With an immense amount of financing required in African agriculture, bank financing alone – at least in the current climate – is insufficient. The same was true of Brazil...

One of the liveliest debates at the Fin4Ag conference in Nairobi centred on the responsibilities that farmers have in facilitating agrifinance. Although heated criticisms...

Kenya’s Kyanzavi Farmers Cooperative is one example of how clubbing together into a single commercial estate can help individual farmers improve their yield, attract...

In 2012, ProFound together with the Ethiopian Apiculture Board, SNV Ethiopia and Enclude (formerly Triodos-Facet) initiated the Apiculture Scaling-up Programme ASPIRE.

The August 2014 issue of the International Trade and Forfaiting Association’s newsletter, issued by the industry body for banks and other institutions specialising in the...

International law firm, Thomas Cooper, has hired Alex Monk to its finance group.

Rosneft, Seadrill and North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL) have signed a unique framework agreement that envisages long-term cooperation in the sphere of oilfield...

Finacity Corporation (Finacity) has facilitated the successful closing and funding of a $55 million off-balance sheet trade receivables securitisation programme for a...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a project finance loan agreement in support of a total $643 million financing for a 290MW hydropower plant...

The sovereign wealth fund of the Emirate of Dubai, Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) have signed an agreement to form an...

Rusal has completed the refinancing of its pre-export finance (PXF) facilities, with the amendment agreement signed 18 August becoming effective on 20 August 2014.

Athens-headquartered shipping company Star Bulk Carriers Corporation (Star Bulk) has signed definitive agreements with Excel Maritime Carriers (Excel) to acquire 34...

The IFC has launched a $2.5 billion financing programme designed to strengthen India’s capital markets and set up an infrastructure development fund for the country.

Three development agencies - Proparco, via its Investment and Support fund for Business in Africa (FISEA), CDC, via the DFID Impact Fund, and FMO, via its MASSIF Fund –...

ING Commercial Banking in Frankfurt is continuing its expansion with the appointment of Crina Nechifor as head of natural resources and structured metals and energy...

Beth Touomou, director of project & structured finance, and Jessica Bartos, investment officer at the same division, are both leaving the Export-Import Bank of the United...

International law firm Ashurst has hired a market-leading team of three partners and a senior consultant that will significantly strengthen the firm’s restructuring and...

The Finnish export credit agency Finnvera has reiterated its support for Finnish exporters to Russia. The statement comes even in the height of the troubled geopolitical...

In announcing its half-year financials, Standard Bank has highlighted a $79 million write-down from its exposure to a suspected metal financing fraud in China.

Russian state-owned oil producer Rosneft has asked the Russian government for up to RUB1.5 trillion (approximately $42 billion) to cover some of its immediate and...