AfDB and China announce joint fund for African projects
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have entered into a $2 billion co-financing fund to be known as the Africa Growing Together Fund...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have entered into a $2 billion co-financing fund to be known as the Africa Growing Together Fund...
It is now over a year since it became apparent that a major coffee rust outbreak was developing over a wide area of Latin America, ranging from Mexico in the north, to...
Sian Aspinall, formerly of AIG and Zurich, has joined Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) as development and technical director, where she been tasked with shaping and...
Swiss energy-trader Vitol has appointed Charles Hendry, Conservative MP for Wealden and a former energy minister, as a consultant on a part time basis. Hendry will...
The US-based Magnolia LNG export project is moving forward with two major developments taking place this week.
Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) has signed a $163 million export financing agreement with Nordea and Standard Bank to finance the company’s north-western...
Political risk insurance (PRI) broker Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) is expanding its operational scope in Asia with the hiring of Margaret Ho as a senior broker for...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has appointed Charles J ‘CJ’ Hall as executive vice president and chief risk officer. He has 35 years of...
The financing backing TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project was taken out of the financial fridge earlier this year but funds are yet to be disbursed. With the latest military insurgence in the gas-rich region, and ECAs and banks reticent on when the deal will close, meeting conditions precedent seems ambitious in 2024.