To make up for the lack of public investment in the education sector, the Kaizenvest fund – with a footprint in five Indo-Pacific countries – invests primarily in educational infrastructure (i.e., schools, universities, nurseries) and businesses that improve access to education (e-learning). The aim is to make free, quality education accessible to as many people as possible. Sandeep Aneja, co-founder and CEO of Kaizenvest, explains.

The Indo-Pacific region - home to two-thirds of the world's population and 40% of its GDP - is becoming the world's new strategic hub. The region’s size means that it has the essential scale needed for dealing with global challenges, especially social, climate and environmental ones. These challenges lie at the heart of Proparco's mission in the region.

After an equity investment in the bank in July 2021 and the provision of a 30 MUSD green loan (SUNREF) earlier that year, Proparco continues to support Bank of Palestine, the leading banking group in the West Bank and Gaza, by granting an ARIZ MENA portfolio guarantee funded by the European Union (EU) to the Bank of Palestine (BOP) of 9.2 MUSD, Proparco aims to foster financial inclusion and strengthen the Palestinian private sector, particularly high impact MSMEs.

After a first partnership between Proparco, Bic-Bred Suisse SA and Céréalis in favor of cereal and oilseed imports in West and Central Africa, Proparco continues to support trade financing with Africa. This second operation between Proparco and BIC BRED (Suisse) SA consists of a risk participation in a financing facility granted to the French trader and processor Touton SA.

To address the growing demand for cereal and oilseed imports in several West and Central African countries, Proparco and Bic-Bred (Suisse) SA have signed a partnership in the form of a risk participation in a financing facility granted to Céréalis.