Finnfund, a Finnish impact investor, has committed a EUR 10 million senior debt investment in Bisedge Holdings, a leading African provider of electric material handling equipment and logistics-as-a-service solutions. The investment will support the expansion of electric forklift fleets in Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya, helping businesses reduce emissions while improving operational efficiency.
The transaction marks Finnfund’s first electric vehicle (EV) investment in Africa, complementing its
Since 1 October 2026, importers of certain steel products have faced a significant new compliance requirement: they must now be able to identify and document the country in which the steel was first melted and cast. Failure to provide adequate evidence can result in imports being refused at the EU border, regardless of available quota capacity, with potentially far-reaching consequences for supply chains, customs duties and contractual risk allocation.
This article examines the EU’s new “Melt
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