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Regional Leaders Launch Blended Finance Initiative to Expand Surgical Care Across Latin America and the Caribbean
An estimated 5 billion people worldwide lack access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical care, with disproportionate impact in low- and middle-income countries.
- Categories
- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Bayer Foundation and UNCDF Announce Inaugural Investments of the Food Systems Innovation Finance Facility in Agri-Businesses Omia and SokoFresh
As concessional resources contract, the need to mobilize additional capital into high-impact sectors such as food systems has become increasingly urgent.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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IFC and Santander Brazil Are Partnering to Catalyze the Eco Invest Program, Expanding Sustainable Financing in Brazil
Through this support for the Eco Invest initiative, IFC will help expand Santander’s ability to offer more affordable financing to sustainable projects eligible under the program’s criteria, in sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable construction, clean transportation, and agribusiness resilience.
- Region
- Latin America
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IFC, EIB Group and European Commission Back Biovac to Build Africa’s First End-To-End Multi-Vaccine Manufacturing Site, Advancing Vaccine Self-Reliance
The financing package includes a $20 million senior loan from IFC with additional mobilization in progress and a €75 million quasi-equity investment from EIB Group.
- Categories
- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BOI and GIZ Sign Strategic Partnership to Accelerate MSME Growth and Sustainable Development in Nigeria
The framework outlines an agreement focused on delivering coordinated interventions across key areas, including access to finance, entrepreneurship development, capacity building, and market access.
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (link opens in a new window)
- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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responsAbility Invests Up to USD $15 Million in South East Asia’s Skye Renewables
With this funding, Skye Renewables plans to scale its project portfolio in Southeast Asia, aiming to increase its installed capacity to several hundred MWp within five years.
- Region
- South Asia
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Africa CDC Secures Over US$250 Million to Advance Africa’s Global Health Security Agenda at the Lyon One Health Summit in Lyon
Implemented under Africa CDC leadership, this programme will strengthen surveillance, expand laboratory capacity, and deepen collaboration with leading European institutions.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A New World Bank-Funded Program to Transform Forest Economies and Drive Jobs Opportunities for 60 million People around the Congo Basin
This next generation of forest investments moves decisively beyond a conservation-only approach, building the economic conditions that make forest stewardship sustainable.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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