Adam Boehler, chief executive of DFC, today joined Ivanka Trump – advisor to the President – to announce DFC’s intent to catalyze an additional $6 billion of private sector investment in global women’s economic empowerment

Bridgwater based manufacturer Vapormatt secured 7 overseas contracts and increased its turnover by 40% thanks to bond support from the UK government’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance

Russian financial services company Sberbank has successfully structured a trade finance deal with Egyptian authorities for the purchase of wheat – marking a first for the organisation

Trade Digitisation provider Bolero International has joined the Marco Polo network, bringing Bolero’s e-Bill of Lading (BL) including e-documents and e-presentation solutions to the trade finance network.

South Africa’s power utility Eskom has invited bids for the development of an 80MW/320MWh battery storage project in Vredendal, Western Cape

Expressions of interest from consultants are due today – 6 August, London time – to assist Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Healthcare on the priority project of its Hospitals Modernisation Programme, following 2 deadline extensions

The Emirati government has named energy minister Suhail Al Mazrouei as head of fuel retailer Emarat and ADNOC’s head Sultan al-Jaber as head of Emirates Development Bank

The USTDA has signed a grant for Abuja-based energy developer Konexa to fund a feasibility study for 2.5MW of solar PV and 30MW of hydropower in Kaduna State, Nigeria

The IFC is providing $140 million in loans to Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) and Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB) to help them support clients, especially SMEs impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) board of directors has approved new members of the agency’s inaugural Development Advisory Council, which advises on ways to increase development impact

Thailand is considering a PPP model for the operations of a section of the Bangkok mass transit system Red Line. Meanwhile the ministry has proposed the building of two new rail lines

Netherlands-based project company Buzios5 MV32 has reached financial close on the financing of an FPSO chartered to Brazilian Petrobras

The humanitarian aid NGO Mercy Corps is expecting to receive EoIs soon for the design, build, and operate of solar mini-grids at three refugee camps in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia

Philippines’ Department of Transportation on Saturday signed 2 of the 5 civil works contracts for the Malolos-Clark Railway project in Manila

A development finance institution is evaluating whether to provide a loan to Kyrgyzstan’s largest private broadband operator

The project company of a 745 MW CCGT power plant project about 40km southeast of Dhaka has signed a $642 million loan agreement, following the signing of the EPC contract last month

KenGen has appointed Norwegian engineers Multiconsult to conduct feasibility studies for floating solar PV in the basins of three hydroelectric dams in the East African state

The sponsors of the 2GW coal-fired power plant Java 9 & 10 in Indonesia are expecting to sign the project debt by the end of August, IJGlobal has learned

South Korean lawmakers this week have proposed 4 bills in the National Assembly that would prohibit government-backed institutions from funding coal projects