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With Green Móvil, Proparco is supporting the electrification of buses in Colombia
One year after the Electribus project, Proparco is renewing its support for clean mobility in Colombia with Green Móvil. Financed in partnership with the Colombian development bank FDN, the operation...
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2021 Sustainable Development Report has just been published. Some explanations from Pierre Forestier, Director...
Pierre Forestier, Director Sustainable Devlopment, tells us about it
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With Microinvest, Proparco is supporting Moldova’s economic fabric hard hit by the war in Ukraine
With a €8 million loan allocated to the microfinance institution Microinvest via its subsidiary Proparco, AFD Group is supporting Moldova’s private sector which is facing major challenges due to the e...
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“With technical assistance, the European Union supports sustainable growth and decent jobs in developing count...
An interview with Erica Gerretsen, Acting Director for sustainable finance at DG International Partnerships, European Commission In this interview, INPA's Erica Gerretsen speaks of the need to mobi...
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European EFSD+ guarantee tool: a driver to boost the private sector in high-risk sectors and geographical area...
Mobilizing funds delegated by the European Union is a strategic priority for AFD Group’s operations. Some €3bn of funds were mobilized between 2014 and 2020 for the entire Group. PROPARCO has been acc...
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Launching SUNREF II Palestine program to support energy efficiency projects
In collaboration with the Bank of Palestine and the Cairo-Amman Bank, Proparco and the European Union are launching the second phase of green finance program Sunref Palestine. This initiative aims at...
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How does TA have an impact on companies? Testimonies from three beneficiary organizations
Interview with Ravi Shankar, Director, Africure Pharmaceuticals; Michelle Espinach, Sustainable bank manager, Banco Promerica; Patrick Joseph, Regional control and audit manager, Mission Laïque França...
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Proparco initiates CREA Fund with EU backing to support the african cultural and creative sector
Proparco launches CREA Fund, its first initiative to support Sub-Saharan Africa cultural and creative industries in accessing financing. This new facility, which should be up and running by autumn 202...
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Index Up40: the network of French start-ups focusing on African markets
Launched in 2016 by Medef International, Index Up40 brings together French start-ups operating in Africa. It has become a key network that facilitates synergies and supports French entrepreneurship on...
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Ange Frédérick Balma highlights LiFi on both sides of the Mediterranean
At the head of Lifi-Led start-ups in Abidjan and Sinilux in Aix-en-Provence, the Ivorian entrepreneur Ange Frédérick Balma uses LiFi technology to market light as a wireless communication service. In...
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“The African continent is beginning to create an enabling environment for technology innovation to thrive” – B...
Nigeria's Co-creation Hub (CcHub) is one of the county's leading technology, innovation and preincubation spaces. It is a place for technologists, entrepreneurs, the Government, tech companies, and im...
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TLcom Capital, the venture capital fund targeting innovative African start-ups
TLcom Capital has been supported by Proparco since 2017 and is financing the development of about a dozen African start-ups. Its targets: high-potential nuggets whose technology is based on mobile pho...
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Equity Bank Holding: “With Proparco, we share a common vision in terms of culture and values”
Equity Bank Holding is committed to small and medium-sized enterprises in several countries in East Africa. Proparco has allocated a US$100 million loan to Equity Bank to support SMEs in Kenya. This p...
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Tunisie Leasing & Factoring, “Tailoring support to our clients’ needs”
3 questions to Atef Snoussi – Director of the commercial network of Tunisie Leasing & Factoring
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“3 questions to” Agnès Huang, investment officer for the Accion venture lab (AVL) project
In 2019, PROPARCO invested in the seed fund Accion Venture Lab (AVL), which is considered as one of the top fintech specialists in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This operation will support the creat...
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“3 questions to” Thomas Bonnisseau, ESG expert for the Altiplano 200 project in Argentina
In 2019, PROPARCO allocated a USD 50m loan to the French company NEOEN for the implementation of the Altiplano 200 photovoltaic project, located at an altitude of 4,000 meters in Argentina. For this o...
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Equity investment to bring to scale: An interview with two financed SMEs
As we have repeated on a number of occasions in this issue – and the different articles have borne this out – access to funding is one of the key challenges and obstacles to the development of SMEs in...
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Equity investment to bring SMEs to scale: An interview with two African fund managers
SMEs in Africa remain heavily reliant on internal resources and traditional bank debt. A lack of appropriate forms of finance – especially of the equity type – limits market entry, long-term investmen...
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“As you are encouraging the farmers to grow tea, you must be able to give them extension services”
At the head of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), Kenya's leading tea producer and exporter, Lerionka Tiampati discusses, for the Private Sector & Development review, the successes and challenge...
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“Investment in agriculture as a key poverty reduction lever”
The World Bank’s World development report was first published in 2008. It was co-written by Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet among others and it highlighted agriculture as “an essential developm...
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