Submissions for the Middle East and North Africa section of the IJGlobal Awards 2024 are flooding in for what will be the biggest regional celebration of greenfield infrastructure and energy in the calendar

Luca Gatto has exited his role at SMBC in London where he was serving as managing director and head of infrastructure and TMT, IJGlobal can reveal

Blackstone’s credit and insurance arm has agreed to acquire interests in a $1 billion infrastructure loan portfolio from Santander

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Board of Trustees approved $250 million in real assets and alternatives commitments – including an investment in a Grain telecoms fund

Kenyan internet service provider Mawingu has acquired Habari, an Arusha-based ISP operating across 7 regions in Tanzania, kick-staring its east Africa expansion plans.

Ninety One has held a $260 million first close on its third Africa-focused credit fund, with anchor commitments from 3 global development finance institutions

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has formed a $713.8 million joint venture with Pacific Asset Management to develop hyperscale data centres in South Korea

InfraRed has signed a binding agreement to acquire Proximus Luxembourg Infrastructure – Proximus's mobile towers unit – for €108 million

Equinix has finalised the issuance of €1.15 billion in green bonds across 2 tranches

Keppel is planning to divest 2 of its AI-ready data centres to Keppel DC REIT for a total gross price of S$1.38 billion

We are thrilled to announce the judging panel for the IJGlobal Awards 2024, with a diverse panel of qualified industry experts who will moderate company awards for the North America region

Russell Investments has partnered with technology platform iCapital to broaden fundraising for its unlisted infrastructure fund to Canadian high-net-worth investors

Goldman Sachs Alternatives has agreed to acquire Melita, a fibre network owner and operator in Malta from EQT

Neos Partners has closed its second energy transition buyout fund at its hard cap of $1.37 billion, alongside a further $350 million in co-investment capital

Australia’s Future Fund has been given a new investment mandate by the Australian government focused on updated priority areas including infra and the energy transition