(IN BRIEF) Swedfund has announced a significant investment of USD 5 million in Teyliom Finance’s subsidiary, Bridge Bank Microfinance, as part of its mission to enhance financial empowerment for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Côte D’Ivoire. This investment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Sweden
Tagged Africa, Bridge Bank Microfinance, Cote d’Ivoire, Financial, investment, Kitanha Toure, MSMEs, partnership, Swedfund, Teyliom Group
(IN BRIEF) Sweco, an engineering and architecture firm, is collaborating with Kremenchuk City Council and its water company to enhance the potable water supply for the city’s 220,000 inhabitants in Ukraine. Funded by Swedfund, the project aims to improve water … Read the full press release
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) L’accélérateur de projet de Swedfund a signé un accord de subvention avec l’Autorité des transports de la région métropolitaine de Lagos (LAMATA) pour mener une étude sur l’introduction de carburants alternatifs dans le système de transport public … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Accélérateur de projet, Autorité des transports de la région métropolitaine de Lagos, carburants alternatifs, Gouvernement de l'État de Lagos, Karin Kronhöffer, Lagos, LAMATA, Nigeria, Swedfund, transports publics
(IN BRIEF) Swedfund’s Project Accelerator has signed a grant agreement with the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to carry out a study on introducing alternative fuels to Lagos’ public transport system. The study aims to reduce CO2 emissions and … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged alternative fuels, Karin Kronhöffer, Lagos, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Lagos State Government, LAMATA, Nigeria, Project Accelerator, public transport, Swedfund
(NOTICIA EN BREVE) Swedfund, una institución financiera de desarrollo sueca, invirtió USD 30 millones en el Mirova Gigaton Fund el 1 de marzo. El Mirova Gigaton Fund, lanzado por Mirova, una afiliada de Natixis, tiene como objetivo proporcionar financiamiento de … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Sweden
Tagged almacenamiento en baterías, créditos de carbono, eficiencia energética, energía solar agrícola, ESG, financiamiento de deuda, financiamiento de energía limpia, Maria Håkansson, minirredes, Mirova, Mirova Gigaton Fund, Mirova SunFunder, movilidad eléctrica, Natixis Investment Managers, PYMES, sistemas alimentarios climáticamente inteligentes, sistemas solares domésticos, solarización de torres de telecomunicaciones, soluciones de energía solar, soluciones fuera de la red, Swedfund
(IN BRIEF) Swedfund, a Swedish development finance institution, invested USD 30 million in the Mirova Gigaton Fund on March 1. The Mirova Gigaton Fund, launched by Mirova, a Natixis affiliate, aims to provide debt financing to clean energy projects in … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Sweden
Tagged agri-solar, battery storage, carbon credit, clean energy financing, climate-smart food systems, debt financing, e-mobility, energy efficiency, ESG, Maria Håkansson, mini-grids, Mirova, Mirova Gigaton Fund, Mirova SunFunder, Natixis Investment Managers, off-grid solutions, SMEs, solar energy solutions, solar home systems, Swedfund, telecom tower solarization
(IN BRIEF) Swedish development finance institution Swedfund has committed $5m to the Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund (NHAO), which invests in small and medium-sized Somali firms. The fund aims to provide financing for companies with around or less than … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Sweden
Tagged Financial, investment, NHAO fund, SMEs, Somali, Sweden, Swedfund
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 13-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) (SEB), a Swedish financial group leader on the Nordic market, has announced the appointment of Samira Aissi as an investment manager at its venture capital firm Greentech … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Daniel Sjöstrand, green transition, Greentech VC, investment manager, investments, KPMG, Kristina Söderberg, Markus Hökfelt, Samira Aissi, SEB, Susanne Gløersen, Swedfund
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) STOCKHOLM, 13-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) (SEB), eine führende schwedische Finanzgruppe auf dem nordischen Markt, hat die Ernennung von Samira bekannt gegeben Aissi als Investmentmanager bei seiner Risikokapitalgesellschaft Greentech VC. Sie bringt umfangreiche Erfahrung … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Management, Sweden
Tagged Daniel Sjöstrand, green transition, Greentech VC, investment manager, investments, KPMG, Kristina Söderberg, Markus Hökfelt, Samira Aissi, SEB, Susanne Gløersen, Swedfund
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) STOCKHOLM, 29-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedfund, der Entwicklungsfinanzierer der schwedischen Regierung, hat angekündigt, USD bereitzustellen 20 Millionen langfristiges, vorrangiges, unbesichertes Darlehen an Five-Star Business Finance Limited, ein Nichtbanken-Finanzunternehmen in Indien, zur Unterstützung von Kleinstunternehmern im ganzen Land. Der begrenzte … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 29-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedfund, the Swedish Government’s development financier, has announced it will provide USD 20 million long-term, senior unsecured loan to Five-Star Business Finance Limited, a Non-Banking Financial Company in India, in support of micro-entrepreneurs … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Government, Investment, Small Business, Society, Sweden
Tagged Five-Star Business Finance Limited, INDIA, investment, loan funding, loans, Maria Håkansson, micro-entrepreneurs, Swedfund
2X Challenge plans to raise US$ 15 billion by end-2022 Enhancing women’s access to entrepreneurship and leadership opportunities (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 9-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announces that it has joined the 2X … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Small Business, Society
Tagged 2X Challenge, Austrian Development Bank, bank, Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, bio, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, CDC Group, coronavirus pandemic, Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries, DEG, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, EBRD, EIB, empowerment of women, Enda Tamweel, Entrepreneurship, European Investment Bank, FinDev Canada, FinnFund, FMO, G7, gender equality, gender finance target, German Development Finance Institution, IFC, IFU, initiative, International Finance Corporation, investments, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Jessica Espinoza, leadership opportunities, Odile Renaud-Basso, OeEB, PEG Africa, policy engagement, Proparco, quality jobs, support for women, Sustainable Development Goals, Swedfund, Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States International Development Finance Corporation, WOMEN
Swedfund invests MUSD 10 in the Nigerian Ecobank through a subordinated term loan. The investment is made in conjunction with, among others, the Dutch development bank FMO and is an important contribution to the development of the country’s private sector. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Investment, Sweden
Tagged FMO, Nigerian Ecobank, Swedfund, the Dutch development bank
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