Bahrain Development Bank (BDB) has selected Tata Consultancy Services’ TCS BaNCS Global Banking Platform to transform its core banking infrastructure

The IFC is considering a $9 million equity investment in Momentum Student Accommodation Impact Fund – an investment company managed by South African real estate fund manager Eris Property Group

UK state-owned development finance institution CDC Group has today (13 October 2020) appointed Myo Zin as its Myanmar country representative and Thura Ko Ko as its local adviser in Myanma

Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation is preparing to issue the request for proposal documents for its $2 billion Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project

Brazilian development bank BNDES has signed a contract to structure PPP projects for 40 day-care centers in the municipality of Teresina

Asian Development Bank last week approved an $8 million loan to Vietnam-based Binh Duong water-environment for the Tan Hiep water treatment expansion project in Binh Duong province, Vietnam

The EIB is considering a €15 million loan for a new €50 million water treatment plant at Lilongwe, Malawi

Australian mining company Danakali has picked Glasgow-based energy developer Aggreko as its preferred power contractor for the 12MW heavy fuel oil power plant at its AFC-funded Colluli potash mine in Eritrea

The board of governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has elected Odile Renaud-Basso of France as the bank’s next president

Rasmus Godiksen has now started as a director at EKF – Danmarks Eksportkredit – having joined the ECA from his last role at Danske Bank where he was chief quant analyst

The UK’s chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has released proposals for “freeports” across the country to facilitate trade and boost jobs post Brexit

Government agencies of an expressway network megaproject throughout Sri Lanka are recruiting an adviser to conduct studies

The IFC yesterday launched a tender for an international advisory team to assist on an airport concession tender in South East Europe

The 71 shareholders of the EBRD has approved the government of Iraq’s application for membership of the multilateral bank

The World Bank has invited expressions of interest from advisory firms to support the preparation of two $250 million LNG import facility projects to help alleviate electricity shortages in war-torn Libya

EOIs from potential advisers on a proposed hydropower project in northern Pakistan are due today, following a deadline extension

Korea Power Electric Corporation (KEPCO) has approved the company's investment plan for a stake in the 1.2GW Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power project in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam

The DBSA has appointed Mohale Rakgate as group executive of its new $5.7 million infrastructure viability gap fund, a new collaboration between the DFI and the government of South Africa

Recent approvals by DFIs to finance a $112 million solar energy project in southwestern Uzbekistan puts financial close within weeks