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On 15 October 2026, during the Carbon Markets Africa Summit in Kigali, the Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) launched the Rwanda Sustainable Finance Roadmap 2.0. At first sight, it could be read as a routine update of a strategy document published four years earlier. It is more significant than that. The revision reflects a frank […]

A Ukrainian manufacturer considering a new production line faces a question that rarely appears in an ordinary feasibility study: what happens if the equipment is destroyed before the investment has paid for itself? The same question follows a warehouse expansion, a logistics operation or an agricultural processing facility. Even a commercially viable project can struggle

East Africa is urbanising rapidly, and the economic role of its cities is expanding with it. Across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, growing urban populations are increasing demand for roads, public transport, drainage, electricity, water and sanitation, commercial space and serviced land. Governments are responding through a combination of national investment, multilateral development finance,

When reconstruction needs run into the hundreds of billions, the hardest challenge is deciding what to finance first, and being able to justify that decision to the institutions providing the funds. Ukraine first introduced medium-term public investment planning in 2025 as one of the practical steps in its public investment management reform. The new Medium-Term

Rwanda is fast becoming one of Africa’s leading examples of green urban transformation. Driven by the ambitious National Strategy for Transformation 2 (NST2) and a pledge to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 38% by 2030, the country has implemented some of the most progressive electric vehicle (EV) policies in Africa. From electric buses on

The global system that finances large-scale investment projects is being reorganised around different actors, different instruments, and different terms than those that prevailed for the past three decades. COVID-19 accelerated some of these shifts; the return of geopolitical competition, the contraction of US engagement in multilateral institutions, and the rise of Gulf sovereign capital as

The May 2026 edition of the ISD Consulting Ukraine Economy & Investment Digest provides a concise overview of key developments shaping Ukraine’s economic, financial and investment environment. This issue covers selected updates on external financing, public finance, macroeconomic trends, war-risk mitigation, public procurement reform, project preparation, energy resilience, business support and governance reforms. It is

On 27 May 2026, the Verkhovna Rada passed Draft Law No. 11520 on public procurement. The vote came one day before Ukraine ratified the EU support loan framework that unlocks up to EUR 90 billion in financing for 2026-2027, and the proximity was not coincidental. The two decisions are connected. Large-scale external financing requires a

Africa does not lack investment needs. It has infrastructure gaps, growing cities, young labour markets, expanding consumer demand, and large opportunities in energy, agribusiness, logistics, digital services and manufacturing. The harder question is different: can African economies organise these opportunities at the scale needed to attract capital, build competitive companies and create jobs? This was