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Private Sector & Development #8 - The mining sector an opportunity for growth in africa
Often considered as being on the sidelines of globalization, Africa has during the 2000s benefited from continuously increasing investment and become a fully-fledged player as a result of the boom in...
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Private Sector & Development #9 - What role for the private sector in African railways development?
“Without the railroad, the Congo is not worth a penny”, declared the famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley at the end of the 19th century. More than a century later this quote still resonates with the...
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Private Sector & Development #10 - Cement, confronting ecological responsibility and economic imperatives
As the 21st century gets underway, development institutions are facing a major moral dilemma. Should they be supporting a cement sector that produces such significant amounts of CO2 when their core mi...
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Private Sector & Development #11 - Technical assistance, a development tool serving the private sector
Consultancy and support are an important component of the service that development finance institutions provide to businesses in emerging and developing countries, particularly in Africa. Small and me...
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Private Sector & Development #12 - Can private equity boost African development?
In just the last decade or so, private equity has carved out a new territory for itself in sub-Saharan Africa. For the region this is a fantastic opportunity to attract new investors whose funds are e...
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Private Sector & Development #13 - Development initiatives for sub-Saharan agriculture and food production ind...
Sub-Saharan Africa is about to undergo an unprecedented demographic explosion: in 40 years its population will triple and the ratio of urban to rural dwellers will be reversed. Today, and even more so...
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Choose Africa. In Senegal, Adama Sène Cissé, the journey of the cofounder of GADE-GUI
This is the story of Adama Sène Cissé, a banker who discovered his entrepreneurial spirit. She tells the story of the creation of her company, Gade-Gui, specialized in groundnut processing. Gade-Gui e...
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2021 Disclosure Statement Operating Principles for Impact Management
The Impact Principles set inspiring goals to reach for all responsible finance investors eager to promote business in common. They provide standards and guidelines for an analytical and systemic appro...
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2021 Independent verifier’s limited assurance report on the alignment of Proparco on the Operating Principles ...
Independent assurance report on the alignment of Proparco with the Operating Principles for Impact Management
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Key points - Sustainable Development Report 2020
For this 2020 edition of the Sustainability Report, Proparco has produced an additional summary of the key points and figures presented in the report. Enjoy reading it!
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With EURIZ, facilitating access to credit for SMEs in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
Small and medium-sized enterprises play a key role in economic growth and job creation. They need financial resources to develop their activity, but their access to financing remains limited, often be...
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Special issue - New Africa-France Summit: the new entrepreneurship dynamics in Africa
To mark the New Africa-France Summit in Montpellier organized in October 2021 which aimed to renew connections with Africa, this special issue of Private Sector & Development magazine explored the new...
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ICM complaint #21-001 - Notice of admissibility - 2 July 2021
On 25 February 2021, the Complaints Offices of DEG and PROPARCO received a complaint which alleges harm caused by an open pit mine located in an African country. The complaint was filed by a group of...
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MSMES: Proparco financing and technical assistance solutions by Guillaume Barberousse, Head of Financial Insti...
Guillaume Barberousse, Head of the Banking and Financial Markets Division at Proparco explains Proparco's solutions in favor of startups and MSMEs. He answers three questions: What is Proparco's...
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Zoom on the impact of the Choose Africa initiative in Ghana
Choose Africa is the French initiative to support African start-ups, VSEs and SMEs implemented by Proparco and AFD. In Ghana, this support has notably enabled New Crystal Hospital and Sinel Specialis...
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Focus on DTRT Apparel in Ghana, a committed company supported by Proparco
DTRT Apparel is a Ghanaian apparel company that now employs nearly 2,500 people. It received support from the Verod Capital fund, which provided funds and expertise to accompany the company's developm...
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Ghana : Our financing and support solutions for Start-Ups and SMEs
To support Africa’s transition, PROPARCO invests in the private sector in all business sectors. Its financing specifically targets the development of essential infrastructure for opening up territorie...
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Private Sector & Development #36 - Technical assistance: opening up new horizons
The 36th edition of Private Sector & Development magazine is devoted to technical assistance, an instrument at the service of development commonly used by all actors (international organizations, dono...
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Video of the launch of the SPD magazine n°36: Technical assistance, opening up new horizons
Soline Praloran, Project Manager, and Sébastien Fleury, Director, Investing in Complex Environments at Proparco, present issue 36 of the Private Sector and Development magazine about technical assista...
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