Posts Tagged ‘European’

European Investment Bank – Nigeria Framework Loan to finance infrastructure projects in the country

The European Investment Bank, which is the EU’s long-term lending institution, signed the Nigeria Framework Loan to finance infrastructure projects in the country – a loan which will be shared equally by three leading Nigerian Banks. The European Investment Bank’s Vice President, joins us now from our studios in Nigeria – to unpack what exactly [...]

The European Investment Bank: facts and fiction

The EIB is the largest public lending institution expected to foster development within and outside the European Union. Yet this noble ambition is accompanied by less noble deeds. The Polish A4 motorway construction project illustrates how the EIB pursues environmental protection and improvement of quality of life in reality. Improper environment impact assessment, the lack [...]

European Investment Bank – part 1

The European Investment Bank is the European Union’s long term lending institution. Established back in 1958, under the Treaty of Rome, the EIB supports the EUs priority objectives, especially European integration and the development of economically weak regions. Recently, the Bank has also been actively supporting European R&D projects as part of EU’s objective of [...]