Perspective
Proximo Weekly: ECAs up their game in Africa
ECAs are showing increased innovation and flexibility around the structure of export credits in Africa, particularly covering the 15% down payment financing traditionally needed for ECA-backed deals. But there is still room for further development of the ECA product offering.
Perspective
Kinguele Aval: Stepping stone to a commercial debt solution?
The Kinguele Aval hydropower financing is a first for Gabon on a number of levels. But it is the deal's security over payments streams from the offtaker that is generating interest for future similar African projects.
Perspective
ACWA Power: Still pushing boundaries
Competitive tariff bids backed by optimised project financing have become a hallmark of ACWA Power’s reputation in the global project market – and despite the unique challenges thrown up by the pandemic last year, 2020 proved no exception to that rule.
Perspective
Proximo Weekly: Is China losing its infra finance grip?
With a potential focus by China on domestic stimulus via infrastructure, a retreat from the levels of BRI lending seen pre-pandemic and increased Chinese banks lending caution, could there be a niche for international project finance lenders and investors in both China’s domestic infrastructure market and its traditional BRI stomping grounds?
Interview
Montezano on BNDES: A different force for change
Gustavo Montezano, head of BNDES since 2019, was appointed to rejig the bank’s lending policies and development role. He has done so. Now he has plans for more change across the whole Brazilian infra finance space – not least of which is catalysing a true project finance syndications market in Brazil.
