Capital Projects

Structured financing and project management solutions

Innovo is a leading provider of structured EPC+F solutions for critical and social infrastructure projects in developing and emerging markets, with a successful track record of over USD 3 billion in ECA-supported deals executed since 2018.

With a primary focus on the Middle East and Africa and growing presence in Europe, Innovo specialises in designing and delivering structured construction and procurement solutions that enable access to diversified funding sources via support from Export Credit Agencies, Development Finance Institutions, Multilaterals and Commercial Financiers. Our areas of expertise include deal and contractual structuring, liaison with lenders and financial institutions across the globe, procurement, commercial management, and environmental and social monitoring / reporting.

Key Figures

$3 Billion+

ECA-supported financing raised to date on construction and infrastructure projects across Middle East and Africa.

Top 3

Enabled structuring and delivery of financing for the 3 largest sovereign transactions, supported by UK Export Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa.

1000+

Active suppliers in Innovo’s dedicated international ECA-country linked vendor portal .

Est. 2015

Growing to become UKEF's leading exporter in Construction, and expanding access to all major ECAs in Europe and Middle East.

Sectors

Proven track record in successfully delivering infrastructure and commercial projects through structured ECA-supported financing solutions.

Commercial & Hospitality

Health & Education

Transportation

Water & Power

Industry & Agriculture

Our Areas of Expertise

Structured Financing Offering

Our core ethos is to provide innovative holistic solutions enabling access to capital for sovereigns and corporates across our footprint markets. Our finance desk specialises in origination, structuring and execution of large-scale multi-lender financing solutions harnessing relationships with all major ECAs, DFIs, and Multilaterals across Middle East and Europe. These collaborations help us expand our network and leverage a growing pool of funding available to our clients.

ECA-supported financing solutions remain a key focus in our portfolio where our supply-chain expertise enables structuring of sustainable solutions to bring together all project components under a single ECA-supported financial package.

Procurement Structuring and Advisory Platform

Our procurement advisory platform provides fit-for-purpose solutions for all our projects. We optimisze costs with the right mix of content sourcing to attract alternative sources of liquidity, such as ECA-supported and trade-based financing. With an extensive and expanding international vendor base (over 1000+ ECA-linked suppliers currently), our focus remains on building trade bridges across geographies and sectors, connecting sovereigns and large corporates with SME supply chains across the globe.

International vendors interested in being considered as suppliers to our projects can access our vendor portal here.

Vendor Portal

Contract Structuring Expertise

We leverage our expertise in delivering creative commercial solutions designed to meet the requirements of our clients. Our contracts team is highly experienced in structuring bespoke contractual structures with local and international partners in each geography we operate in, taking into account underlying jurisdiction, regulatory conditions and lenders’ requirements. We have a track record of successfully delivering and ability to design contractual structures to suit each project’s requirements such as EPC+F, management contractor model, consortium partner or consultant.

Turnkey Construction Solutions

Our One Innovo offering helps us leverage our construction, engineering and project management expertise across Innovo’s businesses for deployment on our international projects. We provide end-to-end construction solutions from concept design to delivery, successfully collaborating with our clients’ preferred delivery partners on-ground.

Environmental and Social Governance

Our ESG team brings extensive experience creating solutions to manage environmental and social implications of each project we undertake, thereby mitigating associated risks and unlocking feasible project opportunities. We ensure the adherence to international E&S standards such as IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles, as required by most international financial institutions. As a group we are committed to implement the best industry practices on all projects we are involved in, while adhering to challenging timeframes and accommodating the local environmental and social landscape in which we operate.

Export Credit
Agency Relationships

UKEF
Saudi EXIM
QDB
SERV
KUKE
FINNERVA
EIFO
EKN
ECL
Atradius

Key Clients &
Government Relationships

Onur Group
NAFFCO
Emblem of Angola
DWTC
Coat of arms of Senegal
Coat
Classic fashion apparel
GC Slajd
Dubai holding
Aqua Africa
Coat of...
EMAAR

Publications

19-02-2024

Innovo secures £400 million for infrastructure projects in coastal Angola with support from UKEF

The UK government has issued guarantees which secure Standard Chartered Bank arranged financing for a EUR 415 million

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