• Allen & Overy – Global Legal Adviser of the Year

    Angus Leslie Melville MENA

    Choosing a winner for infrastructure and energy legal advisory on a global scale is a challenging feat, made infinitely more simple by aggregating scores from all four of IJGlobal’s independent judging teams – in London, New York, Dubai and Singapore

  • SMBC – Global Financial Adviser of the Year

    Angus Leslie Melville MENA

    The 2018 calendar year proved to be a busy one for the SMBC financial advisory team with strong performance around the globe, winning it the IJGlobal Global Financial Adviser of the Year award that was presented at the Singapore event

  • Macquarie Capital – Sponsor of the Year

    Angus Leslie Melville MENA

    When it comes to sponsors on the international infrastructure scene, few hold a candle to Macquarie Capital as it drives major transactions around the globe – according to IJGlobal’s independent panel of judges

  • UAE procurement – on the brink of change

    Miroslav Hadzhiyski & Lyudmila Zlateva Transport MENA

    The lack of a full PPP programme has held back international private investment for years. To change this Abu Dhabi recently implemented a new PPP law

  • DEWA solar IV, United Arab Emirates

    James Hebert Renewables MENA

    A concentrated solar power project originally planned to be 200MW grew – in the space of just two-and-a-half years – into what will be the world’s largest solar thermal IPP, thanks to an ambitious sponsor, a very long PPA, and Chinese debt

  • You queue and wait - Kuwait PPP

    Miroslav Hadzhiyski Renewables MENA

    Kuwait has once again restructured its PPP agency to kick-start stalled projects. Despite numerous delays and setbacks, its infrastructure ambitions remain extensive

  • Nachtigal hydropower, Cameroon

    James Hebert Power Sub-Saharan Africa

    What was originally planned as a captive power project for a Rio Tinto smelter will become the largest hydropower IPP in Africa once constructed

  • Renewables across the Sahara

    Miroslav Hadzhiyski Renewables MENA

    North Africa has the weather conditions and large tracts of open land needed to support significant solar and wind power development

  • Infrastructure – in a league (table) of its own

    Angus Leslie Melville Power Sub-Saharan Africa

    When it comes to analysing activity across the global infrastructure finance landscape, it’s always reassuring to confirm the accuracy – often not the case – of received industry wisdom, while also identifying trends that are less obvious to those who perhaps fail to see the trees for the woods

  • Offsetting the offtaker – corporate PPAs in South Africa

    James Hebert Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    eThala looks to prove a point with the 10MW The Harding biomass-to-energy plant – the validity of offtaking power in South Africa via a corporate power purchase agreement

  • Ethiopia’s bold renewable energy ambitions

    Miroslav Hadzhiyski & Iliyan Videnov Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    Ethiopia has huge renewable energy potential. Its government estimates the country to produce roughly 45GW of hydropower alone, though only 5% of this potential has yet been realised

  • Off-grid solutions for those most in need

    Jon Whiteaker Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    If you are looking for an infrastructure-related charity to support, Power for the People wants your attention

  • Sakaka solar PV, Saudi Arabia

    James Hebert Renewables MENA

    The 300MW Sakaka solar PV tender attracted two world record-breaking solar tariffs, and demonstrates market appetite for Saudi Arabia's nascent renewables programme

  • Qatar’s infrastructure race to 2022 and beyond

    Sophia Radeva & Lyudmila Zlateva Transport MENA

    In September, Qatar’s Minister of Municipality and Environment HE Mohammed bin Abdullah al Rumaihi unveiled the Gulf state’s plans to set aside around $5.49 billion in 2019 for the ongoing revamp of Doha’s infrastructure in the run-up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup

  • Shouting at credit committees

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan Africa

    After a lumpy year to date and a deathly-quiet August, the global infrastructure community is bracing for a rush to Christmas with many fearing that the first quarter of 2019 will be fairly sedate – particularly in Europe

  • Kenyan PPP: it’s now or never

    Jon Whiteaker Transport Sub-Saharan Africa

    The whole of the Kenyan PPP programme may hinge on the success of one road project which is edging towards naming a preferred bidder

  • Perfect chemistry: Sadara petrochemicals

    Jon Whiteaker Oil & Gas MENA

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “Among this mammoth financings’ ground-breaking features was the largest ever (and second only) Middle Eastern sukuk bond, the largest ever direct loan from US Exim, and the participation of Spanish ECA FIEM on a project financing for the first time”

  • Keeping on track: Nacala Corridor

    Jon Whiteaker Transport Sub-Saharan Africa

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “It brings together many strands of project finance over the last 20 years, everything from risk allocation in concession agreements to managing political risk in a big-ticket ECA financing”

  • Pushing the boat out

    Jordan Bintcliffe Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan Africa

    Floating LNG promises lower costs and flexibility to developers. But it also dredges up questions about the reliability of LNG delivery