EBRD lends €50 million to Ukraine’s Nova Post

On 11 July, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced a €50 million loan to Ukrainian logistics provider Nova Post, a leading private postal and courier operator in Ukraine. The new loan will finance part of its 2025-26 investment programme and a wartime development strategy which includes improvements to infrastructure, energy management and promoting human capital recovery.

The EBRD finance will not only help Nova Post provide better services for more small- and medium-sized enterprises, but will also support the company to broaden access to livelihood opportunities for women workers, people with disabilities and other under-served groups through workplace automation and accessibility improvements. The EBRD’s engagement also includes development of a corporate decarbonisation strategy.

The EBRD finance can be provided in Ukrainian hryvnia or euros and benefits from a first-loss guarantee covering 15 per cent of the EBRD loan amount, which is provided by the EU under the Ukraine Investment Framework Municipal Infrastructure and Industrial Resilience (UIF MIIR) programme. It is also expected to benefit from an investment grant of up to €1.5 million to support the decarbonisation and human capital recovery programmes, supported by the TaiwanBusiness – EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund and Crisis Response Special Fund (CRSF).

Despite the full-scale war, Nova Post has reported sustained growth in deliveries. The company operates a network of over 39,000 service points and employs around 33,000 staff in Ukraine, serving over 11 million clients monthly.