22 April 2016 CDC investment brings electricity to Eastern Congo CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution, has committed up to US$9m in Virunga Energy, a hydro-electric power business…
21 April 2016 ElectriFI invites submission of project proposals The Electrification Financing Initiative, ElectriFI has opened its doors and interested parties can submit their project proposals through www.electrifi.org. ElectriFI is…
19 April 2016 CDC Group plc acquires a 10.7% stake in I&M Holdings Ltd CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution, has announced it will take a 10.68 per cent equity stake in…
4 April 2016 Podcast: How can we better support women’s economic empowerment? Although progress is being made in supporting women’s economic empowerment, there is still a great deal of work to be…
16 March 2016 CDC presents to parliamentarians on how its work relates to the Sustainable Development Goals CDC’s Director of Environment and Social Responsibility, Ritu Kumar, was at the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 15th March, where she…
14 March 2016 CDC’s CEO discusses the organisation’s role in supporting women in developing countries For International Women’s Day 2016, Diana Noble was interviewed by Women Advancing Microfinance UK (WAM UK). Diana explained how CDC’s…
4 March 2016 How access to finance can help boost women’s economic empowerment in developing countries A blog from CDC’s Kate Hallam on how women in developing countries can benefit from access to finance. The evidence is…
27 November 2015 CDC investment helps bring solar powered electricity to East Africa CDC-backed Energy Access Ventures fund invests US$2million in pioneering clean power company Off-Grid Electric. Over a million homes in Tanzania and Rwanda…
18 November 2015 New report evaluates CDC’s impact as a fund investor A recently published Harvard Business School Working Paper evaluating CDC’s impact as a fund investor between 2004 and 2012 concludes that CDC…
23 September 2015 New circ.20m CDC investment helps expansion of online marketplace in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution, announced today that it is making a €20m investment into Daraz, an…
21 September 2015 Globeleq Announces New Board and CEO Globeleq, a CDC investee and the leading independent power producer (IPP) in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the appointment of a…
16 July 2015 New investment from the UK Government to help boost jobs in the world’s poorest places CDC Group plc has welcomed the Department for International Development’s (DFID) announcement today that it will invest new capital in CDC as…
