April-May 2017

Africa news

Nigeria made a barn-storming return to the US dollar bond market when it defied expectations and shaky fundamentals to print below 8% yield on a book that almost hit US$8bn.

Multilaterals news

World Bank president Jim Yong Kim sets out a radical agenda for his second term that will move it away from direct funding towards de-risking projects in Africa to make them more attractive to private capital.

Project finance news

DONG Energy pushes forward with plans to add a further 5GW of offshore wind capacity to its portfolio by 2025 with major project awards in Germany.