Investing in a sustainable future

• Supporting sustainable forest exploitation in the Amazon

Cikel Brasil Verde Madeiras (“CIKEL”) is one of the main forestry groups operating in Brazil. Its activities range from forest exploitation to processing FSC eco-certified wood.  PROPARCO’s financing aims to support the development of a player with exemplary social and environmental practices. CIKEL has been implementing a policy for the sustainable exploitation of forest resources for over ten years now. Today, it is one of the rare examples in Brazil of how sustainable exploitation and profitability are compatible >> Read more >> Download the press release

• FISEA participates in SME financing in East Africa

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the SME segment represents over 90% of businesses, among which 70 to 80% are micro or very small enterprises. The project aims to promote SME financing in East Africa by supporting financial intermediation.The fund has already identified a number of opportunities in East Africa in a wide range of sectors including the agribusiness, publishing, distribution, tourism and new technologies sectors.FANISI Venture capital Fund will reach a size of $50M >> Read more >> More about FISEA >> Download the press release

• Contributing to the development of capital markets in Africa

By investing in GCR, Proparco aims at enhancing the level of financial information and thus contribute to the efficiency of financial markets in Africa, a continent which remains a priority for Proparco. Over the past 13 years, the company subsequently developed into a full service rating agency focusing specifically on emerging markets. Currently, GCR rates approximately 400 groups in Africa, covering the following key sectors >> Read more >> Download the press release

• Supporting the creation of a private cancer clinic in Tunisia

The project involves building and operating a private medico-surgical clinic called the “Hannibal International Clinic”. It is located on a strategic site at the Berges du Lac in Tunis and will be equipped with 153 beds which will make it one of Tunisia’s biggest clinics in terms of capacity. Cancer treatment will be the main focus of the project which will also include a cardiovascular unit and an orthopaedic trauma unit >> Read more >> Download the press release