Paul Biya, the president of Cameroon, has signed a decree authorising a $164.7 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of India to finance a 400kV line to connect the new 420MW Nachtigal hydropower plant

Chemicals and technology company Johnson Matthey is set to receive a £400 million sustainable financing loan backed by UK Export Finance to bolster research into hydrogen and other sustainable tech

German investment manager Aquila Capital has partnered with South Korea-based renewable energy company TopInfra for solar, wind, and energy storage projects in South Korea

Hydropower-dependent Bhutan is diversifying its energy mix by developing a pipeline of renewable energy projects. Six advisory teams have been shortlisted and received an RFP to whittle down several potential sites

An Axian Telecom-led consortium has closed on the acquisition of Luxembourg-based Milicom’s portfolio of telecom assets in Tanzania

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on 4 May 2022 anticipates making a decision to approve a loan for a $575 million wind farm, the first utility-scale wind power plant in Uzbekistan

SN Aboitiz Power is moving forward with a $28 million battery energy storage system for the operational 360MW Magat hydropower plant in Isabela

Iberdrola has secured €88 million from the European Investment Bank and the Instituto de Crédito Oficial to develop a 20MW green hydrogen project to be powered by a PV plant

An RFQ has been issued by the Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy for a 200MW project in northwestern Uzbekistan, supported by the EBRD

The Ecuadorean government has opened a tender for the operation and maintenance of Quito’s first metro line, expected to enter operation in Q4 2022

IDB Invest will finance a 453MW solar project in Brazil alongside Norwegian sponsors Equinor, Norsk Hydro and Scatec

Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen – local transport authority for Chemnitz, Germany – has secured a €189 million loan from 3 lenders to finance the expansion and maintenance of the city’s tram network

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is extending long-term sovereign loans of up to $120 million for solid waste management in western Uzbekistan

Financing details have emerged on the $91.5 million development of a brownfield transport PPP in Laos, the first international standard dry port in the landlocked country

ACEN and Berlin-based solar developer ib vogt have agreed to establish a platform to fund the construction and operation of solar power plants throughout Asia

Asian Development Bank has approved a $143 million loan package to support the government of Bangladesh's efforts to accelerate the growth of cross-border trade

State-controlled Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency has approved a loan of Rs2.68 billion to BluSmart Mobility to purchase EVs in northern India

State-owned Indian Oil, engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro and renewable energy company ReNew Power plan to set up a JV to develop the green hydrogen sector in India

The AFC announced in its recent rebrand – focused on “instrumental infrastructure” in Africa – that the continent’s infra investment needs runs up to $130 to 170 billion per year