European Investment Bank

What do:
✅ better online shopping experience
✅faster delivery
✅smarter AI-driven recommendations,
have in common?

They’re exactly what our financing will improve ⬇️

We have signed a landmark agreement with Allegro, providing around €235 million in financing to support its next phase of growth and innovation in artificial intelligence and e-commerce technologies.

The loan will help Allegro build and scale AI-driven features, improve platform performance, and enhance delivery and customer experience across its marketplace.

The financing is part of the EIB Group’s initiative, which aims to mobilise €250 billion by 2027 for breakthrough technologies like AI, clean tech, semiconductors, and quantum computing.

New day, new week, same mission: investing in Europe’s future.

The sun is shining and we are off for many new projects, including those that power up with the sun’s power.

If you are just seeing this, say hello in the comments below, and tuned for our new and updates. Have a nice week ahead!

50 years. €1.8 billion invested. 65 projects delivered.

As the European Union marks 50 years of partnership with Kenya, this milestone also reflects five decades of EIB engagement, starting with a €2 million credit line to the Development Finance Company of Kenya (known today as the Development Bank of Kenya) in October 1976.

We're joining the European Union in Kenya in celebrating a fruitful collaboration that continues to deliver tangible results on the ground. Through , we have supported various sectors including:

✅ Climate and clean energy

✅ Transport and water infrastructure

✅ Innovation, startups and SMEs

Today, Kenya stands out as a renewable energy leader, with over 90% of its energy already green and a clear ambition to reach 100% by 2030.

Flagship projects such as Olkaria Geothermal and the Lake Turkana Wind Farm underline this progress, alongside sustained support to the private sector through local banks and investment funds, helping position Kenya as a leading destination for investment in Africa.

Kenya is also home to our regional hub for Eastern Africa, a testament to the strength and strategic importance of this partnership. 50 years on, the journey continues to strengthen our work with local partners and further invest in a sustainable, future-focused growth.

To learn more about our work in Kenya ➡️ go.eib.org/EIBinKenya

❤️ Better health for women is both the right and the smart thing to do.

Women spend 25% more of their lives in poor health than men. The research is clear, and the investment case is too.

From maternal vaccines to cancer breakthroughs to new treatments for endometriosis, the innovators closing the gap deserve support. We’re proud to be backing them, and ready for more.💙

What if your commute was a 5-minute tram ride and your balcony overlooked a garden? 🌿

That’s not necessarily fiction; in L’Haÿ-les-Roses, just outside Paris, you can find the kind of neighbourhood Europe needs more of:

✨ Bright apartments.
🌳 Green spaces.
🏫 Schools nearby.
🚌 Good transport links.
❤️ And the chance to actually stay in the city you love.

Our VP in charge of housing visited this project to meet the teams behind it and see how smart design and European financing come together to deliver homes people genuinely want to live in.

This is one of many solutions. Solutions that can be replicated at scale — this is an example of what European investment can do.

Europe needs to build more, renovate smarter and innovate faster. So we’re backing those who make it happen: with financing, expertise and a commitment of up to €6 billion.

VPs Robert de Groot and Marek Mora joined GLOBSEC alongside European Investment Fund (EIF) Chief Executive Marjut Falkstedt last week to share the EIB Group vision for the EU defence sector.

The need to strengthen our defence capabilities is rising, yet taking faster, riskier decisions remain a cultural shift. New joint initiatives may not always be highly visible, but they are an essential step in building trust and new cooperation patterns. Opportunities are coming from the ground up, which is where the EIB Group can do his part by supporting SMEs and innovative companies across their growth cycle and helping them access finance.

Similarly, the sector’s larger players seek to secure and strengthen their supply chains, a crucial step that can help build scale and resilience at European level. Through our instruments, from intermediated lending to venture debt and equity, we aim to support this ecosystem and crowd in additional private investment. The EIB Group is working on building a more integrated European defence system. To watch our speakers’ sessions:

VP Robert de Groot ➡️ bit.ly/RobertdeGroot
VP Marek Mora ➡️ bit.ly/MarekMora
EIF Chief Executive Marjut Falkstedt ➡️ bit.ly/MarjutFalkstedt

Getting in and out of Ukraine is a challenge right now. Trains are one of the only reliable ways in; and they’re regularly being damaged.

So, what do you do? You rebuild smarter.

In September 2025, Ukraine opened the Chop–Uzhhorod rail line: 22 kilometres of new track built to European standard gauge (1,435 mm).

Here is why this small technical detail makes a huge difference:

Ukraine’s network runs on 1,520 mm gauge, a Soviet-era standard. Every train crossing the border had to stop and physically swap its bogies or the train had to be changed. Slow, costly, and in wartime, a critical bottleneck for people and freight alike.

The new line means trains now run directly into Hungary and Slovakia without stopping.

This is the first step in extending EU standard-gauge tracks in Ukraine toward. More is already underway, an 81 km line is currently under construction and will be the first to reach a major Ukrainian city, connecting Lviv to the Polish border.

The project was co-financed equally by an EU grant and an EIB loan. But the key ingredient came in the form of advice: EIB experts guided technical planning and delivery from the start helping complete the project in under a year.

EU financing keeping a country moving, literally.