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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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Partnership between PROPARCO and the European Union
A Look Back at the Partnership between PROPARCO and the European Union
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2018 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
2018 was a year of significant growth and transformation for AFD Group with commitments reaching €11.4 billion, up by €1 billion on the previous financial year. In the course of the year, the Group...
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FISEA + Mobilizing equity investors in Africa for enhanced impacts
In February 2022, the European Commission and the French Development Agency Group (AFD) are about to sign a 35 million euros guarantee agreement called FISEA +. FISEA + is a facility founded by AFD wi...
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Africa: on the way to CSR
Nowadays the concept of CSR is becoming increasingly widespread and is endorsed by a growing number of economic actors. Yet awareness levels in sub-Saharan Africa remain low, and few businesses implem...
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The role of development finance institutions in promoting CSR
Development finance institutions such as Proparco help the companies they finance to improve their environmental and social (E&S) practices. Their role is not limited to E&S risk management: they also...
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Building long term agricultural partnerships in Africa: four lessons from the Olam experience
Focus Emerging Africa offers increasing opportunities, both as a growing consumer market and a vibrant production centre. Of course there are challenges and risks, but these are surmountable with the...
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The role of private equity funding in the development of Africa's agriculture
Ensuring that Africa can feed itself by 2050 and contribute to the increasing global demand for food will require well-targeted coordination and collaboration between governments, donors, entrepreneur...
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Democratising access to higher education: a story from Brazil
Anhanguera is part of a new generation of private companies that have flourished during the last decade in Brazil catering to the demand from a growing middle class for higher education. Thanks to con...
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Education for all: the private sector can contribute
Education is a human right, which states have the responsibility to ensure. But they need not be the sole provider. Private involvement can increase financial resources committed to education and supp...
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How can development finance institutions help to build an effective African banking sector?
Limited, fragmented, inefficient and characterised by strong regional disparities, Sub-Saharan Africa's banking sectors lack the capability to meet the private sector's financing needs. Development fi...
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Development in Africa through mobile money democratization
Mobile money, an African success story, offers numerous benefits, particularly to those who do not have access to banks. Its first phase has facilitated access to and transfers of cash, but there is m...
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Harnessing non-state education providers through innovative financing
If properly harnessed, the non-state education sector has the potential to improve access to quality education services for the poor. Significant gaps remain among governments and donors in developing...
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Outlook and key factors for the development of pan-African banking groups
In Africa, public-sector banks have more or less disappeared and international institutions have partially withdrawn from the continent – facilitating the emergence of pan-African banking groups whose...
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