KfW IPEX-Bank has structured financing amounting to approximately €1.6 billion ($2.16 billion) for the construction of two new cruise ships for Miami-based Norwegian...

Commodity trader Trafigura, has today launched India’s first online refined metal retail platform – known as Lykos.

Equity Group Foundation is targeting Kenya’s under-served mid-sized farmers with a new training programme that seeks to provide them with key business skills. The...

Developing internal trade corridors for agriculture in Africa and removing obstacles to formal trade will help farmers benefit from rapidly rising food demand in African...

Key innovations and technologies are helping to drive change across Africa’s agricultural value chains, from mobile payment systems to centralised information registries....

“Africa requires $21 billion over the next 10 years to fill the finance gap in agricultural financing,” remarks Jean-Louis Ekra, president of African Export-Import Bank...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has appointed Scott Schloegel as senior vice president and chief of staff to chairman and president Fred Hochberg.

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Lithuanian railway company AB Lietuvos gelezinkeliai have signed a new 18-year, €53 million ($71.6 million) loan agreement for...

At the 2nd African Continental Briefing at the Fin4Ag conference in Nairobi, participants discussed how to strengthen value chains, build trust and help the public sector...

What is being branded as ‘the most efficient power plant in South-East Asia’ is to receive financing through a combination of loans from KfW IPEX-Bank and support from...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), together with a syndicate of commercial banks, has arranged a €200 million ($271.9 million) syndicated bridge financing...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) is providing a $64.5 million direct loan to Astidey, in Montevideo, Uruguay, for the purchase of US-manufactured...

TXF talks to Vincent O’Brien, chair of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission’s Market Intelligence Group on the ICC’s Global Survey 2014:...

KfW IPEX-Bank has signed a $794 million loan with ~Big River Steel^, a company based in Arkansas, US, for the development of a new sheet ste

Haiti has found itself at the forefront of agricultural microfinance with an initiative that is shaking up misconceptions about the bankability of smallholder famers and...

Despite having nearly 20% of the world’s cultivated land, Africa’s share of the global agricultural market measured by insurance premiums paid is smaller than 1%,...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Andras Simor as the new vice-president finance and chief financial officer (CFO). The...

Value chains like livestock and dairy face a unique set of challenges, giving them a reputation as being higher risk than those for soft commodities like grains.

Standard Chartered (StanChart) has appointed Michael Vrontamitis as head of trade, product management. He is based in Hong Kong and reports to George Nast, global head,...

Croatian food and pharmaceutical producer Podravka has secured a loan of €73.4 million ($99.9 million) through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and a...