An innovative DFC transaction to raise money for marine conservation in Belize by restructuring the country’s sovereign debt has won Environmental Finance’s Bond Award for its financial innovation and environmental impact. Environmental Finance, a news site covering sustainable investment and green finance, said that the transaction enabled Belize to commit…

By Nafisa Jiwani, Managing Director for Health Initiatives at DFC. Two years after the world went into lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, many developing countries need investment to ensure they are better prepared for future health crises. While limited manufacturing and distribution capacity have kept COVID vaccination rates…

Each year, TIME Magazine identifies businesses that are driving an impact and are a paradigm of ambition and innovation. This year, DFC-supported Twiga Foods Ltd. was named one of the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 for reducing fragmentation in the food retail industry in a country where roughly 75…

As we wrap Women’s History Month, and DFC’s 2X Women’s Initiative concludes its fourth year, DFC’s Editorial Director Andrea Orr sat down with Algene Sajery, Vice President of External Affairs and Head of DFC’s Global Gender Equity Initiatives, to discuss the impact of the Corporation’s flagship gender-lens investing program. Algene…

Tina Donbeck, DFC’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer, has been named to the 2022 Fed 100 list of federal professionals who have made exceptional contributions to federal IT over the past year.

By Merryl Burpoe Like almost one-quarter of the people in the world, Aisyah, a farmer and mother in Indonesia, lived without safe drinking water in her home. She rose before dawn to walk and gather water for her family, before going to work in her rice fields. A $200 microfinance…

Central Termica de Temane (CTT), a DFC-supported power project in Mozambique, was awarded IJGlobal’s 2021 African Power Deal of the Year for significantly expanding access to electricity in a country where almost two-thirds of the population lacks a reliable power supply. DFC committed $200 million to support development of the…

By Andrew Herscowitz Expanding access to electricity across the developing world is a core focus for DFC and during fiscal year 2021, the agency committed $2.3 billion — more than one-third of total commitments — to energy projects. This week I joined several DFC investment officers at the Powering Africa…

DFC drives toward a positive developmental impact, while also strengthening national security and furthering U.S. foreign policy goals. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Board of Directors recently approved $245 million in investments that address the climate crisis and support gender equity in countries where the agency can provide…