Publications and media
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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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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How does Proparco mobilise its funds to promote gender equality?
How does Proparco mobilise its funds to promote gender equality? Discover the criteria through which Proparco contributes to increasing women’s participation in developing countries’ economies. Lea...
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Sustainable Development Report 2019
For the second year, Proparco is publishing its sustainable development report, which presents in particular our 2020-2022 strategy, our methods and the impacts of our projects in 2019. The projec...
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Flyer Proparco in Pakistan
Proparco is present in Pakistan since 2007. Our mission is to support the private sector with debt, equity, and guarantees products to promote sustainable and inclusive development. Proparco partners...
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Reporting Climate Bond AFD 2019
The climate is a key focus area for AFD Group’s work. In 2019, AFD continued working towards the objectives set by its new climate strategy (2017-2022), which reflects its aim to help implement the Pa...
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Proparco Key figures - 2019
2019 was an exceptional year, as Proparco allocated €2.5BN of financing during the year to support 85 new projects (excluding FISEA and guarantees).
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