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Save the date: on 8 June, PROPARCO invites you to its digital broadcast “Choose Africa On Air”
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The “Choose Africa On Air” digital broadcast on 8 June will bring together economic players, entrepreneurs, experts and financial partners to share their experiences and exchange ideas live.
You will be able to ask your questions in advance to the guests attending in Paris, or those joining live from Africa and develop your network by meeting partners of the initiative (banks, investment funds,…) and companies via the “Choose Africa On Air” platform.
You can register now for our innovative event to benefit from an early access to our networking platform.
Weakened by Covid-19 crisis, SMEs will play a key role in the recovery. It is in this context that PROPARCO will review the first years of the initiative during the digital broadcast “Choose Africa On Air” on 8 June which will gather entrepreneurs, experts and financial partners on its set to share experiences and “stories from the field”.
Launched in 2018, the French Choose Africa initiative is implemented by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group and managed by its private sector financing arm, PROPARCO. Its objective: accelerate the growth of SMEs and start-ups in Africa, whatever their size and stage of development.
The program:
Sequence 1
Choose Africa, Choose the Future
MSMEs account for 90% of the entrepreneurial fabric in Africa and 60% of employment on the continent. Supporting them, especially after the Covid-19 crisis, is essential to the economic development of African countries.
We will be addressing the main issues of Choose Africa, a French initiative led by AFD Group and implemented by PROPARCO to support MSMEs and start-ups.
We will find out about its financial products and its deployment in Africa through its exceptional network of partners. We will be making a first review of the initiative three years after its creation by listening to the testimonies of entrepreneurs and PROPARCO’s partners.
In the presence of:
Grégory Clemente - Proparco
Dr James Mwangi - Equity Bank Group - Kenya
Dr Vera Songwe – ECA – United Nations
Sequence 2
Choose Africa: Addressing all the transformations
To help companies cope with the crisis triggered by Covid-19, PROPARCO has stepped up its action by deploying a new component of the initiative: Choose Africa Resilience.
In addition to financial tools, Choose Africa meets business needs and pays particular attention to the acceleration of their digital transformations made necessary by the crisis.
- Theme 1: Choose Africa Resilience : Helping MSMEs cope with the crisis
In the presence of:
Xavier Echasseriau - Proparco
Fatoumata Sissoko-Sy - Proparco
Willy Raoul - Art de vie – Côte d’Ivoire
Aymeric Villebrun - Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire
- Theme 2: The crisis: An accelerator of digitalization
In the presence of:
Johann Choux - Proparco
Omobola Johnson - Tide TLcom - Nigeria
Eric Pignot - Enko Education – Sub-Saharan Africa
Gregory Rockson – Mpharma - Ghana
Sequence 3
Choose Africa: Supporting all potential
In addition to loans and guarantees, which are especially deployed during the crisis, Choose Africa tailors its range of services to the diversity of economic players and the issues they face. The initiative’s objective: Support all potential!
AFD Group offers solutions at all the stages of development of companies, whatever the size of their project or their maturity. Choose Africa offers a range of tools for more inclusive and sustainable services.
- Theme 1: Investing in all stages of a project
In the presence of:
Damien Braud - Proparco
Mohamed Elmandjra - ODM - Morocco
Sarah Marniesse - AFD Campus
- Theme 2: Supporting women’s entrepreneurship
In the presence of:
Myriam Brigui - Proparco
Siby Diabara - Proparco
Khadidiatou Nakoulima - Nest - Senegal
- Theme 3: Financing for all
In the presence of:
Laurence Bottin - Proparco
Philippe Guichandut - Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation
Rambert Namy - AB Bank Zambia
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