Eversheds Sutherland has hired Ginger Faulk as a partner in its energy & infrastructure practice group in Washington DC

Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Transport and Aviation has cancelled all contracts pertaining to the planned Export-Import Bank of China-backed, $400 million Freetown International Airport Project

The African Development Bank has approved a $88 million financing package to fund the first phase of the government of Tunisia's new sanitation programme

Reed Smith has appointed trade finance expert Omar Al-Ali as a partner in the firm’s energy and natural resources group in London

The World Bank has signed a $300 million loan with Egypt's Ministry of Investment to fund a $694 million sanitation project involving the construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure

The EBRD is considering a $20 million loan for a national grid project being undertaken by Lebanese electricity distribution services company BUTEC Utility Services

France's Proparco has arranged a €90 million loan for Ivorian agro-industrial SIFCA Group to finance the 46MW Biokala biomass power plant in Ayebo, Côte d’Ivoire

Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank is planning to raise $1 billion across two new infrastructure funds focused on Africa and Asia

The African Development Bank has signed a €49.17 million funding package for the €79.94 million first phase of the Boké-Québo road development project between the West African states of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau

The European Investment Bank has approved a $448 million loan for the 1GW Noor Midelt hybrid PV and concentrated solar power project near the city of Midelt, Morocco

The European Investment Bank has approved a $57.9 million loan for the $1.4 billion, 420MW Nachtigal hydroelectric power project on the Sanaga River in Cameroon

The Africa Finance Corporation has signed a $300 million loan facility from the Export-Import Bank of China

Vietnam’s state-owned power utility EVN subsidiary Da Mi Hydropower is planning to develop a 47.5MW floating solar power plant

Japan International Cooperation Agency has signed a partnership with Kenya Electricity Generating Company and United Nations Industrial Development Organization to improve Kenya's geothermal power generation

The Asian Development Bank has appointed Masayuki Tachiiri as regional director of the multilateral bank’s Pacific Subregional Office in Suva, Fiji

Brazil's BNDES, IFC and IDB Invest have raised a $400 million fund to invest in the infrastructure, agribusiness, education, and food and drink sectors

The International Finance Corporation has issued its first Indonesian rupiah-denominated Komodo green bond, raising $134 million

The African Development Bank is hosting a public-private partnerships workshop in Swaziland focusing on projects in the energy sector to close the skill and knowledge gap between the public and private sectors

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund is to invest $45 billion in SoftBank’s second Vision Fund