Joseph Boahen Aidoo has been appointed as the acting chief executive officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod). The former member of parliament replaces Dr Stephen...

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Ossur - an Icelandic developer of orthopaedics - have agreed a €50 million loan in part to re-finance the company's...

Swan Energy, an Indian mid-cap energy firm, and Belgian LNG major Exmar have mandated SBI Capital to lead arrange around $250 million of debt to fund a proposed...

Akbank has launched the first of its semi-annual loan refinancings – a deal that will set one of the benchmarks for Turkish bank borrowings and tenors in the...

Crude oil refiner Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical has mandated Natixis as sole lead arranger and bookrunner for its $110 million debut international syndicated loan. An...

Banks anticipate some major power financings across the Middle East  in the coming year. Next month state-owned Saudi Electricity Co (SEC) is expected to...

Last month Scorpio Tankers secured a $172 million KEXIM and GIEK-backed loan facility to finance eight new MR product tankers. The deal is expected to sign at the end of...

Sugar trader Alvean is set to launch its debut syndicated credit facility following a bankers meeting today. The trader - formed by a joint venture between Cargill and...

K-sure and Kexim provided support last month to cover an Iraqi government construction payment to Hanwha E&C for the $10 billion Bismayah New City project in Iraq – the...

Deutsche Bank's ECA-backed debt in Africa grew by 7.69% from 2015-16, according to TXF Data. The latest insight reveals how export credit...

SoEnergy International Inc is currently negotiating contracts to develop two combined heat and power (CHP) plants in Mexico and the sources for financing of the project...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to provide $145 million in financing to Dutch dairy producer FrieslandCampina, which will allow the firm to buy 51% of...

Project finance lawyer Biddy Faber has joined Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) at the firm's Johannesburg office from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. She has worked on some of...

There are three big threats to the future existence of small factoring groups: Merchant cash lenders, the high cost of customer acquisition, and - something mostly...

UK solar farm owner NextEnergy Solar Fund has secured a £100 million long-term debt facility structured by Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions. The...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has exited its equity investment in Agri Europe. The company consolidates Serbian commodity trader MK Group,...

Companies in the United Arab Emirates were forced to wait twice as long for payments in 2016 compared to the year before, credit insurer Coface found. The construction...

With about $14.9 billion worth of bitcoins in circulation in January this year - and with blockchain attracting attention for its disruptive potential in banking and...

The Indonesia Eximbank will issue $1.55 billion in debt paper to support its activities in 2017. About 10% of the financing will be disbursed to the small and medium...

Dubai has teamed up with IBM to test blockchain technology for trade finance. Companies involved include Emirates NBD, Banco Santander, and government groups Dubai...