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Emerging markets: Proparco and Blue Earth Capital drive impact investing in secondary markets
Proparco has joined the first closing of Blue Earth Capital’s new fund, a pioneering initiative and the first of its kind dedicated to secondary transactions in emerging markets.
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In India, vineyards faced with climate change
In the Indian state of Maharashtra, the Sahyadri Farms (a farmer collective owned company) – supported by Proparco – has managed to build a network of 50,000 smallholder farmers and become the country...
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AXA Climate: modelling climate risks, adapting crops
AXA Climate has used its modelling tools and agronomic expertise to identify the impacts of climate change on crops at Sahyadri Farms and propose ways of adapting.
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Sahyadri Farms, trailblazes with agricultural business and finance model
Farmer-owned Sahyadri Farms is building a resilient, profitable, and climate-aligned horticulture model. This entails leadership and collaborative planning, structuring and board monitoring.
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Tanzania: Proparco invests in NMB Bank’s social bond
NMB Bank, with the support of Proparco, has successfully issued a social bond worth 146,6 billion Tanzanian shillings (around $60 million), aimed primarily at enhancing food security and financing aff...
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In Brazil, Proparco and Lightrock join forces to support ComBio and industrial sector decarbonization
Proparco has announced its investment in ComBio alongside Lightrock, a regional Private Equity investor specialized on impact investing. This transaction marks Proparco’s first direct equity investmen...
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Caixa Geral de Depósitos joins Proparco’s Trade Finance Program to strengthen trade flows across Africa
Proparco is pleased to announce that Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), Portugal’s leading financial group, has joined its Trade Finance Guarantee Program as a confirming bank. This new partnership will...
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Somerset Indus Capital Partners Secures USD 15 Million Commitment from Proparco for Healthcare-Focused Fund II...
Somerset Indus Capital Partners (“Somerset Indus”), a leading healthcare-focused private equity firm, is pleased to announce that Proparco, the private-sector financing arm of the Agence Française de...
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Proparco partners with Aravest to invest in August Energy to accelerate the growth of Energy as a Service in A...
August Energy, an Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) infrastructure platform headquartered in Singapore, with offices in India, the Philippines and Thailand is an emerging infrastructure platform helping comm...
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Angola: Banco Millennium Atlantico joins the Trade finance program of Proparco
Banco Millenium Atlantico (BMA), a leading universal bank in Angola, has just joined Proparco’s Trade Finance Guarantee Program. The signing ceremony took place on Friday, December 12, 2025, in Luanda...
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Adapting to climate change: an economic and financial imperative
Faced with the worsening physical impacts of climate change, adaptation is gradually becoming an economic and financial priority. Long perceived as a renunciation of mitigation, it is now becoming ind...
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I&P and Proparco join forces to accelerate the growth of African SMEs
With support from the FISEA initiative led by Proparco, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) has completed the first closing of the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 3 (IPAE 3) fund. Backed by the European Commi...
AFD, PROPARCO and French Healthcare are joining forces
AFD, PROPARCO and French Healthcare are joining forces to boost the international visibility of French healthcare expertise and strengthen business opportunities for Team France.
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WIOCC Group secures additional USD $65 million debt raise to expand digital infrastructure across Africa
Proparco is supporting WIOCC Group — Africa’s leading open-access digital infrastructure provider — with a USD 15 million loan as part of a USD 65 million financing package.
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Proparco and IDB Invest partner with CMI Alimentos to strengthen its operations in Central America
Proparco has granted a USD 40 million senior debt financing to support CMI Alimentos, group of Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI), a family-owned Guatemalan-based food corporation. This funding will...
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Sonoco to launch wheat flour production in Sierra Leone, with support from Proparco
Proparco is contributing a senior loan to finance the first wheat flour production and storage facilities being developed by Sonoco SL in Freetown. A major step forward in the country’s food supply se...
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In Senegal, Proparco and Teranga Capital support the financial inclusion of entrepreneurs
Proparco is providing a €1.5 million ARIZ PRIME portfolio guarantee to Teranga Capital to support the deployment of its €3 million investment portfolio dedicated to high-impact Senegalese Small and Me...
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Financing adaptation: anticipating risks to create value
To be truly effective, the private sector’s contribution must be based on fairness and a long-term approach. This implies a pricing of risk that reflects the real costs of exposure without penalising...
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Genneia, Argentina's leading renewables company, issues record-breaking green bond with support from Proparco ...
Genneia, Argentina’s top renewable energy producer, has reached a major milestone with the successful placement of a USD 400 million international green bond — the largest ever issued in the country....
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Acba and Proparco mark one year of partnership, strengthening rural financing and Armenia economic resilience
Acba bank and Proparco, a subsidiary of the Agence française de développement group (AFD), celebrate the first anniversary of their cooperation. One year ago, Proparco became a shareholder of Acba ban...
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