The sponsors of the 82MW Ngoulmendjim hydro project in Gabon – Eranove and FGIS – intend to raise up to €300 million and have mandated two lenders

Hudbay Minerals Inc has named Andre Lauzon as its senior vice president and chief operating officer, a shift that is effective from 4 January

The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) has received an upgrade of its long- and short-term issuer credit ratings from the S&P Global Ratings to A/A-1 from A-/A-2. The outlook is stable

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) and Ameriabank, the largest universal bank in Armenia, have signed a $30 million long-term senior loan agreement to support private sector development in the country

Online reverse auction organiser Korem has named Kazakh solar developer NextEcoEnergy as the preferred bidder to develop a 20 MW solar PV plant

China-based investment holding company Weiming Group plans to invest up to $400 million to develop a nickel processing plant in Indonesia

Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has tapped 4 Japanese electric companies to develop a decarbonisation roadmap in Indonesia's power sector

Diana Layfield has appointed the new chair of CDC Group – the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor – succeeding Sir Graham Wrigley who was appointed in 2013 and will step down in early 2022 after a transitional period

David (DJ) Janashvili has joined Canaccord Genuity (CG) as managing director for sustainability investment banking, operating out of its Midtown New York office

Global Ship Lease (GSL) has borrowed $140 million to finance part of the acquisition costs of 12 container vessels – a transaction that involves a fleet acquisition from funds managed by Borealis Maritime Limited

DLL and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed new lending agreements that will make available up to €370 million in new lending to climate-conscious SMEs in the Benelux region

Finastra has introduced additional Alternative Reference Rates (ARR) and Risk-Free Rates (RFRs) to its Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator

Maersk this month issued its first green bond to fund green methanol vessels and launch its Green Finance Framework in a bid to evolve to a more sustainable future

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) have signed on a deal to drive trade across the region

we.trade – the digital distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform – is building on its collaboration with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Ecobank Group – the pan-African banking group – has signed an agreement for a €100 million long-term credit facility over 9 years with the European Investment Bank

British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB) – the UK-regulated international wholesale bank specialising in Africa and the Middle East – has appointed Louise Fitzgerald to the role of chief finance officer, subject to regulatory approval

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the development of Uzbekistan's wastewater infrastructure by approving a $161 million loan for the province surrounding Uzbekistan's capital

Proparco is supporting Ipak Yuli Bank in its bid to drive trade activity among MSMEs and impact projects across Uzbekistan