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Valentine Le Clainche
Investment Manager, Trade Finance Programme
Proparco
Private Sector & Development author
Valentine Le Clainche is a graduate of Paris Dauphine University and began working for Proparco as an Investment Manager in early 2022 after a period at the French Treasury’s debt and international finance department and the Secretariat of the Paris Club. She is currently helping to roll out Proparco’s Trade Finance programme across Africa.
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.