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Video - Corporate governance, edition no. 30 of Proparco’s magazine
The implementation of good governance practices plays a major role in ensuring the growth of a company. In its latest issue, PROPARCO’s Private Sector & Development magazine addresses this question from different perspectives (succession, role of DFIs, impacts on the value of a company, etc.), by giving private sector players, investors, researchers and lawyers the opportunity to voice their opinions.
Marie Garcin and Jean-Claude Chesnais, Investment Officers at PROPARCO and coordinators of this edition, present us the key challenges and lessons learned from this issue.
Published in November 2018
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Clean and affordable solar energy in India, with Azure Power
India’s renewable energy potential is untapped, yet a large portion of its population remains disconnected from the grid. Since 2013, Proparco has been supporting Azure Power, one of India's leading photovoltaic operators, in developing renewable energy projects in the country.
Published in November 2018
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PROTEAK - Mexico's Pioneering Planters
Proteak is Mexico's leading agroforestry company. In southeastern Mexico, a region facing an unprecedented social crisis, the company has established a profitable and sustainable strategy to grow eucalyptus trees, the region's new green gold. Proparco has been supporting Proteak's growth since 2017.
Published in July 2018
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Pharmivoire Nouvelle
Pharmivoire Nouvelle
Published in June 2018
The current explosive growth of the financial technology sector – or FinTech – in emerging markets has helped millions of people address immediate needs and overcome daily challenges related to accessing electricity, getting seed capital or cash for emergencies, receiving professional healthcare advice, basic literacy and maths tuition. Most importantly, FinTechs are providing a range of affordable and convenient banking services to people who are usually unbanked or underbanked, paving the way for achieving universal financial inclusion.
Published in May 2018
In Kenya, close to 80% of the population works in the informal sector. Lynk created a platform that allows workers to create a career identity online and then helps individuals and companies hire them.
Published in May 2018
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Video - Financing start-ups to build tomorrow's african economies, edition no. 29 of Proparco’s magazine
While it is still far from achieving a penetration similar to the American continent, Europe or Asia, venture capital investment is experiencing strong and continuous growth In Africa. For example, in 2017, some USD 560m were raised by over 120 African start-ups – a 53% increase compared to 2016 and a new record for Africa!
Published in May 2018
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Proparco's impact in Southern Africa
We asked our clients how Proparco support their work in Southern Africa
Published in February 2018
Inderpreet Wadhwa, Founder and CEO of Azure Power, describes his company's commitment to develop new solar power plants in India.
Published in February 2018
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Simpa Networks - Develop access to electricity in rural India
Simpa is providing people in Uttar Pradesh (India) with access to electricity, by selling a prepaid service based on solar energy. Proparco's financing is allowing it to develop its activity in other regions.
Published in February 2018
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Video - The private sector and the pharmaceutical industry, edition no. 28 of Proparco’s magazine
Mehdi Tanani, Senior Investment Officer and Head of Proparco’s Healthcare division, sets out the major issues tackled in this edition of the magazine.
Published in January 2018
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Hysacam, the country’s number one waste management contractor in Cameroon / Immersion 360° PROPARCO
HYSACAM is Cameroon’s number one private waste management contractor. It handles waste management services in 17 cities throughout the country. It collects over 1.5 million tonnes of waste a year or 4,000 tonnes a day. HYSACAM employs 4,000 people and has a fleet of several hundred trucks. In October 2017, PROPARCO is providing a guarantee for 11.025 billion CFA francs (XAF) (€16.81 million), to cover the loan granted by three local banks to Hysacam. This will help renew its fleet of over 200 trucks in order to improve waste collection services in cities throughout the country.
Published in October 2017
The Sri Lankan company MA’s Food was founded in 1986 and specialises in producing foods using spices and coconut. The company sources its food locally, preferably from smallholders whom it helps to adopt responsible farming practices, and employs at least 50% of women, many of them in management positions. In 2016, the Indian-based management fund Aavishkar – of which Proparco is a shareholder – invested 2 million dollars in MA’s food to enable it to continue to grow its business.
Published on 30 Nov 2017
EXPANSION OF THE PUCMM UNIVERSITY OF SANTO DOMINGO / IMMERSION 360° PROPARCO
Published in September 2017
Golden Rice was founded in 2009 and is Cambodia’s leading exporter of high-end jasmin rice. In 2013, Proparco granted the company a special loan of 10 million dollars over five years to help Golden Rice finance its growth strategy.
Published in September 2017
The Senergy photovoltaic power plant project combines the expertise of three French energy specialists: the Meridiam investment fund, the specialist solar energy constructor Solairedirect and Schneider Electric. In early 2016, Proparco granted a 34.5 million euro loan over 18 years to finance the operation of this solar power plant. In 2012, the Senegalese Government adopted an ambitious roadmap for national economic and social development – Plan Sénégal Emergent – with a key focus on energy security.
Published on 30 Nov 2017
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Cobra : the wind power challenge in Peru
PROPARCO, the French development finance institution, has raised a total of 69 million dollars to finance these projects, with a co-financing from its German and Dutch counterparts, as well as from the Andean Development Corporation. As a result of this investment, the pioneering Marcona wind farm started to operate in May 2014, breaking new ground in Peru. Operational since 2016, the adjacent Tres Hermanas wind farm is now the largest in the country. With a total of 44 wind turbines, the two wind farms have a combined generation capacity of 129 megawatts.
Published in July 2017
This project in support of the Tereos Group is in many ways one of the most important in our Brazilian portfolio. First of all because it provides support to a key sector in the Brazilian agro-industry, and this type of approach has historically been central to PROPARCO’s strategy. This project is also essential to us because of what it covers and because of its positive impacts, in particular with respect to climate.
Published on 30 Nov 2017
This fund invests in SMEs in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire that help to improve access to essential goods for vulnerable sections of the population. AFD Group wishes to partner this initiative and it has just invested USD 7 million in OAF via the Social Business facility of FISEA, a fund that invests in the equity of African businesses that is owned by AFD and advised by Proparco.
Published in July 2017
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HCor : Innovation as a tool to improve hospital care
The context of the project is the increasing demand for healthcare in Brazil, resulting from the demographic growth and ageing population, but also due to the fact that more Brazilians now have access to health insurance, and therefore to hospital care. In practical terms, the project consisted in modernizing the existing facilities, as well as building and outfitting a brand new 18-storey building, which opened in 2014.
Published in July 2017