Kazakhstan’s first PPP reaches financial close
The project company of a 66km ring road around Almaty, Kazakhstan has reached financial close on a $585 million debt financing, following nearly 7 months of clearing conditions precedent
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DFI mulls Uzbekistan water
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
A development finance institution has passed an initial review of a $488.8 million water supply and sanitation project in western Uzbekistan, benefiting 1.25 million people
ADB signs non-sovereign loan to Bangladesh solar
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
Asian Development Bank has signed a nearly $20 million financing package with the independent power producer of a 35MW solar PV park in central Bangladesh – one of the first private sector solar projects in the country to be financed by multilateral institutions
Van Mierlo to step down as CEO of FMO
- Market Moves
- Europe
- James Hebert
Peter van Mierlo has announced that he will step down as chief executive officer of Dutch debt finance institution FMO after two years in the role
BMO's Nesbitt heads to CCC
- Americas
- Shravan Bhat
BMO Capital Markets' head of corporate banking in Asia, Peter Nesbitt, has returned to Ottawa to lead the Canadian Commercial Corp's international finance strategy, including working with ECAs, infrastructure funds and project finance lenders to support Canadian exports
FC for Finland’s first social infra PPP
- Export and Agency
- Europe
- Maya Chavvakula
A Meridiam-led consortium reached financial close on the Espoo Schools PPP project in Finland, the first social infrastructure deal to make it over the line in the country
AfDB to sign grant for Ethiopia-Sudan rail link
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The African Development Bank has approved a $1.2 million grant for the government of Ethiopia to complete the financing of a $3.4 million feasibility study for a 1,522km standard gauge railway link between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Port Sudan on Sudan’s Red Sea coast
EIB loan for Czech social and transport infra
- Export and Agency
- Europe
- Maya Chavvakula
The EIB has made a $86m loan to the Pardubice Region of Czеch Republic for the development of education, transport and healthcare infrastructure
DFI loan to support Ecuador energy diversification
- Export and Agency
- Americas
- Carmen Arroyo
The Inter-American Development Bank is arranging a $280 million debt package for Ecuador to diversify and improve the country’s energy matrix and boost renewable energy sources
IDB launches green label for transmission lines
- Export and Agency
- Americas
- Carmen Arroyo
IDB Invest has announced a plan to certify certain transmission line projects as "green" in order to attract additional investment into the sector
Turkish bank’s TF first
- Trade Flow
- Europe
- Angus Leslie Melville
İşbank and Commerzbank have jointly run an international trade finance transaction based on distributed ledger technology
New trade finance CFO at komgo
- Market Moves
- Europe
- Angus Leslie Melville
komgo has named Kris van Broekhoven as its new CFO – effective from the start of June – having been on the trade finance blockchain platform’s board for the last two years
IFC and JBIC to collaborate on projects in fragile states
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The IFC and the Japan Bank for JBIC have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on project financing in “fragile and conflict-affected countries” in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Shortlist out for Himalayan airport PPP
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- DavidDoré
Bhutan’s Ministry of Information and Communications yesterday issued a request for proposals to six potential advisers for developing a strategy for the country's aviation sector
Uzbekistan tenders small hydro
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
Uzbekistan’s state hydropower producer and developer has tendered the design and construction of three run-of-river hydropower plants worth an estimated $75.3 million in south-eastern Uzbekistan
New Development Bank lends in Indian power
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Alexandra Dockreay
New Development Bank, a multilateral formed by the 5 BRICS governments around the world, has made a $300 million loan to REC in the Indian power sector
South Africa’s Midvaal plans distribution PPP
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
Midvaal Local Municipality has informed the market that it intends to launch an electricity transmission & distribution expansion project modelled on a public-private partnership concession in Guateng, South Africa – the Midvaal Electricity Distribution Services PPP
Largest Pakistan IPP signs
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
A Chinese sponsor has agreed with a Pakistan provincial government to develop a $2.4 billion project under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor framework
EIB loan for Estonian rail upgrade
- Export and Agency
- Europe
- Maya Chavvakula
The EIB has today extended a €95 million loan to the Estonian national railway company – Eesti Raudtee – for upgrades to the country’s existing rail infrastructure
Details emerge about Myanmar distributed generation
- David Doré
A financial institution has revealed details about a renewable distributed generation project in Myanmar, following the successful execution of a pilot project
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