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25 April 2017

Traxpay reinvents itself as a digital lender

Traxpay will face competition as it enters the finance and technology market, where specialty fintech lenders are starting to take advantage of maturing supply chain...

Perspective
25 April 2017

Abiba Solar: A different approach to African power finance

Access Power’s crowd-sourced approach to development and InfraCo’s use of convertible debt may have set a new template for development and financing in Africa’s power...

News
25 April 2017

Multinationals should manage country risk more actively

Too few multinationals monitor and manage their country risk actively enough, despite it being key to their profitability, according to Standard Chartered. Over-stretched...

News
25 April 2017

European companies to fund half of Gazprom's €9.5bn Nord stream 2 pipeline

 The five European partners in the 1,225km pipeline project to pump gas via the Baltic Sea to Germany will each finance 10% of the...

News
25 April 2017

African infrastructure needs bigger financing pool

Expanding the pool of domestic and foreign financing for infrastructure investments in Africa is high on the agenda of African officials as well as the investor...

News
25 April 2017

WTO expects trade recovery in 2017

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has predicted that global trade will expand by 2.4% this year. However, a spike in inflation that triggers interest rate hikes plus...

News
25 April 2017

Maybank to lend 35% more to retail SMEs, including trade finance

Malaysia's Maybank expects to expand its loan portfolio for retail SMEs to MYR16.8 billion by the end of this year, partly driven by the provision of trade finance....

News
25 April 2017

Exporting dream stalls over $800m Morupule B guarantee

Japanese contractor Marubeni and South Korean Posco Energy have suspended the building of units 5 and 6 in a dispute over at a sovereign guarantee for the power...

News
25 April 2017

Salt River and NextEra ink PPA for Pinal Central solar and battery project

The Arizona state-owned Utility Salt River Project has signed the 20-year agreement for the NextEra Energy Resources project located near Coolidge. Pinal Central Energy...

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25 April 2017

Acciona secures €100m green loan for Chilean renewable projects

The Spanish developer has secured the funding from Bilbao-headquartered BBVA to progress solar and wind projects in South America. Vigeo Eiris will provide...

News
25 April 2017

AfDB independent review of 125MW Sendou power project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to reappraise its involvement in the €206 million coal-fired power plant as two groups of complainants raise issues by...

News
25 April 2017

Ivory Coast joins the African Trade Insurance Agency

The Ivory Coast has become the latest country to join the African Trade Insurance Agency. The move is part of the government's strategy to attract more investments...

Perspective
25 April 2017

Perfect 10 NWK Agri Services: Cottoning on to pre-export finance - a TXF commodity finance Deal of the Year

In a rare soft commodity pre-export financing, Rabobank and Zanaco structured a deal to extend the reach of the supply chain and meet the working capital needs of Zambian...

News
25 April 2017

Ince & Co reveals Beijing, London, Shanghai partner promotions

Ince & Co has announced three partner promotions. In Beijing, Fei Mao focuses on general commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on aviation,...

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25 April 2017

ADB lending hits record high of $31bn in its 50th year

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) last year exceeded the $30 billion mark in its annual operations for the first time in its 50-year history. It represented an 18% rise...

News
25 April 2017

US Ex-Im's (welcome) comeback

With new board members named, the Export-Import Bank of the United States is set to come back online in 2017. Ishka looks at how the aviation finance market has managed...

News
25 April 2017

Olam marks World Malaria Day 2017

Olam is marking World Malaria Day with the continued roll out of the Olam Healthy Living Campaign, which is designed to help combat the disease at the community level....

News
25 April 2017

MDBs to work together to boost private sector infra investment

Leading multilateral development banks (MDBs), including the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, have agreed to...

News
25 April 2017

Abubakar Abba Bello is new NEXIM MD

Abubakar Abba Bello has been appointed as the new managing director of the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM). He will take over from Bashir Mahe Wali, who has been...

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25 April 2017

German and Swedish ECAs to join Yamal LNG financing

German and Swedish export credit agencies (ECAs) will take part in the financing of the Yamal LNG project, Russian natural gas producer Novatek said.