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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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Projects financed by Proparco are eligible under the 2X Challenge, the initiative that certifies private-secto...
As a founding member of the 2X Challenge launched in 2018 to coordinate the efforts of development finance institutions in support of women’s economic empowerment, Proparco has made gender equality a...
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Proparco Announces Investment in BasiGo to Accelerate Electric Bus Adoption in East Africa
Proparco backs e-mobility start-up BasiGo to scale mass public transport in African cities, reducing emissions significantly across rapidly growing urban areas. Proparco has completed an investment...
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How emerging countries innovations can scale climate resilience for all
A new paradigm of global development has emerged – the climate resilience transition – requiring climate resilient solutions. While DFI and DAA are supporting these, they may not fully capture the mar...
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COP30: Proparco reaches a new milestone with three new structuring Natural Capital projects
In 2025, Proparco is taking a new step forward in its commitment to natural capital. The first four projects illustrate its strong engagement in initiatives with high biodiversity, carbon, and social...
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Sustainable finance in action: when financial players transform their business model
To bolster their action in favour of climate change mitigation and adaptation to its adverse effects, financial institutions are reorganising. They are rethinking their processes, products and conditi...
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E-mobility: using debt to scale up
Scaling up the electric mobility sector requires the use of debt financing. This is the message conveyed by three representatives of major investors in vehicle decarbonisation in Africa, India and Lat...
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For Banco Promerica, green construction is key to a low-carbon future
Banco Promerica Costa Rica is committed to channeling capital toward impactful projects, promoting environmental and social value, while maintaining financial performance. Financing construction proje...
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IDB Invest Sign New Agreements to Increase Private Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
IDB Invest signed three Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with Germany’s development finance institution DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Developme...
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DenizLeasing and Proparco sign €50M green finance loan
DenizLeasing has signed a 50 Million EUR loan agreement with Proparco. The financing will be used to support renewable energy investments in Turkey as well as projects that reduce carbon emissions.
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, the ARAF fund is strengthening the climate resilience of smallholder farmers
Financed by several partners and development finance institutions – including Proparco, via AFD Group’s FISEA+ facility –, the ARAF fund targets the issues of food security and climate change. It inve...
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How Green Climate Fund is using ARAF funding to tackle climate change
Read the interview with Kavita Sinha, director of the Private Sector Facility at the Green Climate Fund.
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Proparco invests in Kenya’s 100 MW Kipeto Wind Farm, alongside Meridiam
Proparco partners with Meridiam to support Kenya’s renewable energy capacity by investing in Kenya's second-largest wind farm, supplying clean power to hundreds of thousands of households.
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Proparco partners with Ardian to invest in nature and accelerate climate action
Alongside the European Investment Bank (EIB) and British International Investment (BII), Proparco is participating – as a lead investor – in the first €100 million funding round of the Nature-Based So...
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Proparco partners with AXA IM Alts to invest in nature and accelerate climate action
Proparco has joined IFC and DEG in supporting AXA IM Alts’ Natural Capital & Impact strategy, which finances projects aimed at tackling deforestation, restoring ecosystems, and preserving biodiversity...
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Senegal: Proparco supports Gade Gui in launching its egg production operations
In Dakar, Proparco has granted a long-term structured loan to Gade Gui , one of the leading companies in the poultry industry and a key player in Senegal’s food security. This marks Proparco’s first d...
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Launch of the Impact+ facility: Proparco and the EU mobilize €1.1 billion in guarantees for African SMEs
At the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) in Casablanca, Proparco and the European Union announced the launch of the Impact+ Facility — an innovative guarantee program designed to unlock the potential of...
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