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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.
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- 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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World Bank Group Launches Initiative to Improve Water Security for 1 Billion People
The platform will align policy reforms, financing, and partnerships to expand reliable water services and strengthen systems against droughts and floods—essential conditions for job creation.
- Categories
- WASH
- Region
- Global
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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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African Development Bank Group Invests Over €7.5 Million in Breega Africa Seed I Fund to Support African Innovative Startups
The fund will focus on five key markets, namely Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Francophone Africa, which are major hubs on the continent.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Switzerland and Malawi Authorise the First Article 6.2 Activity in Malawi: Malawi Dairy Biogas Program
The greenhouse gas mitigation activity is authorised under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, marking the first authorisation of its kind under the bilateral climate agreement between Malawi and Switzerland. It was developed in close partnership with Sistema.bio, EcoGen, ACT Group, and the KliK Foundation.
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- Energy, Environment, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Peru’s Natural Legacy Secures $37.5 Million Funding Boost from Green Climate Fund
New investment strengthens long-term protection of more than 15 million hectares of the Peruvian Amazon and expands Indigenous-led climate resilience.
- Categories
- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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