TXF spoke with Cenk Olcay Seran, director of international development at ECC, to outline the EPC contractor's global footprint, from structuring DFI and ECA-backed debt for renewable projects in the Middle East to working with Ukraine’s government to mobilise private investment to its energy sector.

Cocoa prices have returned to historical averages but the threat of volatility remains, and national regulators are still managing the fallout. Ghana’s Cocobod has committed to a programme of reform but first it must establish a new funding model that can pay for fresh investment.

The SACE-backed loan to fund Sonangol’s equity share in the NeGaCo gas project in Angola has marked the first time the ECA has structured such a deal based on the total Italian content for an entire project.