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Proparco is pleased to announce its participation, alongside Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), as anchor investors in Ecobank’s USD 400 million Sub-Saharan African bond issuance.

To strengthen Africa’s vaccine and pharmaceutical development and to accelerate the continent’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Proparco, the German Development Finance Institution (DEG) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today announced a partnership to support vaccine manufacturing in Africa.

This is the story of Vusi Macheke who tells his proudness being an entrepreneuri and an owner of about 20 taxis, in partnership with SA TAXI. He explains his challenges against the Covid-19 crisis. A micro-entrepreneur beneficiary from Choose Africa.

The taxi industry is a key sector in transport in South Africa, which depends on one million people. Between 2018 and 2020, Proparco commited €8 million of loan and provided €100,000 in technical assistance to support the implementation of protective measures for drivers and users of minibus taxis during the Covid-19 health crisis. Proparco supports SA TAXI in financing and developing taxi micro-entrepreneurs. SA TAXI is a partner of Choose Africa.

To support the development of vaccines for African countries, Proparco, IFC, DEG - the German development finance institution, and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today announced a joint financing package for Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited, a leading pharmaceutical company in South Africa that is playing a major role producing COVID-19 treatment therapies and vaccines on the African continent.

Un consortium de neuf partenaires de développement soutiendra l'expansion de la capacité de l'usine de fabrication de vaccins de Biovac, permettant la production du vaccin contre le COVID-19 de Pfizer-BioNTech et d'autres vaccins. Biovac lèvera environ 150 millions de dollars (2,3 milliards de ZAR) pour renforcer la capacité locale de fabrication de vaccins sur le continent africain. Outre Proparco, la BAD, le groupe CDC, la DEG, la DFC, la BEI, la SFI, la délégation de l'Union européenne en Afrique du Sud et l'Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) participeront à cette opération.

Proparco et Investec Bank Limited (Investec) collaborent pour mettre en œuvre le programme Transforming Financial Systems for Climate (TFSC) en Afrique du Sud. L'offre comprend une facilité de crédit senior de 80 millions de dollars et un programme d'assistance technique.

La Société Financière Internationale (SFI) et PROPARCO ont annoncé aujourd’hui la signature d’un nouveau financement au groupe West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC), un des principaux fournisseurs de connectivité en Afrique sub-saharienne. Ce nouveau prêt financera notamment la stratégie d'expansion de WIOCC dans le secteur des datacenters, via sa filiale Open Access Datacenters (OADC).

Suite à l’investissement de 2,2 millions de dollars de Proparco et I&P en août 2016, Enko Education lance sa première école internationale en Afrique du Sud : Enko Ferndale International School.

Via leur mécanisme de garantie ARIZ, Proparco et l'AFD aideront ASISA Enterprise and Supplier Development Fund à soutenir davantage de petites et moyennes entreprises à vocation sociale et/ou environnementale.

Au cours de l'événement célébrant les 40 ans de Proparco à Johannesbourg, nous avons demandé à nos clients et partenaires de présenter leur relation avec Proparco et l'impact de notre collaboration sur le développement de la région.

Proparco's Trade Finance Guarantee Program is broadening its scope across Africa. FirstRand Bank (FRB) becomes the first Southern African bank to join Proparco’s Trade Finance program as a confirming bank. This partnership will enable FRB’s corporate and investment (CIB) business Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to further strengthen its confirmation capabilities through Proparco’s network of issuing banks, ultimately increasing its import capacity and promoting intra-African trade.

Découvrez le parcours de Theresa Tlometsane en Afrique du Sud qui affirme avec fierté son rôle de micro-entrepreneure et propriétaire de taxis en partenariat avec SA TAXI. Une entrepreneure bénéficiaire de Choose Africa.

• 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 vaccines.
• Biovac to raise around $150 million (ZAR2.3 billion) to boost increased local vaccine manufacturing capacity across the African continent.
• Partners include AfDB, CDC Group, DEG, DFC, EIB, IFC, Proparco, the European Union Delegation to South Africa, and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC).

Proparco, on behalf of AFD Group, has provided a $100 million climate finance-dedicated credit facility to FirstRand Bank Limited (FRB). This new transaction between the AFD Group and FirstRand Bank comes less than a year after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding during COP26 between the two parties, agreeing to join forces to support the scaling of climate financing in South Africa, and in support of climate change adaptation and mitigation.

At COP28, Proparco announced a renewed commitment to Investec, a leading South African bank committed to sustainability, by granting it a €500,000 euro technical advisory facility. This new agreement, signed a few months after Proparco provided Investec with an $80 million loan to support its climate investments, marks AFD Group's determination to continue implementing the Transforming Financial Systems for Climate (TFSC) programme in South Africa.

Proparco is providing a €2 million ARIZ PRIME portfolio guarantee to the ASISA ESD Fund (comprising the ASISA Enterprise Development (ED) Fund and the ASISA Supplier Development (SD) Fund), managed by the fund manager, Edge Growth Ventures (Pty) Ltd (Edge Growth Ventures), a subsidiary of the Edge Growth Group (Edge Growth).

The ASISA ESD Fund targets the expansion and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa, particularly those owned by people from historically disadvantaged backgrounds, and which have the potential to create positive and sustainable social and environmental impacts.

Proparco apporte une garantie de portefeuille ARIZ PRIME de 2 millions d'euros au fonds ASISA ESD (comprenant le fonds ASISA Enterprise Development (ED) et le fonds ASISA Supplier Development (SD)), géré par le gestionnaire du fonds, Edge Growth Ventures (Pty) Ltd (Edge Growth Ventures), une filiale du groupe Edge Growth (Edge Growth).

Le fonds ASISA ESD vise l'expansion et la croissance des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) en Afrique du Sud, en particulier celles détenues par des personnes issues de milieux historiquement défavorisés, et qui ont le potentiel de créer des impacts sociaux et environnementaux positifs et durables.

Proparco fête ses 40 ans en Afrique du Sud.

This USD 50 million loan is part of a USD 100 million financing syndicated by the German development finance institution DEG.