States, Sacit has spent more...
Tanzania’s latest standard gauge railway financing shows that African transport corridors can access global liquidity. But only when sovereign risk, export credit, MDB guarantees, Chinese cover and E&S machinery are assembled into a highly bespoke structure.
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.
Sacit Akbaş, Head of Investments at YEO. Having begun his career as a civil engineer before specialising in geotechnical engineering in the United States, Sacit has spent more than two decades helping deliver infrastructure and renewable energy projects around the world. Watch this episode to understand the lengths to Sacits loyalty.
Where Decision-Makers Meet Deals - Your 2026 Networking Gateway For The APAC Region
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Connecting the Middle East and Africa. Step into the vibrant world of impact and development finance at Exile’s (TXF, Proximo and Uxolo) MEA 2026.
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