Howden has identified the leading players in its new construction specialist team in London and Dubai – with a number of established infra names taking key roles

The IsDB has approved of a $20.15 million loan for a rural electrification project in Togo

IFC has proposed financing a $74 million waste-to-energy project in Bac Ninh province, backed by Vietnamese and Japanese sponsors.

Sungjin Kang is a new partner in White & Case’s project development and finance practice

The operator of Central Asia’s largest airport has closed the financing package on the $780 million upgrade and expansion of the Almaty International Airport

KEXIM is considering a $312.25 million debt package for the government of Egypt’s railway modernisation programme

Tradeteq has partnered with Singapore-based eXchange inFinite to offer tokenised trade finance products to institutional investors, this week completing its first transaction

Brazilian development bank BNDES has been mandated to structure the privatisation of a state-owned downstream gas distributor.

Rand Merchant Bank acted as joint bookrunner for The Bidvest Group (UK) Plc’s inaugural $800 million (ZAR12 billion) bond issuance in the international debt capital markets

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved up to $150 million as a limited partner investor in the Singapore-based Keppel-Pierfront Private Credit Fund

Sanjeev Chatrath has joined dltledgers – the fintech specialist in trade and supply chain finance – as its new chief revenue officer, operating out of the company's Singapore HQ

Golden Dawn Minerals Inc has announced the appointment of Beat Frei to the position of vice president of finance and business development, operating out of Vancouver

The sovereign financing details about a nearly $2.3 billion metro rail project in eastern India have crystallized

Uruguay’s state-owned National Administration of Power Plants and Electric Transmission (UTE) has secured financing for a 365km transmission project in the country

In meetings between Kazakhstan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development towards the end of last week, it was identified that the relationship in 2021 will result in $600 million of deals signed

The government of Angola has signed a MoU with a Sun Africa-led consortium for a $1.5 billion mini-grid energy project

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has closed with a consortium of lenders its annual pre-export, receivables-backed trade finance facility of $1.5 billion to support financing needs for the 2021/22 cocoa crop and other cocoa related operations

An International Chamber of Commerce white paper has identified a roadmap to boost the sustainability profile of the $700 billion export finance market

COFCO International has signed an agreement for a new $700 million sustainability-linked 3-year term loan with 7 banks – the second sustainability-linked loan in recent times