Deutsche Bank is to expand its global network with the launch of its first representative office in Dhaka, Bangladesh

South Africa’s energy minister Gwede Mantashe has published for public comment the draft for changes to the country’s embedded generation regulations

A Metito-led consortium has reached commercial close on the $600 million, Al-Wakra and Al-Wukair wastewater treatment PPP in Qatar

The International Finance Corporation has appointed a new regional director for Latin America, based in São Paulo

State-owned Vietnam Electricity has cleared hurdles on a gas-fired power project in southern Vietnam

The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development is considering a $45 million loan to Jordanian utility National Electric Power Company

The European Investment Bank is considering a €200 million loan for the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s €400 million Embedded Generation Investment Programme

Neoenergia has signed an MoU with the state government of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil for the development of green hydrogen and offshore wind

The government of Queensland has approved the extension of Carborough Downs metallurgical coal mine near Moranbah allowing the project to step up production

Japanese power producer Jera has obtained funding from Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) to support the company’s energy transition plans, the state-owned bank said on Wednesday

The OPEC Fund for International Development has signed a $40 million investment into the Eastern and Southern African Trade & Development Bank

The government of Djibouti is working on a competitive tender to select a private sector partner to develop an affordable housing PPP in the East African state

Octopus Energy Generation has appointed Nancy Lu Wang as a new London-based senior investment manager

Africa Finance Corporation and Mizuho Bank have signed an MoU to collaborate on energy and infrastructure project financing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asian Development Bank has approved an additional financing of $38 million for an urban water supply and sanitation project in Tajikistan’s capital

The International Finance Corporation has invited expressions of interest for the legal and technical advisory services on the Stoni Athi affordable housing PPP in Kenya

J.O. Steel Holdings has secured a $692 million credit facility from a consortium of banks and financial institutions led by Saudi British Bank to build an integrated billet manufacturing plant within Ras Al-Khair Industrial City in Saudi Arabia

The Australian federal government has allocated nearly 47,000 square km of new offshore acreage for oil & gas exploration, betting on carbon capture technology to offset emissions

Vietnam’s government has suggested developing a D8 trillion ($341m) domestic airport in the northwest under a PPP model.