"NIB and Norway’s Sparebanken Sør have signed a NOK 750 million (EUR 80 million) loan programme for onlending to small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) investments and environmental projects. The funds under the loan programme will be onlent for SMEs’ investments in machinery, equipment and new premises, as well as for...
"On September 22, 2017, the authorities of Rwanda began publishing important macroeconomic data on the website of the National Institute of Statistics—theNational Summary Data Page (NSDP). This marks the culmination of recent efforts by the principal statistical agencies working together to publish the data recommended under...
"NEW YORK, 20 September, 2017 -The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will boost cooperation between the two institutions. The MoU emphasises the role small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) will play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
"Swedish-East Africa Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC) has establish a new cluster within the area cleantech focused on Eastern-Africa. We call this cluster Green City and this cluster network will be managed by Mr Per-Olof Seman who has long experience of cleantech and infrastructure project in...
"The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced support for its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) affected by Hurricane Irma, and for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), which is coordinating the Region’s response to the affected states. The Bank is in the process of providing Emergency...
"EBRD on track to meet Paris accord commitments. The world’s six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) continued to make a strong contribution to the global climate challenge in 2016, increasing their climate financing in developing countries and emerging economies last year to US$ 27.4 billion from...
"Up to $210 million in financing will support 11 solar power projects The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced up to US$210 million in debt financing to tap Egypt’s renewable energy potential. This solar power project will increase Egypt’s power generation capacity, reduce the country’s dependence on...
"Washington, D.C. – Today the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) announced that the agency is extending provisions to assist U.S. exporters and financial institutions located in those areas of Texas and Louisiana that have been declared federal disaster areas by the Federal Emergency...
"Alecta allocates 100 million dollars to invest in the NN-FMO Emerging Markets Loan fund. To Alecta, this investment presents an attractive opportunity to finance sustainable development projects while generating stable returns to our beneficiaries. As the Agenda 2030 and the UN Sustainable Development goals are increasingly...