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PRESS KIT «CHOOSE AFRICA ON AIR» 8 JUNE 2021 11AM PARIS TIME, 9AM GMT
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...
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Key figures 2020
Proparco is the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD Group). It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 40 years....
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Choose Africa. In Côte d'Ivoire, Cissé Abdoul Aziz, the journey of the founder of Afribacom
This is the story of Cissé Abdoul Aziz, a scientist who discovered his entrepreneurial spirit. He tells the story of the creation of his company, Afribacom, which employs 30 permanent staff, and why h...
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Choose Africa. In Zambia, Dorothy Kacompe, a farmer's journey in action
Discover the story of Dorothy Kasompe in Zambia who developed Funamwango Farm, a citrus farm located on the outskirts of Lusaka. A woman entrepreneur beneficiary from Choose Africa.
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Choose Africa. In Zambia, Kenneth Kapampa, a pharmacist's journey in action
Discover Kenneth Kapampa’s story in Zambia, a pharmacist and founder of the pharmaceutical distribution company Ashton Pharmaceuticals. An entrepreneur, beneficiary from Choose Africa.
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Investing and supporting SMEs in Africa - 10 years of impact for FISEA
The main objectives of the evaluation were to assess the economic, social and environmental impacts of FISEA. This involved estimating the value added by the technical assistance facility and offering...
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Meeting with Société Générale Burkina Faso, Choose Africa partner
Interview with Robert Aimé Diallo, Director of Corporate Clients at Société Générale Burkina Faso, and Stéphane Sawadogo, Head of the Professional Clients Market. Discover how the bank supports the gr...
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Private Sector & Development #35 - Preserving biodiversity: the private sector in action
To mark the COP 15 of 2021, the 35th edition of Private Sector & Development imagines the role of the private sector in financing biodiversity and proposes steps to better involve businesses in the re...
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Financial institutions as key contributors to climate action
This brochure aims to sensitize financial institutions to their role in the fight against climate change. For example, they have a key role to play in mobilizing private climate finance. This brochure...
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Non-Retaliation Statement Independent Complaints Mechanism - Position Statement on Addressing Risk of Reprisal...
The ICM’s core purpose is to provide complainants with an effective, fair and credible tool to facilitate the resolution of disputes, as well as to assist Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)...
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Teaser : presentation of Choose Africa Resilience
Teaser : Watch our video on AFD Group’s solutions with two examples of entrepreneurs in Africa.
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Presentation of Choose Africa Resilience
How the Resilience component of Choose Africa is deployed to companies in Africa weakened by the crisis related to Covid-19? Discover in video the AFD Group's solutions through two examples of clients...
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Climat - activity report 2019
Since 2015, tackling climate change has been a core aspect of the AFD Group identity. This positioning has been strengthened by the adoption of a 2017-2022 climate strategy that reflects the Group’s a...
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Presentation of Choose Africa Resilience guarantee
In response to the economic crisis triggered by Covid-19, which is hitting microenterprises and SMEs hard, AFD Group is extending its mechanism with Choose Africa Resilience. This EUR 1bn program is d...
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Equity Bank Holding : USD 100m loan from Proparco to support SMEs in Kenya
Equity Bank Holding is committed to small and medium-sized enterprises in several countries in East Africa. Proparco has allocated to Equity Bank to support SMEs in Kenya. This project is part of the...
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Choose Africa Resilience
This brochure presents Choose Africa Resilience programme to support the economic recovery of African businesses. Through the Choose Africa initiative launched in 2019, Agence Française de&nb...
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Video : Bigot Flowers Kenya, Mitigating impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic
Bigot Flowers Kenya horticultural farm’s business has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kenyan company has received emergency support from Proparco to mitigate social and health impacts.
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Special issue - Public development banks tackling global challenges
This special issue, published in collaboration with the EDFI association on the occasion of the first Finance in common world summit of November 2020, aims to highlight the increasingly important role...
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Embracing the challenges of sustainable industrial development
The new issue of the magazine Private sector and Development focuses on the challenges of sustainable industrial development . While industry is a source of much controversy, it is also frequently tou...
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Private Sector & Development #34 - Embracing the challenges of sustainable industrial development
Essential to economic development, the industrial sector is also a source of controversy (environmental impact, creation of decent jobs, etc.). The 34th issue of Private Sector & Development is dedica...
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