Japan's environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi has said the government plans to review the country's coal power plant export policy, speaking on Tuesday 25 February (2020) after a Cabinet meeting

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to invest Z258 million ($65 million) to build the 94MW Pomerania wind farm project in Poland owned by Lithuania’s Ignitis Group

The IFC has increased trade finance limits for four client commercial banks in Vietnam to improve their capacity to cover SME payment risks following the COVID-19 outbreak

The Ministry of Health’s transaction adviser has invited today (25 February) expressions of interest by consultants to help on a hospital PPP project in Kazakhstan’s fourth most populous city

The African Development Bank has signed with Burundi’s Ministry of Finance two grants totalling €23.4 million for the renovation of Bujumbura port on Lake Tanganyika

Export-Import Bank of Malaysia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Thai and Malaysian development financial institutions to promote the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises

Petrobras has announced it will compete in the next A-4 power auction in Brazil, scheduled for April (2020)

Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Energy (MoE) has signed with the IFC an agreement to collaborate on energy storage – to assess the potential for the private sector to support such projects in the West African state

The World Bank Group has invited this week (February 2020) firms to assist with improving two rail lines in Sindh province − a roughly 165km passenger and freight passageway and a nearly 50km freight corridor

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced Beatrice Maser as its new director for its interests in the Middle East and North Africa. The Swiss national will direct the World Bank Group member’s long-term strategy in the region

Deutsche Bank has promoted Sebastian Avot as the new head of distribution & credit solutions and trade finance for financial institutions (TFFI) for Asia Pacific

The IFC has invited expressions of interest from international legal and technical advisory teams to assist on the transaction structuring and tender implementation of a brownfield airport PPP in Timor-Leste

The UK's development finance institution CDC Group has promoted Borja García Fernandez to investment manager this month

Australia-based renewables developer Maoneng have formed a joint venture with CHINT New Energy, a solar panel manufacturer and EPC contractor based in Zhejiang province, China

United States African Development Foundation has partnered with Africa-focused development company VentureBuilder to support African enterprises in the off-grid solar sector

An Africa Finance Corporation-led consortium has fully-financed on balance sheet the $100 million ($108 million), 60MW Ghoubet wind farm in Djibouti’s Arta region

Tanzania’s Ministry of Finance has signed on a $1.46 billion loan facility with 17 banks and two Scandinavian ECAs for the first and second phases of the 1,224km Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project

IDB Invest has provided a $110 million loan to Banco Cooperativo Sicredi to promote access to financing for distributed generation solar projects in Brazil

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is set to approve a $60 million loan for ACWA Power’s $385 million, 500MW Ibri II solar PV – located 28km north of the town of Ibri, Oman