Standard Chartered and DFI OPEC Fund for International Development have enhanced their Trade Finance Portfolio Risk Participation Programme – expected to enable $1 billion of trade flows across emerging markets

Canadian mining company Aris Gold will buy a 20% stake in the Soto Norte gold project in Colombia from Abu Dhabian sovereign wealth fund Mubadala for $100 million

Jujuy's Governor Gerardo Morales has met with senior officials at the French Development Agency in Paris to discuss financial options for the development of green hydrogen projects in the province

A Vinci-led consortium on Monday agreed to amend the scope of its existing contract for the Olympia Odos Motorway PPP in Greece to include an extension to the existing toll road and the O&M contract

China’s Yichang Municipal Government has tapped Asian Development Bank for an elderly healthcare demonstration PPP in Yichang, Hubei province

The European Investment Bank is considering a $75 million equity investment in African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4

Africa-focused mobile network operator Airtel has initiated talks with the IFC for the $194 million of debt to both refinance and invest in its seven subsidiaries across Sub-Saharan Africa

The state government of Rio Grande do Sul has revived plans to privatise state sanitation provider Corsan, with an IPO now expected later in the year

An international sponsor is gearing up in the next few weeks to close for one of the largest infrastructure projects in Latin America

Indonesia's Investment Ministry has offered 6 infrastructure projects with a total investment value of close to Rp50 trillion during the G20 Presidency summit

India’s Ministry of External Affairs has inked 6 agreements for infrastructure projects with Japan and plans to launch a renewable energy partnership

An Enel-led consortium has won its second consecutive Brazilian public lighting auction

Australian renewables developer Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners is courting investors for its Lockyer Energy Project in Queensland after failing to secure government support for the development

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has dismissed petitions to halt the development of natural gas projects by a US company

JICA has signed with the government of Tanzania a $23.8 million grant for the rehabilitation of Kigoma Port

The EBRD is again considering a loan to the tune of $8 million for the upgrade and expansion of Ain Ghazal Treatment Plant in Jordan due to increased demand for services

UK Export Finance has issued a €2.1 billion loan to fund the construction of a 503km high speed electric railway in Turkey

Torrent Power has agreed with a union territory in western India to privatise an electricity distribution business (discom) as part of the government’s structural reforms, the company disclosed yesterday

Asian Development Bank is seeking advisers to conduct project preparation for climate-resilient transport and urban infrastructures in 2 Vietnamese provinces