A syndicate of banks led by Standard Chartered have signed with Ghana’s Ministry of Finance a €280 million social loan for the 64km Lot 1 of the Ghana Eastern Corridor project

The governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti have invited expressions of interest from consultancy firms for the construction advisory services of the Ethiopia-Djibouti Second Power Interconnection project

Australia’s export credit agency is providing conditional finance support to an $860 million construction-ready mine project in New South Wales, which has languished in recent years

Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a sovereign loan for a $62.5 million project to provide water services to 3 urban areas in Timor-Leste

Ukraine and China are set to sign a partnership agreement to further facilitate China’s participation in infrastructure projects across Ukraine

TDB has issued a seven-year $500 million global Eurobond on Euronext Dublin at a coupon rate of 4.125%

Goiás is the latest Brazilian state to announce a major series of road privatisations, after striking a deal with BNDES to begin studies for the project

The German government agreed to provide nearly $71 million for the government of Indonesia to develop 16 projects for sustainable development

The government of Côte d’Ivoire has invited RFQs from developers for two solar IPPs with a total installed power capacity of 60MWp under the IFC's Scaling Solar programme

A development finance institution is recruiting a group of advisers to assist on solar power projects under PPP mode in India

The World Bank has approved of $168 million in loans for the Burkina Faso Solar Energy and Access Project o improve rural electrification and support the procurement of 325MWp of solar PV and 335MWh of battery storage

The UK Export Finance (UKEF) has published its annual results for 2020-21, which show the government provided record levels of support for UK exports

Bpifrance and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) have signed an MoU to build a mutually-beneficial, long-term relationship between both institutions

The Japanese government has pledged up to $10 billion to finance the decarbonisation of projects in Southeast Asia to reduce carbon emission and achieve carbon neutrality

A BESIX-led consortium has reached financial close on the $1.2 billion, 200MW Al Warsan 2 Waste-to Energy project in Dubai

AFC has accepted the membership of three additional African states – Burkina Faso, DRC, and Morocco – during Q1 2021

Energix has financed a portfolio of 2 wind farms totaling 125.4MW in Poland

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two agreements with Santander under the Pan-European Guarantee Fund (EGF), approved as part of the €540 billion package of measures with which the European Union is responding to the economic impact of Covid-19

TradeMark East Africa and the Eastern and Southern African Trade & Development Bank have signed an MoU that establishes a framework for collaboration to boost trade in the region served by both institutions