European Commission extends the EU guarantee to enable over €450 million in EIB Group financing for Ukraine. Fresh financing also includes around €150 million in EU grants and technical assistance. Initiative is part of EU Ukraine Facility to support country’s reconstruction and EU integration. The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group today announced a new financing package of more than €600 million to support urgent reconstruction projects in Ukraine. The Commission is extending the European Union guarantee...

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€75 million EIB Group quasi-equity investment to support Africa’s first end-to-end multi-vaccine manufacturing facility in South Africa enables an additional $20  million and further mobilization in senior financing from the IFC. This investment is backed by a European Commission EFSD+ guarantee under the Human Development Accelerator (HDX), part of the EU's Global Gateway strategy. Project to produce key vaccines for cholera, polio, meningitis and pneumonia, strengthening the prevention of serious infectious diseases in children. More than 340 skilled and...

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Yesterday, the U.S. International Development Corporation (DFC) co-hosted the U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Forum with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to convene U.S. and Ukrainian government officials, senior business executives, and other thought leaders to advance Ukraine's reconstruction, recovery, and modernization efforts. DFC CEO Ben Black gave opening remarks, DFC Chief of Staff and Head of Investments Conor Coleman spoke on a panel entitled “Financing Ukraine’s Industrial Recovery,” and DFC Associate General Counsel Jonathan Taylor spoke on a panel entitled “Innovative Technology Partnerships.”   DFC CEO Ben Black:   “DFC...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S.–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF) today announced that it has approved its first investment aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s security, supporting a sector that will be a cornerstone of Ukraine’s post-conflict economy, and increasing America’s and allies' access to field-tested advanced technology.  The joint U.S.-Ukrainian board of directors approved an equity investment in emerging technology company Sine Engineering (Sine). The investment will support Sine’s continued advancements and innovation in radio communication control systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)....

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Two critical social infrastructure facilities have opened in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy, financed under the EIB’s €200 million Ukraine Early Recovery Programme. New social housing has been opened to provide temporary accommodation for around 130 people displaced by Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Regional Centre of Emergency Medical Aid and Disaster Medicine has been completed and will strengthen emergency medical services across the Cherkasy oblast. Two critical social infrastructure facilities have been inaugurated in Cherkasy, central Ukraine, with...

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The European Investment Bank (EIB), through its advisory arm, and the European Commission are launching a new technical training programme under the JASPERS mandate, making a concrete step in strengthening EU’s strategic port infrastructure. The assignment is supported under a EC-EIB Joint Contribution Agreement providing financial backing from the Connecting Europe Facility and Cohesion Policy Funds. This new advisory assignment is designed to reach a broad audience of small and medium-sized ports on the trans-European transport (TEN-T) network, aiming to...

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Mission 300, launched by the World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group, aims to connect 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to electricity by 2030 EIB Global’s pledge focuses on renewable energy projects under this initiative The European Investment Bank (EIB) pledged to deliver more than €1 billion of financing for renewable energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, supporting the goals of Mission 300 – to bring electricity to 300 million people on the continent. EIB Group President Nadia Calviño...

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Washington, D.C. - The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) announced the membership of its 2026-2027 Advisory and Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committees yesterday in an open meeting. The Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve the membership of both mandated committees. Bob Diamond, CEO and Founding Partner of Atlas Merchant Capital will serve as Chairman of EXIM’s Advisory Committee and Florie Liser, President and CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa will serve as Chairman of the Sub-Saharan...

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Tomorrow, the Commission will be hosting the launch of a new initiative to provide easier access to lending support to EU Member States bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. This initiative, titled ‘EastInvest Facility', is at the core of the strategy for the EU's eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine adopted last week by the Commission to help these regions tackle the challenges they face in the wake of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The EastInvest Facility will be a dedicated financing platform for EU eastern regions,...

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