Africa

“British International Investment and Symbiotics partner to launch first-ever Green Basket Bond across Africa, South and Southeast Asia” – Symbiotics – June 14, 2022

In a press release distributed on June 14, 2022 Symbiotics reported: “British International Investment (“BII”), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI), has subscribed to a USD 75 million Green Basket Bond arranged by Symbiotics, a leading emerging markets access platform and financial lender. The green lending programme will direct much-needed financing (across multiple currencies) to […]

“The world’s longest subsea cable will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK” – Electrek – April 21, 2022

On April 21, 2022 Electrek reported that a “10.5 gigawatt (GW) solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun region, and it will supply the UK with clean energy via subsea cables. The twin 1.8 GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables will be the world’s longest. This initiative is going to […]