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Private Sector & Development: editorial line
Founded in 2009 by Proparco, Private Sector & Development (PS&D) is a magazine that aims to get a better grasp of the mechanisms through which the private sector can contribute to the development of s...
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Expertise for Change - Julien Vanhooydonck, Regional Director for the Southern Cone
In this episode of Expertise for Change, Julien Vanhooydonck, Regional Director for the Southern Cone (Latin America), explains how Proparco operates in the bond markets to enhance their impact.
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Expertise for Change - Sadio Dicko, Regional Director for West Africa
In this episode of Expertise for Change, Sadio Dicko, Regional Director for West Africa, presents the new financing program developed by Proparco to support promising African SMEs.
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Private Sector & Development - Business & Climate: Acting to transform
Proparco has published a new edition of its Private Sector & Development magazine, focusing on the strategic role of the private sector and financial institutions in tackling the climate emergency.
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WIOCC Group secures additional USD $65 million debt raise to expand digital infrastructure across Africa
Proparco is supporting WIOCC Group — Africa’s leading open-access digital infrastructure provider — with a USD 15 million loan as part of a USD 65 million financing package.
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“3 questions to” Agnès Huang, investment officer for the Accion venture lab (AVL) project
In 2019, PROPARCO invested in the seed fund Accion Venture Lab (AVL), which is considered as one of the top fintech specialists in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This operation will support the creat...
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Private Sector & Development magazine: latest issue dedicated to climate change adaptation
To mark COP27, which will be held in Egypt from 6 to 18 November, Proparco has released the 38th issue of its Private Sector & Development magazine dedicated to climate change adaptation. Through anal...
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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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Independent Expert Panel
Proparco has set up a Complaints Office to administrate and coordinate the work regarding the Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM).
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AFD 80th anniversary: Making sustainable development investment more sustainable and more pertinent – to more ...
How did it all begin? To mark AFD’s 80th anniversary – which we'll celebrate in December 2021 – François Pacquement, History and Strategic Thinking Officer at AFD, takes a look back at the Group’s his...
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Expertise for Change - Ninel Ulloa, Gender Impacts Project Manager
In this episode of Expertise for Change, Ninel Ulloa Maureira, Gender Impact Officer, presents the actions taken by Proparco to reduce gender inequality through its financing and support activities.
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New issue of the magazine Private Sector & Development: #36 Technical Assistance: widening the field of possib...
The 36th edition of Proparco's Private Sector & Development (PS&D) magazine is devoted to technical assistance, an instrument at the service of development commonly used by all actors (international o...
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The Alliance for Entrepreneurship supports early-stage companies to enhance access to electricity through low-...
PROPARCO and IFC, two core members of the Alliance for Entrepreneurship in Africa (AforE), announce their intent to support the scale up of Nuru, an early-stage company which provides decentralized an...
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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...
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Nigeria: Nutrik increases its local production capacity for emergency therapeutic food
Proparco has granted a €2 million loan for Nutrik to develop its emergency therapeutic food (RUTF) production activity in Nigeria. This financing is part of the FARM (Food & Agriculture Resilience Mis...
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Agriculture and agri-food
Proparco supports private stakeholders in the agriculture and agri-food sectors committed to promoting more productive, environmentally-friendly and resource-efficient business models.
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In Togo, the Agence Française de Développement Group reaffirms its support to the private sector with Ecobank ...
On the occasion of the visit to Togo of Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and President of Proparco, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed today with Ec...
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Voices for Change - VisionFund Sénégal, with Agnès Diene and Christine Fages
On 6 January, Christine Fages, the French Ambassador to Senegal, met with Agnès Diene, CEO of VisionFund Senegal microfinance institution. The meeting highlighted the shared commitment of VisionFund S...
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French and Canadian DFIs launch capacity-building project for women entrepreneurs
Findev Canada, Agence française de développement (AFD) and Proparco have announced the launch of a capacity-building project for women entrepreneurs in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.
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