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Cyril Renault
Energy economist
Proparco
Private Sector & Development author
Cyril Renault is a qualified energy economist who graduated from France's former École nationale supérieure du pétrole et des moteurs (now the IFP School). After graduating, he spent several years working on international projects for the French Environment and Energy Management Agency in Paris and then, between 2004 and 2008, was involved in setting up microfinance institutions in Madagascar and Mauritania on behalf of GRET, the Group for Research and Technology Exchanges. In 2009, he joined the French Development Agency, where he set up Proparco's Technical Assistance department.
Proparco
Proparco is a subsidiary of the AFD Group focused on private sector development. It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 45 years.
Proparco provides funding and support to both businesses and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle-East. Its action focuses on the key development sectors: infrastructure, mainly for renewable energies, agribusiness, financial institutions, health and education. Its operations aim to strengthen the contribution of private players to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015.
To this end, Proparco finances companies whose activity contributes to creating jobs and decent incomes, providing essential goods and services and combating climate change.