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On 13 March 2023, CNCD-11.11.11, the umbrella organisation for French-speaking NGOs in Belgium, published two articles on BIO’s investment in Plantations et Huileries du Congo. The article give CNCD 11.11.11’s interpretation of BIO’s investment cycle in this project, from approval to exit. On several essential items, BIO’s perspective differs from CNCD 11.11.11’s interpretation.

candi solar, an innovative financial and clean energy platform that enables distributed energy infrastructure in emerging markets to be built at scale, has received a further USD 14 million equivalent multi-currency loan from a climate fund managed by Swiss impact investment manager, responsAbility Investments AG, and BIO, the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries.

RGREEN INVEST and ECHOSYS INVEST announce first closing of AFRIGREEN Debt Impact Fund securing gross commitment of €87.5M out of final target size of €100M

Lendable Group today announced the final close of its Lendable MSME Fintech Credit Fund with $110 million of investable capital, exceeding the $100 million target. The Fund is Lendable’s fourth private debt fund that provides on and off balance sheet debt to fintechs that support MSMEs and the digital business ecosystem across Africa and SE Asia.

BIO has invested INR 650 M in Northern Arc Impact India Fund (NAIIF), the eighth fund of Northern Arc Investments Managers (NAIM), one of the leading private debt fund managers from India. The investment will be used to support and address the funding gaps for impact enterprises (IE) through easy, reliable, and sustainable access to finance.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and nine European bilateral DFIs replenish the existing joint financing facility - the European Financing Partners (EFP) - to scale up their Team Europe contribution over the next three years.

Oikocredit and I&P take equity stakes in agro-processor Agroserv in Burkina Faso

The social-impact company will develop a new processing plant, diversify products, and support more smallholder farmers and households

A new institute, a market study and a whole week of events to increase the share of capital of impact finance in Belgium.

BIO raises its stake in Banco Popular, the biggest microfinance institution in Honduras, to 26.60% in shareholder reshuffling.