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Proparco invests in Accion Venture Lab Fund II to support financial inclusion in Africa, Asia, and Latin Ameri...

Proparco is renewing its partnership with Accion by investing in its latest venture capital fund dedicated to supporting start-ups working to promote financial inclusion in countries in Asia, Latin Am...

The Hayssam El Jammal Group Launches the ProAlu Industrial Complex in Cameroon

The Hayssam El Jammal Group, a leading player in the steel industry in Central Africa, is launching a new large-scale industrial project in Cameroon: the ProAlu complex. Supported by Proparco with 15...

Finance verte et inclusive au Vietnam : VP Bank émet une obligation verte pionnière

VP Bank has just issued a $300 million green social and sustainable bond, the first ever issued by a private bank in Vietnam on the international market. Proparco is supporting this pioneering initiat...

DenizBank issues USD 270 Million Green Bond

The 5-year term bond will serve to finance investments such as renewable energy, energy and resource efficiency, green building investments, emission reduction and control systems, water and waste man...

FFA 2016

The Franco-African fund Tuninvest Finance Group aims to increase investment in Africa and support French SMEs seeking to develop on the continent. Proparco is supporting these two objectives through i...

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Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund Announces the Approval of Major Commitments from Bpifrance, Proparco, EIB, Henri Seydoux

Ukraine’s tech sector continues to build, scale, and attract global attention even in the face of war. The launch of Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund (UPTF), an early-stage €50 million venture capital fund,...

FHP fund II

FHP II supports non-institutionalized Indonesian companies with high growth potential. One of PROPARCO’s aims in participating in this fund is to strengthen the development of capital markets in the c...

In Mauritania, Proparco supports three banks to facilitate import financing and secure the country’s supply ch...

Proparco is supporting Banque Mauritanienne de l’Investissement (BMI), Générale de Banque de Mauritanie pour l’Investissement et le Commerce (GBM), and Banque El Amana (BEA) through its Trade Finance...

UBCI becomes the first Tunisian bank to join Proparco's Trade Finance program

Proparco reinforces its commitment to international trade in North Africa by integrating Union Bancaire pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (UBCI) into its Trade Finance program as an issuing bank. UBC...

ENDA Tamweel 2016

By allocating a credit line to ENDA Tamweel – Tunisia's leading microfinance institution –, Proparco is contributing to the financial empowerment of the poorest populations in the country, especially...

Publication of Private Sector & Development #43 – European development finance institutions: strategic players...

Proparco has published the 43rd issue of its Private Sector & Development magazine, focused on the action of European development finance institutions (DFIs). This issue was prepared in collaboration...

A new generation of women in Ghana in Ghana with Legacy Girls College

Located in Akuse, in the Eastern Region of Ghana, Legacy Girls’ College provides quality and affordable education to 400 girl students. From 2015, the school is looking to form a new generation of Gha...

Golden Rice: Working for a quality and responsible rice industry in Cambodia

Golden Rice is based in Phnom Penh and is one of the main rice exporters in Cambodia. The company is recognized for its qualitative and responsible approach. It sources from small local producers and...

All our news and information on COVID19

In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, AFD Group is adapting its operational and human resource systems. The group is working on a response aimed at limiting any health-related or economic damage in...

Sustainable tourism in Africa : the committed approach of tourism promotion services - TPS Serena Hotels

East Africa’s TPS Serena Hotels Group, which has 23 properties (hotels, resorts, safari lodges and camps) in East Africa, is committed to an ambitious environmental, economic and social approach.

Annapurna Finance: microfinance helping to empower Indian women

The Indian microfinance institution Annapurna Finance, specialising in social loans, has long been supported by Proparco. It serves a predominantly female population in rural areas where there is a lo...

Sahyadri Farms, vines are a joint initiative

In the Indian state of Maharashtra, the Sahyadri Farms (a farmer collective owned company) – supported by Proparco – has managed to build a network of 24,000 smallholder farmers and become the country...

With Proparco, gender equality is moving centre stage in the Bangladesh textile industry

In Dhaka – the hub of global textile production – Proparco is partnering with a major player in the sector in an innovative way. As well as creating permanent jobs in an industry dominated by seasonal...

Gravita: eco-responsible lead battery recycler in India

Founded in 1992, the Indian group Gravita handles some 240,000 tonnes of lead-acid batteries every year, in compliance with strict environmental and safety standards. This leading industrial player ha...