• The Wastewater Gulf – Saudi Arabia’s booming market

    James Hebert Water MENA

    There is now a new body of water in the MENA region that is challenging the Persian Gulf for length and the Red Sea for depth – the sheer size of Saudi Arabia’s new wastewater market, including projects in procurement, development and construction

  • Infra investment key to economic recovery and growth in Africa

    Stephen Barnes Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    While the pandemic highlighted Africa’s vulnerable infrastructure, this very same network has the potential to be a catalyst in the continent’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery

  • The White & Case Interview

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan Africa

    IJGlobal speaks to White & Case partner and Head of the Africa Group, Mukund Dhar about a highly successful 2020 and the international law firm’s aspirations for Africa in the coming years…

  • The Fitch Interview

    Ila Patel Renewables MENA

    In an unprecedented period of uncertainty and change, Fitch Ratings stood out from its competitors in the global infrastructure sector. It is for this reason that it picked up IJGlobal awards for ratings agency of the year in all 4 regions – MENA, APAC, North America and Latin America

  • The ACWA Power Interview

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables MENA

    ACWA Power chief investment officer Rajit Nanda speaks to IJGlobal about a successful 2020 that saw it pick up four IJGlobal Awards for deals closed in the Middle East and Africa

  • Warsan 2 Waste-to-Energy, United Arab Emirates

    James Hebert Renewables MENA

    A Besix-led consortium achieved financial close on what will be one of the largest WtE projects in the world in Dubai backed by a strong Japanese contingency on both the sponsor- and debt-side

  • Editor’s Choice Africa – Atinkou CCGT

    Angus Leslie Melville Power Sub-Saharan Africa

    IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville joins forces with MEA reporter James Hebert to single out the Editor’s Choice Award for Africa – the 390MW Atinkou CCGT in Côte d’Ivoire

  • Editor’s Choice MENA – Umm al Quwain IWP

    Angus Leslie Melville Water MENA

    IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville taps MEA reporter James Hebert’s wisdom to choose the inaugural winner of the Editor’s Choice Award for the MENA region…

  • Area 1 LNG, Mozambique

    James Hebert Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan Africa

    Recent events in Mozambique have occluded what was otherwise the most defining event in the African infrastructure project financing world of 2020 – the debt financing of the $22.6 billion Area 1 Mozambique LNG project in the Rovuma Basin

  • IJGlobal Awards 2020 – sign up to attend

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas MENA

    In the absence of our famed IJGlobal awards nights – normally hosted in London, New York, Singapore and Dubai – we are bringing you all the thrills and spills of the night… virtually

  • The Global Digital Infrastructure Survey 2021

    Angus Leslie Melville Telecoms MENA

    IJGlobal is delighted to join forces with international law firm Allen & Overy and our DI intelligence partner M&E Global to launch the second Global Digital Infrastructure Survey, sounding out international market sentiment for a booming sector

  • IJGlobal ESG Awards – The Judging Panel

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables MENA

    We are delighted to announce the judging panel for the inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards that were launched last week

  • Cairo Monorail PPP, Egypt

    Anna Cole-Bailey Transport MENA

    Cairo Monorail Transit Project – a mass transit solution that is to be the longest monorail system in the world – quietly reached financial close late last year amid the coronavirus pandemic

  • Kom Ombo Solar PV, Egypt

    James Hebert Renewables MENA

    Egypt had been attracting utility-scale wind farm deals in recent years and it was only a matter of time before the country’s renewables sector would be bolstered further by the spread of solar PV of a similar size from across the Red Sea

  • Yanbu-4 IWP, Saudi Arabia

    James Hebert Water MENA

    Saudi Arabia’s water drive continues with the 450,000 m3pd Yanbu-4 IWP project which has been brought to financial close by an Engie-led consortium

  • The next generation of data for infrastructure investors – Special Report

    IJGlobal Renewables MENA

    To the usual “How was Covid for you?” the team at EDHECinfra knows not to smile too much. “When we launched the commercial activities of EDHECinfra in 2019,” recalls director and founder Frederic Blanc-Brude, “one of us said something like ‘what we need now is a good crisis!’”

  • Al Dhafra solar PV, United Arab Emirates

    James Hebert Renewables MENA

    A sponsor team of EDF and Jinko Power has cooperated with TAQA and Masdar to reach financial close on what will be the world’s largest single-site solar power plant – the 2GW Al Dhafra solar power plant

  • IJInvestor Awards 2020 – The Moody’s Interview

    Ila Patel Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    Moody’s Investors Service won the IJInvestor Award for Best Ratings Agency. Here key players talk to IJGlobal Americas editor Ila Patel about key deals and ESG

  • The Saudi megaprojects – in need of water and power

    James Hebert Renewables MENA

    Saudi Arabia’s efforts to enforce the sweeping reforms of its economic, social, and cultural spheres is symbolised by its pursuit of singular large megaprojects – the objectives of which go to the heart of the House of Saud’s Vision 2030 initiative