Petrobras has announced it will compete in the next A-4 power auction in Brazil, scheduled for April (2020)

Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Energy (MoE) has signed with the IFC an agreement to collaborate on energy storage – to assess the potential for the private sector to support such projects in the West African state

The World Bank Group has invited this week (February 2020) firms to assist with improving two rail lines in Sindh province − a roughly 165km passenger and freight passageway and a nearly 50km freight corridor

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced Beatrice Maser as its new director for its interests in the Middle East and North Africa. The Swiss national will direct the World Bank Group member’s long-term strategy in the region

Deutsche Bank has promoted Sebastian Avot as the new head of distribution & credit solutions and trade finance for financial institutions (TFFI) for Asia Pacific

AES Argentina Generación, AES Corp's local subsidiary, has issued a $48.4 million, short-term corporate bond to finance a wind project in the country, amid a standstill in commercial bank lending

The IFC has invited expressions of interest from international legal and technical advisory teams to assist on the transaction structuring and tender implementation of a brownfield airport PPP in Timor-Leste

The UK's development finance institution CDC Group has promoted Borja García Fernandez to investment manager this month

Australia-based renewables developer Maoneng have formed a joint venture with CHINT New Energy, a solar panel manufacturer and EPC contractor based in Zhejiang province, China

United States African Development Foundation has partnered with Africa-focused development company VentureBuilder to support African enterprises in the off-grid solar sector

An Africa Finance Corporation-led consortium has fully-financed on balance sheet the $100 million ($108 million), 60MW Ghoubet wind farm in Djibouti’s Arta region

Tanzania’s Ministry of Finance has signed on a $1.46 billion loan facility with 17 banks and two Scandinavian ECAs for the first and second phases of the 1,224km Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project

IDB Invest has provided a $110 million loan to Banco Cooperativo Sicredi to promote access to financing for distributed generation solar projects in Brazil

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is set to approve a $60 million loan for ACWA Power’s $385 million, 500MW Ibri II solar PV – located 28km north of the town of Ibri, Oman

Malawi’s Public Private Partnership Commission has invited prequalification bids from developers for the $600 million, 350MW Mpatamanga hydropower project, following two webinars held earlier in the year

liwwa, a small business lender in Jordan and Egypt, has completed a round of debt and equity fundraising to fund its expansion plans

Payra Port Authority (PPA) has extended the deadline by two weeks to submit proposals to develop a coal and bulk terminal at the port in southern Bangladesh

Adelaide-based miner OZ Minerals and joint venture partner Cassini Resources, a Perth-based miner, have completed the pre-feasibility studies for the Nebo-Babel deposits, a nickel-sulphide discovery in Western Australia

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed with Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) a $1.16 million grant for the early-stage work on a 1,350MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Abuja, Nigeria