DT 6 / 2018

Norwegian agribusiness investor becomes Norfund chief

Tellef Thorleifsson (55), an investor in East African agribusiness, takes over the helm of Norfund, replacing Kjell Roland who in March announced that he would step down after almost 12 years in the position.

Business June 06, 2018

DKK 4 billion deal. IFU joins pension funds to invest in SDG projects

The Danish aid-funded investor IFU has, together with six Danish pension funds, raised DKK 4.1 billion...

Business June 08, 2018

EU rejects Israeli call for NGO boycott. Links to terror ‘unfounded’

Claims in the Israeli government report, “The Money Trail,” that EU-funded NGOs have ties to terror are...

News June 08, 2018

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Donor cash to local NGOs stalled, despite Grand Bargain promise to step up funding

Donors gave only 3 per cent of humanitarian aid directly to local and national responders last year,...

News June 01, 2018

Sweden delays decision on purchase of carbon credits from Green Resources plantation in Uganda

Concerned that the Kachung industrial tree plantation in Uganda is affecting food security in nearby...

Business June 08, 2018

Green Resources’ CEO: good progress on food security at Uganda tree plantation

Lack of cash is the reason Green Resources was slow to respond to concerns raised about food security...

Business June 15, 2018

Sweden opens EU’s first warehouse for joint crisis management

The Swedish Contingencies Agency (MSB) has this week opened a 5,000 square metre EU warehouse in Kristinehamn...

News June 15, 2018

Norway narrows geographic focus in aid

A new white paper proposes to reduce the number of main partner countries in Norwegian aid from 24 to...

News June 15, 2018

Nordic DFIs team up with US investor to support Somalia businesses

Nordic aid-financed investors and an American businessman are establishing a USD 10 million fund to provide...

Business June 22, 2018

Norway’s International Forest and Climate Initiative – 10 years of kissing frogs

The organisers of the Oslo Redd conference are profiling a little Tanzanian frog that has been named...

Opinion June 27, 2018

Guyana solar plan melts icy relationship with Norway over forest and energy

At a ministerial meeting on the fringes of a forest conference in Oslo, Guyana laid out a plan for rapid...

News June 29, 2018

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