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Issue 13 - Development initiatives for Sub-Saharan agriculture and food production industries
Jean-Luc François AFD
Stéphanie Lanfranchi PROPARCO
Nicolas Bricas CIRAD
Pierre Jacquet AFD
Bertrand Vignes SIFCA
Henry Alhassan Shirazu ADB
Thomas de Gubernatis PROPARCO
Frédéric Marret Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Arlène Alpha Gret
Cécile Broutin Gret

Issue 12 - Can private equity boost African development?
Jennifer Choi , EMPEA
Jeanne Hénin , PROPARCO
Aglaé Touchard , PROPARCO
Davinder Sikand , Aureos
Kiriga Kunyiha, Aureos
Alexandre Vilgrain SOMDIAA
François d’Aubert General delegate of the fight against tax havens
Jean-Michel Severino Investisseur & Partenaire pour le Développement
Yvonne Bakkum FMO
Jeroen Horsten FMO

Issue 11 - Technical assistance - a development tool serving the private sector
Cyril Renault , Proparco
Halah Al-Jubeir , IFC
Gilles Galludec , IFC
Peer Stein , IFC
Aziz Mebarek , Tuninvest-AfricInvest
Nina Schuler , LeapFrog Labs Ltd
Jan Ten Bloemendal , European Commission
Alessandra Lustrati , European Commission
Sonia Pagliaro , European Commission
Tobias Bidlingmaier , DEG
Peter Hinton , Summit Development Group
Klaus Niederländer , Cooperatives Europe

Issue 10 - Cement, confronting ecological responsibility and economic imperatives
Michel Folliet, International Finance Corporation
Vincent Mages, Lafarge
Jacques Sarrazin, Lafarge
Philippe Guinet, European Investment Bank
Jacques van der Meer, European Investment Bank
Hendrick van Oss, U.S. Geological Survey
Romain Anger, CRAterre-ENSAG
Laetitia Fontaine, CRAterre-ENSAG
Thierry Joffroy, CRAterre-ENSAG
Eric Ruiz, CRAterre-ENSAG
Pierre-Olivier Boyer, Vicat
Guillaume Mortelier, PROPARCO
Denis Sireyjol, PROPARCO

Issue 9 - What role for the private sector in African railways development?
Pierre Pozzo di Borgo World Bank
Edouard de Vergeron Africa Bolloré Logistics
Eric Peiffer Vecturis
Matthew Arndt European Investment Bank
Arthur Foch Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne
Richard Bullock Independent consultant
Olivier Ratheaux Agence Française de Développement

Issue 8 - The mining sector, an opportunity for growth in Africa?
Louis Maréchal , French Ministery of Foreign and European Affairs

Mike Brook , African Lion

David Humphreys , Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy

Gary McMahon , World Bank

Mark Curtis , University of Strathclyde (Scotland)

Kalaa Mpinga , Mwana Africa

Jérôme Bertrand-Hardy , Proparco

Xavier Darrieutort , Proparco

Issue 7 - Should tourism be promoted in developing countries?
Jonathan Mitchell , Overseas Development Institute

Kirk Hamilton , World Bank

Jean-Michel Pavy , World Bank

Mondher Sahli , Victoria University of Wellington

Jean-Jacques Nowak , Université de Lille

Mahmud Janmohamed , Serena Hotels Africa

Carolyn L.Cain , IFC

Anastasia Gekis , IFC

Agnès Weil , Club Méditerannée

Grégory Lanter , Club Méditerannée

Denis Sireyjol , Proparco

Issue 6 - Private equity and clean energy: how to boost investments in emerging markets?
Éric J.F. Francoz , Agence Française de Développement

Philippine de T’Serclaes International Energy Agency

Cédric Philibert , International Energy Agency

Kirsty Hamilton , Renewable Energy Finance Project, Chatham House

Susana Garcia-Robles Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)

Rogerio Ramos Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)

Tatiana Chkourenko , Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)

Jean-Pascal Tranié Aloe Private Equity

Vivek Tandon , Aloe Private Equity

Duncan Ritchie Aequero

Adeline Lemaire Proparco

Christophe Scalbert Proparco

Issue 5 - Africa's Financial Markets: real Development Tool?
Cyrille Nkontchou , Enko Capital Management LLP

Laurent Demey , Proparco

Mahmud Janmohamed , Serena Hotels Africa

Arnold Ekpe , Ecobank

Scott Standley , Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund.

Thierry Tanoh , IFC

Thorsten Beck , Tilburg University; European Banking Center

Issue 4 - What are the Economic and Social Impacts of the Mobile Phone Sector in Developing Countries?
Guy Zibi AfricaNext

Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang World Bank

Jenny C. Aker Tufts University; Center for Global Development

François-Xavier Roger Millicom

Annie Chéneau-Loquay CNRS

Samir Satchu Roshan

Guillaume Barberousse , Proparco, Tanguy Bernard , AFD and Véronique Pescatori , Proparco

Issue 3 - What balance between financial sustainability and social issues in the microfinance sector?
Fouad Abdelmoumni , Al Amana

Jacques Attali , PlaNet Finance

Jérôme Audran Symbiotics S.A.

Yannis Berthouzoz , Symbiotics S.A.

Esther Duflo , J-PAL (MIT)

Iris Lanao Flores , FINCA Pérou

André Laude , International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Elizabeth Littlefield , CGAP

Élodie Parent , Proparco

William Parienté , UCL et J-PAL

Luc Rigouzzo , Proparco

Philippe Serres , Agence française de développement

Dr. Claus-Peter Zeitinger , ProCredit

Issue 2 - How can the private sector help provide access to drinking water in developing countries?
Aymeric Blanc project manager at Agence Française de Développement

Lise Breuil project manager at Agence Française de Développement

Alexandre Brailowsky Societal Engineering Director at Suez Environment

Bertrand Dardenne General Manager of ASPA Utilities

Patrice Fonlladosa Member of the executive committee of Veolia Water AMI (Africa, Middle Easr, Indian Subcontinent)

Christoph Jakob seconded from Swiss cooperation to the world Economic Forum

Philippe Marin spcialist in water and Sanitation at the World Bank

Jean-Marie Tétard Advisor to the Chairman Of the Institut de la Gestion Déléguée

Issue 1 - SME financing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Paul Collier Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University

Paul Derreumaux Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Africa

Patrice Hoppenot Chairman of the board and co-founder of Investisseur et Partenaire pour le Développement

Julien Lefilleur Investment Officer at Proparco

Maria Soledad Martinez Peria Senior Economist at the World Bank

Emilio Sacerdoti Advisor at the African Department of the International Monetary Fund

Admassu Tadesse Executive Vice-President of the Development Bank of Southern Africa

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ABOUT US

Development Finance Institution, PROPARCO was created over 30 years ago on the conviction that the private sector plays a key role in the development of South countries.
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ACTIVITY

PROPARCO promotes private investment in emerging and developing countries with the aims of supporting growth, sustainable development and the Millenium Developement Goals.
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PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PROPARCO provides a full range of financial products tailored to the specific needs of investors in South countries.
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CSR AND IMPACTS

PROPARCO’s ambition is to promote accountable funding with a high level environmental, social and development standards. This approach is supported by its own Environmental and Social Impacts Unit.
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REGIONS

PROPARCO benefits from the support of regional offices implanted in intervention areas
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FISEA

FISEA is an investment fund that makes equity investments in businesses, banks, microfinance institutions and investment funds operating in Sub-Saharan Africa. FISEA aims to be a lever for economic growth in this region.

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