08 Oct
News, TRIA News

New Statistics from GEMs Consortium Show Risk of Investing in Emerging Markets Is Lower than Commonly Perceived

Luxembourg, 7 October 2025—New default and recovery statistics released today by the Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) Consortium shed light on investment risks in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) and provide new views on potential opportunities for investment and diversification through increased transparency.   EMDEs face challenges financing their development needs, including a potential cumulative shortfall of more than $10 trillion by 2050, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The GEMs statistics, released in three...

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29 Sep
Chapter News, News, TRIA News

European Commission announces €545 million package to scale up renewables in Africa

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled today a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa's clean energy transition. This announcement, made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, is an important milestone in the ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa' campaign, co-hosted with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. This campaign raises global awareness and mobilises public and private investments for clean energy generation and access across Africa. “The choices...

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23 Jul
TRIA News

EBRD and EU to unlock investment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are teaming up to identify and support new investment opportunities in in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal. The EU will contribute €15 million for technical assistance activities to prepare projects in the agribusiness, energy, infrastructure, small business, critical raw materials and digital/telecommunications, media and technology sectors. The funds are part of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy, which aims to deliver large-scale investments of €300...

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08 Jul
Chapter News, TRIA News

TRIA | Transatlantic Efforts to Close the Investment Gap in Middle- and Low-income Countries (2nd Operational Meeting)

The 2nd operational meeting of the Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance (TRIA) was held in Seville, Spain on July 1st, 2025. It took place in the context of the International Business Forum at the UN's 4th Financing for Development Conference. TRIA is a joint initiative between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY), that aims to unite key actors to support the financing of infrastructure investments in low- and middle-income countries. With only...

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14 Mar
Chapter News, TRIA News

TRIA | EIB & EACCNY Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance: Strengthening Collaboration Between the EU and the U.S. on Key Investments (1st Operational Meeting)

The first operational meeting of the Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance (TRIA) was held in Luxembourg on 6. March 2025, following a formal launch in New York in October 2024. It took place in the context of the third edition of the EIB Group Forum, held from 5. to 7. March 2025. TRIA, a joint initiative between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY), aims to unite key actors to support the...

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29 Oct
Chapter News, TRIA News

EIB Global and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York establish the Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance in collaboration with the United States DFC and EXIM Bank

October 29, 2024 New York, NY The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday to establish the Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance, a platform for engaging with the private sector to boost infrastructure financing in low- and middle-income countries. This alliance will provide a new grouping for a select set of actors involved in infrastructure development and financing, building a transatlantic platform with major organisations from the US...

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28 Oct
TRIA News

EXIM Bank | Export-Import Bank of the United States and European American Chamber of Commerce Sign Memorandum of Understanding

MOU Strengthens Transatlantic Cooperation on Financing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Variety of Sectors Including Climate, Transportation and Energy New York, NY – Today, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY) signed an agreement to strengthen transatlantic cooperation on infrastructure financing in low- and middle-income countries across sectors such as digital infrastructure, climate and energy, health, transport, and education. In a ceremony at EACCNY Offices in Manhattan, EXIM...

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