Collingwood joins Finverity
Finverity, the mid-market supply chain finance platform with a focus on emerging markets, has made Alex Collingwood head of corporate sales and origination
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- Collingwood joins Finverity
- ADB eyes much needed Philippines railway
- AfDB signs grant for Ethiopia-Djibouti energy trade
- EIB supporting Lebanese wastewater project
- IFC considers equity stake in Liquid Telecom
- AIIB shakes up leadership
- AfDB launches $2.75bn bond following AAA Fitch rating affirmation
- ADB agrees on China downstream gas
IFC considers equity stake in Liquid Telecom
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The IFC is looking to follow up its role in Africa-focused Liquid Telecommunications’ bond and refi with a $90 million equity stake
EIB supporting Lebanese wastewater project
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The EIB is expected to provide up to €74 million for a €107 million project to develop a wastewater network in Tripoli – Lebanon’s second largest city located in the north of the Middle Eastern state
ADB eyes much needed Philippines railway
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Civi Yap
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering funding the 6 contract packages, amounting to about P151.69 billion ($3.01 billion), of the South Commuter Railway project in the Philippines that has attracted 23 international and local bidders.
ADB agrees on China downstream gas
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to provide a loan on a nearly $380 million project to a subsidiary of one of the first non-state-owned enterprises established in China’s urban gas sector.
AIIB shakes up leadership
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun has changed the multilateral’s senior management team effective 1 August 2021
AfDB signs grant for Ethiopia-Djibouti energy trade
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
The African Development Bank has signed a $71 million grant for the Ethiopia-Dijbouti Second Power Interconnection Project to boost energy trade between the two East African states
AfDB launches $2.75bn bond following AAA Fitch rating affirmation
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The African Development Bank has launched and priced a five-year $2.75 billion global benchmark bond due 22 July 2026, its second of the year
AceOn receives grant for Africa-focused solar and storage tech
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The UK government’s Innovate UK agency has awarded a £1 million grant to British energy storage developer AceOn to develop a mobile solar energy storage unit intended for commercial use in Sub-Saharan Africa
African digital infra vehicle receives IFC equity backing
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The IFC has signed a $25 million equity investment in Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund – an Africa-focused digital infra vehicle
São Paulo relaunches Rodoanel concession
- Export and Agency
- Americas
- George Hames
The state government of São Paulo is moving ahead with a re-auction for the Rodoanel Norte highway project
ATI names Ghanaian FM as board chairman
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The Africa Trade Insurance Agency has named Ken Ofoti-Atta – Ghana’s present minister of finance – as its new board chairman
AIIB approves Pakistan hydro loan
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Dave Doré
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank approved a sovereign loan for a $755 million run-of-river hydropower plant in northwestern Pakistan, as part of the province's $11 billion pipeline of hydropower projects
ADFD lends on Rwandan road project
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The ADFD has signed with the government of Rwanda a $15 million loan for a 22km section of the 61km Rubengera-Muhanga road which will be repaired and upgraded
IsDB elects new president
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The IsDB has elected Muhammed Sulaiman Al-Jasser as the DFI’s new president for a term of five years
Second FMO debt fund holds $150m first close
- Export and Agency
- Europe
- Arran Brown
FMO Investment Management and NN Investment Partners have held a $150 million first close on the Emerging Markets Loan Fund II
IFC appoints new senior manager in Angola
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The IFC has appointed Carlos A.T. Katsuya as its new senior manager for Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zambia
Telstra eyes Pacific teleco
- David Doré
Melbourne-headquartered telecommunications company Telstra confirmed that it is discussing a potential acquisition of a telecoms firm in the South Pacific
ATI provides cover for Salima solar PV in Malawi
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The ATI has provided a $4.4 million revolving liquidity guarantee to protect the sponsors against payment delays by the offtaker on the $78 million 60MW Salima solar PV in Malawi
Paraná approves new rail authorisation model
- Export and Agency
- Americas
- George Hames
Paraná will allow private companies to construct new railways without the need for a formal concession – a test case as the federal government considers similar reforms on a national level.
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- Africa & Middle East
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