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AfDB Group to extend facilities worth US$ 200mln and ZAR 3.6bln to Standard Bank Group to increase trade in Africa and support SMEs
PRETORIA, December 13, 2024 — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] has approved two financial facilities for South-Africa based Standard Bank Group to support economic development in…
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AfDB approves US$ 10mln investment in Kenyan company Dhamana
NAIROBI, November 21, 2023 – The African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved a US$ 10 million equity investment in Dhamana Guarantee Company Limited to support the use of capital markets as an…
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Egypt issues Africa’s first Sustainable Panda Bond worth US$ 478.7mln
CAIRO, October 18, 2023 – Egypt has successfully issued a three-year Sustainability Panda Bond worth US$ 478.7 million. The North African nation is the first on the continent to do so, a…
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FSD Africa Investments avails £10mln to support Nigeria’s sustainable climate infrastructure
LAGOS – FSD Africa Investments [FSDAi], in collaboration with InfraCredit, have invested £10 million into a first-of-its-kind risk-sharing backstop facility, designed to unlock local currency funding for sustainable infrastructure development in Nigeria. The…
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AfDB approves US$ 147mln in subordinated debt to Mauritius Commercial Bank
ABIDJANI-The African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved US $147 million in subordinated debt to the Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd [MCB] to enhance its capital base and mobilise loan growth in the renewables,…
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