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Infrastructure InfrastructureInvestments in critical infrastructure can promote trade and regional connectivity, create jobs, and foster economic growth in developing countries.
 Critical infrastructure is central to a country’s prosperity and stability. Yet many countries face significant energy poverty and physical infrastructure gaps due to the substantial capital required for large-scale projects.DFC is helping businesses build infrastructure in developing countries across the world, from Africa, Latin America, and the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East and Eastern Europe and Eurasia.Our investments in roads, ports, airports, and other large-scale projects are helping facilitate trade, create jobs, and improve access to essential services such as clean water, food, healthcare, energy, and education.DFC's investments are helping advance **DFI collaboration on infrastructure development** to bolster private sector investment in shared priority sectors including climate, health, gender equality, and digital connectivity.
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      Supporting resilient telecommunications infrastructure
    Strengthening global supply chains with a modernized port in Ecuador
    Sourcing critical minerals to support the global clean energy transition
    Investing in essential infrastructure in Africa and the Middle East
    Transporting food supplies and fertilizer through Central Asia
    Financing Sierra Leone’s first major utility-scale power plant
    Reducing emissions by introducing smart city infrastructure in Brazil
    Helping off-grid energy providers weather pandemic-related disruptions
    Reducing carbon emissions in East Africa
    Supporting a growing population of refugees in Jordan
    Introducing electric buses to improve transportation and reduce emissions in Senegal
    Expanding a key corridor in Colombia
    Expanding mobile connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Building a modern new airport in Ecuador
    Transporting clean drinking water to Jordan
    Restoring electricity and irrigation in Iraq
    Tripling electricity generating capacity in Togo
    Financing critical infrastructure development in Africa
    Adding 86 MW of power in Senegal
    Developing a modern port in Brazil
    Bolstering Gabon’s critical infrastructure
    Advancing energy security in Egypt
    Helping a leading Georgian hospital serve displaced Ukrainians Hands typing on a laptop
In 2022, the United States, Japan, and Australia renewed the Trilateral Infrastructure Partnership (TIP) to jointly support sustainable economic growth and development across the Indo-Pacific region. The resulting projects reflect these partners’ shared values, emphasize transparency, and respect the sovereignty and individual needs of countries in the region.
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    Shot of the Puerto Bolivar container port
A DFC loan of up to $150 million will support the expansion and modernization of the Puerto Bolívar container port in Ecuador's El Oro province. The project will improve the security of global supply chains by making it more efficient for businesses in Ecuador to import and export goods. Upgrades including the addition of cold storage facilities, modern electrified cranes, and the dredging of approach channels will allow the port to accommodate larger ships, expanding the port's capacity.
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    TechMet's mining facility in Brazil
A DFC equity investment in TechMet Limited will support the development of a critical mineral mining facility in Piaui, Brazil that will produce nickel and cobalt suitable for lithium-ion batteries. DFC’s investment will also support the development of new technology and designs in processes that will advance more efficient and environmentally sensitive mining practices.
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    Pedestrians walking through a crosswalk in Africa
A DFC loan is helping The Urban Resilience Fund (TURF), a blended finance investment fund managed by Meridiam Group, invest in infrastructure projects that address the critical needs of urban population growth in Africa and Jordan.
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    Georgia port
DFC financing supported the expansion and modernization of the Poti New Sea Port, which began operations in early 2022. DFC's support helped develop a new marine terminal to accommodate larger vessels up to 253 meters in length carrying up to 50,000 tons of cargo. The financing is also supporting additional storage facilities and transportation infrastructure including a modern hydraulic system needed to support expanded operations.
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    Power lines at sunset
DFC has committed to provide financing to support the development of an 83.5 MW combined cycle thermal power plant, which will initially be fueled by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) before converting to liquefied natural gas (LNG), a cleaner and more energy-efficient fuel.
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    Rio de Janeiro at night
A DFC investment guaranty to Smart RJ Concessionária de Iluminação Pública SPE S.A. (Smart Rio) will support the modernization and maintenance of public lighting systems in Rio de Janeiro. Once fully implemented, the project anticipates a reduction of between 120,000 and 150,000 tons of CO2 equivalent per year.
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    Customers using solar systems in a shop
DFC financing is supporting the Energy Access Relief Fund, which is providing low-cost loans to viable off-grid energy providers that serve low-income communities across 50 countries in Africa and Asia but are facing liquidity challenges due to COVID. Energy Access Relief Fund is a collaboration of development institutions, donors, and impact investors including the Dutch development agency FMO, the U.K. development agency CDC Group, as well as the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Shell Foundation. The fund plans to deploy up to $100 million of financing to small and medium businesses providing a variety of off-grid energy solutions including solar home systems, clean cookstoves, and solar-powered irrigation.
