20 July 2016 Annual Review 2015 shows CDC growing in ambition and impact Today, we have published our 2015 Annual Review, which reveals how we invested more money than ever last year and…
8 July 2016 Report shows how development finance institutions support sustainable development CDC has worked with development finance institutions (DFIs) across Europe to produce a report outlining the ways in which they…
1 July 2016 CDC makes new investment in Africa Internet Group CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has today announced a EUR50m equity investment in Africa Internet Group (“AIG”). AIG is…
29 June 2016 CDC and Lafarge Holcim launch 14Trees’ – a joint venture to bring low-carbon, affordable housing materials to developing countries LafargeHolcim and CDC Group plc (‘CDC’), the UK’s development finance institution, have today announced the creation of 14Trees, a joint-venture…
27 June 2016 CDC and DEG produce guidance on managing legacy land issues CDC and DEG have published a guidance note on managing legacy land issues in agribusiness investments. These situations occur when…
24 June 2016 More than 10 years since CDC’s investment, how is Uganda’s national electricity distributor progressing? “There are now around 10,000 people employed by the electricity network in Uganda” In 2005, CDC helped to establish Umeme, Uganda’s…
16 June 2016 CDC webinars to mark first anniversary of ESG Toolkit for Fund Managers CDC will present two, hour-long webinars on its ‘ESG Toolkit for Fund Managers’ on 12 and 13 July 2016, in association with…
1 June 2016 CDC and development finance professionals from across the world attend conference on improving corporate governance Representatives from CDC recently joined more than a hundred development finance professionals from across the world at a conference on…
12 May 2016 What does the future hold for investment in Africa? With 11 million people entering the labour market every year in Africa, investment is needed in order to provide jobs…
9 May 2016 CDC co-authors new report on environmental and social due diligence in agricultural value chains CDC, IFU, SIFEM, Norfund and DEG have collaborated on a new report which provides environmental and social (E&S) guidance to…
29 April 2016 CDC supports Ghanaian building project gain Africa’s first EDGE sustainability certification The Exchange – a residential and hotel development in Ghana, which CDC is invested in – has become the first…
29 April 2016 US$140m CDC investment in ARM Cement will help support East Africa’s growth A new US$140 million investment designed to boost the local supply of cement in East Africa and promote infrastructure development…
