{"id":23102,"date":"2025-06-30T00:36:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/?p=23102"},"modified":"2025-06-30T00:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:41:56","slug":"cdp-provides-300m-for-lobito-corridor-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/cdp-provides-300m-for-lobito-corridor-development\/","title":{"rendered":"CDP Provides $300M for Lobito Corridor Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 20 June 2025, Italian DFI Cassa Deposito e Prestiti (CDP) announced that it has approved a USD 300 million loan to Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The loan is over a 10-year term and is guaranteed up to 80% by SACE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The financing is destined for <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/energytransition\/\">#EnergyTransition<\/a> and Strategic Infrastructure projects with a special focus along the <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/lobitocorridor\/\">#LobitoCorridor<\/a>. 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CDP CEO Dario Scannapieco underlined his firm&#8217;s role as a strategic partber in supportig infrastructure projects with a high social and economic impact in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 20 June 2025, Italian DFI Cassa Deposito e Prestiti (CDP) announced that it has approved a USD 300 million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[147,80,420,369,560],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - 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