United Kingdom, Jan. 15 -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invested a record €16.8 billion across its regions in 2025 and signed its first projects in sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.The Bank financed 640 projects over the course of the year, with 75 per cent of investments in the private sector, equating to €12.7 billion in private-sector investment. The Bank had previously delivered a then record €16.6 billion in investment across its economies in 2024, with record shares of private-sector, green and human capital development-linked investments.While growth in most EBRD regions picked up in 2025, a number of economies continued to shoulder the burden of high public debt and high government interes...