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In 2023, Proparco committed nearly €2.7 billion in financing, 40% of which included climate co-benefits
Proparco, AFD Group's private sector arm, has announced a record level of activity with almost €2.7 billion committed to finance over 200 projects in the regions in which it operates. Africa, Climate...
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AFD's 2024 Funding Program
AFD’s Board of Directors approved the 2024 funding program on January 25, setting the target at €9 billion.
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Proparco launches the second edition of the African Private Equity fellowship, a training and networking progr...
Following the success of the first Fellowship cohort, which has completed its training cycle in June 2023, Proparco and France Invest have decided to renew this unique training and networking program....
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Proparco reiterates its commitment to the private healthcare sector
On 26 June 2023, Oxfam GB published a report into healthcare, which examines the role of development finance institutions (DFIs) and highlights shocking abuse of patients by certain establishments (in...
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The Alliance for Entrepreneurship supports early-stage companies to enhance access to electricity through low-...
PROPARCO and IFC, two core members of the Alliance for Entrepreneurship in Africa (AforE), announce their intent to support the scale up of Nuru, an early-stage company which provides decentralized an...
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Proparco joins forces with 17 other DFIs to set up a platform which plants seeds for Ukraine recovery phase
Development finance institutions from around the world –including Proparco- are extending their preparations to support Ukraine’s reconstruction, with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developm...
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Press release: Proparco invested €2.3 billion throughout the world in 2022, including 45% in Africa
With 214 projects confirmed in 2022 for an amount of €2.3 billion, Proparco’s activity broke the €2 billion barrier for the fourth year in a row. The year 2022 closed out Proparco’s 2020-2022 strategi...
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Acting together for greater impact: Proparco's new strategy
In response to the numerous challenges currently confronting the planet – economic and geopolitical crises, climate emergency, growing inequalities – Proparco is adopting Strategy 2023-2027. This five...
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Review : With the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Proparco is stepping up and extendin...
Under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, held for six months from 1 January to 30 June 2022, Proparco has significantly stepped up its cooperation activities with the European...
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Proparco and Digital Africa join forces to provide a range of financing solutions for startups "Made in Africa...
As part of its 2022-2025 roadmap, Digital Africa will support 200 African startups at different stages of their growth with a wide range of offers at their disposal. Thanks to a joint and sustainable...
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2021 Results : €2.3 billion in commitments to strengthen the private sector's contribution to the Sustainable ...
In 2021, for the third consecutive year, Proparco has deployed more than €2 billion in annual commitments. Last year, Proparco's priority was to continue to support its clients to limit the impact of...
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2021 results in five key points
Despite the economic difficulties related to the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2021, PROPARCO returned to growth by increasing its commitments and strengthening their impacts. With €2.3 billion of financing a...
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Françoise LOMBARD appointed CEO of Proparco
Françoise LOMBARD was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Proparco by the Board of Directors on 25 March 2022. She joined Agence française de développement Group in 2016 as Chief Financial Officer an...
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Proparco, IFC, African and European Partners Launch Alliance to Support Private Sector Growth in Africa
To support a stronger private sector, entrepreneurship and the growth of small and medium-sized businesses across Africa, African, European, multilateral and bilateral partners today launched the Alli...
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Proparco, Biovac and Development Partners Collaborate to Support South Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing Expansio...
• Consortium of nine development partners to support Biovac’s expansion of its existing vaccine manufacturing plant capacity, and enable the production of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine and other...
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Choose Africa: 3 billion euros committed by AFD Group to support 26,000 start-ups and MSMEs
Four years after the Ouagadougou speech in which French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed France's commitment to supporting the entrepreneurship revolution in Africa, AFD Group has exceeded the ini...
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Expertise France joins AFD Group, allowing for a Holistic Approach to Development
The interministerial agency responsible for technical cooperation, Expertise France, joined AFD Group on January 1, 2022. With AFD subsidiary Proparco operating in the private sector, the Group now pr...
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France and United States Partnership Attracts Private Capital to the DRC
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) formed a strategic partnership to develop key economic value chains and improve the...
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AFD 80th anniversary: Making sustainable development investment more sustainable and more pertinent – to more ...
How did it all begin? To mark AFD’s 80th anniversary – which we'll celebrate in December 2021 – François Pacquement, History and Strategic Thinking Officer at AFD, takes a look back at the Group’s his...
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