Ahead of the World Trade Symposium, 6-7 November, in New York, Dr. Rebecca Harding CEO Coriolis Technologies and World Trade Board member, looks at why the importance of common standards in trade can’t be understated.

The African Export-Import Bank has said it is to delay it planned initial public offering due to “unfavourable market conditions”

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed with the Roads Authority of Malawi (RA) a €120 million ($133 million) loan for the €191 million rehabilitation of the 347km M1 road in the Southern African state

Morocco-focused mining developer Emmerson has upscaled the resource estimate of its Khemisset Potash Project in northern Morocco by 72% following a JORC-compliant review of the mine

Non-bank working capital provider Greensill Capital has announced that Softbank Vision Fund has invested a further $655 million into the business

African Export-Import Bank has signed an agreement with Russian lender VTB Bank to boost trade finance provision in Africa

China Development Bank (CDB) has signed with Singaporean conglomerate Tolaram Group a $629 million loan for the Lekki deep seaport project in Lagos State, Nigeria

Beijing-headquartered Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has reached a final review decision to invest up to $125 million in a private equity fund targeting sectors including renewables and transport in Eurasian markets

Global trade and export finance volumes were significantly boosted in the third quarter by a couple of major transactions in the LNG sector

The European Investment Bank will provide €100 million to support of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais

Standard Chartered and the IFC have established a $1 billion joint facility to fund trade finance in emerging markets

Paris-based asset manager Amundi has launched a fund targeting markets that benefit from the development of the new silk roads across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East

Colombia’s development bank, Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional, has obtained guarantees totaling $81 million from multilateral institutions to support renewable energy project finance in the country

An Afreximbank-led bank syndicate is in "advanced" talks with the sponsors of a platinum mine in Zimbabwe to lend on the project's $500 million first phase

USAID has invited bids for the grant funding of off-grid energy projects under the Power Africa Off-grid Project

The Uzbek Government’s transaction adviser has selected two teams to assist on a 100MW solar power project in the south east of the country, following a month-long assessment

Dai-ichi Life, Japan’s third largest insurance company, is the sole subscriber to Export-Import Bank of India’s Mekong region development bond

The African Development Bank has approved €138 million in funding to improve Tunisia's energy transmission network

Riyadh-based ACWA Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bangladesh Power Development Board to develop a $3 billion regasified LNG combined-cycle power plant and LNG terminal complex