News
January 2010,
MDG Fund issues Euro 100 million of debt securities to fund water optimisation projects in sub Saharan Africa.
These securities are eligible for investment by parties such as Governmental entities and Pension Funds.
The water projects for investment are all sustainable and go towards achieving one or more of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
It is expected that the issue will be fully subscribed no later than the end of March 2010.
July 2009,
The Fund is delighted to announce the appointment of Wayne White as head of power. Mr. White has twenty five years of experience developing power generation projects and building relationships with private parties, investors and governmental organizations across the US, Latin America, Asia and Africa. Until May of 2009, Mr. White was Vice President for Development (Africa) of Globeleq, Inc. He can be contacted on wayne.white@mdgfund.eu.