Al Asilah Desalination Company – a joint venture between JGC Corporation (75%), United Infrastructure Development Company (20%) and Doosan Heavy...

India is set to provide a $310 million line of credit to Zimbabwe to enhance the life cycle of the Hwange thermal plant. Hwange Thermal Power Station features...

Canada-based Equinox Gold Corp has announced that David Laing is leaving his position as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. He will remain in an advisory...

Arcadis has announced that Steve Bromhead will take over as UK chief operating officer following Peter Madden’s move to head-up operations in the newly...

Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) has issued a request for information for a project to install 100MW of floating solar capacity on the Public Utilities...

The African Development Bank plans to lend South African power utility Eskom around $720 million (R10 billion) in 2019 and 2020. “We plan to lend around $620...

The Hong Kong-based Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office has expanded its membership. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, CRRC Corporation Limited,...

National Australia Bank (NAB) has appointed Tylor Hartwell as General Manager and Head of Client Coverage and Corporate Finance for Europe. He previously held roles...

Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with insurer Markel International. Under the MoU, ECI...

LCI Services, the Lebanese Credit Insurer's (LCI) servicing arm, has unveiled tailored trade credit insurance products and services for companies in Africa, together...

Law firm Ashurst has hired projects partner Matthew Wood. He will be initially based in Abu Dhabi before relocating to London, and will also lead the firm's African...

China is hosting the world’s first international import expo. Jonathan Bell examines the development in what could be the start of a new era of trade focus for the...

Companhia de Participacoes em Concessoes (CPC) – a subsidiary of CCR – has won the 473.4km Integracao do Sul highway concession in Brazil. The 30-year...

Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) has raised a $2.85 billion bridge loan from seven banks to support its acquisition of a majority stake in the Grasberg copper mine in...

Golar Power has drawn down a $235.5 million China Construction Bank Financial Leasing sale-and-leaseback following delivery of the FSRU Golar Nanook on September 27. The...

UBS Asset Management's Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has made two appointments to strengthen its global infrastructure effort. Patrick...

SMEs are the engine behind Africa’s trade growth – but funding is scarce. Kofi Adomakoh, head of bank guarantees and special finance at Afreximbank, outlines the bank’s...

Tanzania Electric Supply Co (Tanesco) has cancelled three tenders for power generation projects using solar, wind and coal-based technologies. The cancelled renewables...

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest feed barley buyer, has bought 1.02 million tonnes of the grain in an international tender, predominantly from...

Fintech firm Factris, which offers factoring to small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe, has concluded a €1.5 million funding round led by the European venture...