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Meeting with Société Générale Burkina Faso, Choose Africa partner
Interview with Robert Aimé Diallo, Director of Corporate Clients at Société Générale Burkina Faso, and Stéphane Sawadogo, Head of the Professional Clients Market. Discover how the bank supports the gr...
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Investing and supporting SMEs in Africa - 10 years of impact for FISEA
The main objectives of the evaluation were to assess the economic, social and environmental impacts of FISEA. This involved estimating the value added by the technical assistance facility and offering...
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Choose Africa. In Zambia, Dorothy Kacompe, a farmer's journey in action
Discover the story of Dorothy Kasompe in Zambia who developed Funamwango Farm, a citrus farm located on the outskirts of Lusaka. A woman entrepreneur beneficiary from Choose Africa.
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Choose Africa. In Zambia, Kenneth Kapampa, a pharmacist's journey in action
Discover Kenneth Kapampa’s story in Zambia, a pharmacist and founder of the pharmaceutical distribution company Ashton Pharmaceuticals. An entrepreneur, beneficiary from Choose Africa.
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Choose Africa. In Côte d'Ivoire, Cissé Abdoul Aziz, the journey of the founder of Afribacom
This is the story of Cissé Abdoul Aziz, a scientist who discovered his entrepreneurial spirit. He tells the story of the creation of his company, Afribacom, which employs 30 permanent staff, and why h...
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Key figures 2020
Proparco is the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD Group). It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 40 years....
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PRESS KIT «CHOOSE AFRICA ON AIR» 8 JUNE 2021 11AM PARIS TIME, 9AM GMT
Weakened by Covid-19 crisis, SMEs will play a key role in the recovery. It is in this context that PROPARCO will review the first years of the initiative during the digital broadcast “Choose Africa On...
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AB BANK ZAMBIA, a partner of Choose Africa in Zambia
Created in 2011, AB Bank Zambia is the only SME and micro-entrepreneur financing bank in Zambia. ABZ has 7 branches and employs 450 staff. In 2019, the FISEA facility, managed by Proparco, invested €1...
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Poa! internet, a key-player of the digital transformation in Kenya
Based in Nairobi, poa! internet is an innovative enterprise, providing fast, affordable, unlimited Internet to low-income population. Poa! internet received an investment of US$6.1 million from the No...
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Compensation of the directors and of the members of the committees created by the Board
Since 2015, Proparco's General Assembly has decided to grant compensation to Proparco's Directors for their presence and activity within the Board of Directors. At its meeting of May 19, 2021, it set...
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Social business: the challenge of scaling up
Entrepreneurship can meet the needs of “base-of-the-pyramid” populations, provided the business in question has reached the critical size needed for profitability and sustainability. Examples of “incl...
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Palmis Enèji: from NGO to enterprise - the story of a social business in Haiti
In 2012, the French NGO EDM launched a programme to distribute Palmis Enèji cooking and lighting appliances to meet energy demand among the poorest sections of the Haitian population. Two years ago, t...
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The diversity of social business: the case of Madagascar
Despite a troubled macroeconomic and political environment, Madagascar possesses a fairly diversified, dynamic economic fabric in comparison to other countries with a similar level of development. Thi...
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Access to quality sanitation in kenyan slums: Sanergy's model
Sanergy strives to leverage the entire sanitation value chain to create vibrant micro-businesses in informal settlements and by-products that can be marketed to Kenyan farmers. Hazardous waste is remo...
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The ambitious and challenges of social business - Better definiting and structuring the sector
Social business is a demanding business model: social enterprises pursue social or environmental goals while also seeking long-term profitability and they face many challenges. In the wide- ranging ‘i...
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth also depends on the funding of affordable housing
Well-functioning areas are a key issue for Africa’s development. The housing sector, with the construction of millions of affordable homes for the masses in Africa, represents a major challenge but al...
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The Big Bang in Big Data: an opportunity for African urban policies
Each day, our intensive use of information technologies generates trillions of data bytes termed “Big Data”. Some big data has a high socio-behavioural value and may therefore be of use in producing d...
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Teaching teachers: first steps in improving education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Elun is a nonprofit providing free teacher education to schools in the developing world with a number of ongoing projects in Rwanda, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Tanzania. This article presents Elun’s id...
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Encouraging banking sector participation in climate finance, the case of Kenya
The development of energy resources and energy efficiency in Kenya is a current necessity as well as a big challenge. To meet that challenge, Kenya's Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has partnered w...
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Pooling – an innovative way of releasing capital for renewable energy in India
The Indian government's electrification plans offers major opportunities for renewable energies, with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) best placed to meet them. They, however, face challenges...
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