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    Ampersand motorcycles
A $9 million DFC loan helped Ampersand, a young company headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda, build a fleet of electronic motorbikes in Rwanda and expand into Kenya to provide sustainable replacements to gas-powered motorcycle taxis.
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    Interior of the modern souk
DFC financing is supporting development of a modern souk in Zarqa, which is located in the Jordanian Government’s King Abdullah Bin Aziz City urban development project, a master-planned community to alleviate urban congestion and expand access to public resources.  This new community will serve as a gateway to new affordable housing in Zarqa, which will help relocate refugees into a more sustainable living environment that offers public resources and affordable housing.
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    Electric bus driving in Dakar, Senegal
DFC financing to the Meridiam Infrastructure Africa Fund is supporting the Dakar Bus Rapid Transit project to expand mass transit in and around the city. The project will introduce more than 140 electric buses and construct new roads and garages for the fleet.
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    Expanding a key corridor in Colombia
Up to $250 million in financing is supporting construction of the 84 kilometer Rumichaca-Pasto Toll Road in southeastern Colombia. The new four-lane highway will reduce transit times between the city of Pasto and Ipiales near the Ecuador border, and improve safety along treacherous mountain corridors with improved lighting shoulders, signage, and road design.
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    photo, man on telecom tower
$100 million in financing is helping Africell expand affordable mobile voice and data services in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and upgrade its network equipment to accommodate increased traffic. The World Bank estimates that a 10 percent increase in mobile phone technology coverage in developing countries will increase annual economic growth by 1.2 percent, and that a 10 percent increase in broadband penetration results in a 1.4 percent increase in annual economic growth in low and middle-income countries.
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    Building a modern new airport in Ecuador
$200 million in long-term financing helped developer HAS Development Corporation and its partners attract additional lenders into the deal so that there was sufficient financing to move the project forward.
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    Transporting clean drinking water to Jordan
Financing totaling $250 million together with $150 million in political risk insurance supported construction of a 202-mile pipeline running from an aquifer in southern Jordan to Amman. The pipeline has the capacity to transport 100 million cubic meters of potable water a year.
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    Restoring electricity and irrigation in Iraq
Political risk insurance provided Ellicott Dredges the assurance it needed to sell its equipment to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity. Ellicott’s dredging equipment has enabled the country to more efficiently supply electricity and ensure navigation for river traffic.
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    Tripling electricity generating capacity in Togo
Financing and political risk insurance to ContourGlobal supported construction of the 100 MW Lomé Thermal power plant, a tri-fuel plant designed to run on a variety of fuels including natural gas.
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    Financing critical infrastructure development in Africa
DFC is providing $50 million of debt financing to the Meridiam Africa Infrastructure Fund, which is investing in a variety of infrastructure projects. Meridiam’s investments include solar energy projects in Senegal and a geothermal project in Ethiopia, helping those countries grow and diversify their energy supply; a university hospital in Cote d’Ivoire to expand access to healthcare, an airport renovation in Madagascar to support the country’s tourism industry, and port development projects in Gabon and Mauritania to support trade.
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    Adding 86 MW of power in Senegal
Financing and political risk insurance supported ContourGlobal’s construction of the 86 MW Cap des Biches thermal power plant outside of Dakar, increasing the country’s energy supply. The combined-cycle plant was designed to run on heavy fuel oil or natural gas, when supply is available, and was built on the site of an existing diesel power plant in order to achieve cost efficiencies. Under the terms of the project, the country’s state-owned utility Senelec, entered a power purchase agreement with ContourGlobal.
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    Developing a modern port in Brazil
Financing supported construction of an oil transshipment terminal—the first private port in Brazil—to move oil extracted offshore in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner from floating production ships to large tankers.
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    Bolstering Gabon’s critical infrastructure
Political risk insurance is supporting construction of a mineral and specialized bulk terminal port, which will advance economic growth by increasing the country’s ability to import and export goods. DFC is providing reinsurance to Chubb European Group SE, which is insuring Meridiam Africa Infrastructure Investments, which owns a 25 percent stake in the project.
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    Advancing energy security in Egypt
Political risk insurance is supporting a project by Houston, Texas-based Noble Energy to rehabilitate a natural gas pipeline and transport natural gas from the Leviathan and Tamar offshore fields in Israel to customers in Egypt.
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    Expanding access to quality healthcare in Georgia
DFC technical assistance helped American Hospital Tbilisi launch a program to provide outpatient and surgical care to hundreds of pediatric and adult Ukrainian refugees as well as Ukrainians traveling to Georgia for medical treatment.
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