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EURIZ: guaranteeing and facilitating access to credit for high-impact SMES in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacifi...
To facilitate small and medium-sized enterprises access to credit and thereby promote their development, AFD Group has launched the EURIZ guarantee scheme, with financial support from the EU and Organ...
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MENA Facility: a set of guarantees and credit lines for SMES in the Mediterranean
In 2008, the European Commission launched the Neighborhood Investment Facility (NIF), an innovative financial instrument to support the development of the private sector, particularly for small and me...
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ENKO Education 2016 2020
Proparco is supporting the creation and running of thirty or so international schools in French-speaking Africa. This project is being led by Enko Education Group and will extend education provision f...
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Proparco joins Axian Telecom’s new bond issuance to boost digital access in Africa
Proparco is pleased to announce its participation in the new public bond issuance of Axian Telecom Holding for an amount of USD 25 million. The success of Axian Telecom’s new USD 600 million bond issu...
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2025 Disclosure Statement Operating Principles for Impact Management
The Impact Principles (Invest for Impact | Operating Principles for Impact Management) set inspiring goals to reach for all responsible finance investors eager to promote business in common. They prov...
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FEFISOL 2015
The European Solidarity Financing Fund for Africa supports microfinance, fair trade and organic farming in local currency, while providing technical assistance to beneficiary organizations.
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ILX and Proparco partner to support development in emerging markets through a B-Loan
By joining this transaction alongside Proparco, ILX supports the mobilisation of private finance and contributes to risk-sharing efforts that allows to mobilise additional investors. The partnership u...
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Supporting Ukraine: Proparco's enhanced strategic response
Proparco has reiterated its commitment to rebuilding Ukraine's economy at the Ukraine Recovery Conference, organised on 10 - 11 July 2025 in Rome. Its strategy is based around four key focuses aimed a...
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Boosting job creation in Africa’s sports sector
In a significant move to accelerate job creation and enhance the competitive sports and entertainment sector in Africa, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Proparco, a subsidiary of the Agence...
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Sustainable plantations: Proparco supports ECOM towards biochar coproduction
Biochar, charcoal derived from organic residue, is the product of an ancient practice that has been reinvented to optimise carbon storage and restore agricultural soils. With Proparco's support, EC...
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How gender lens investing is shaping more inclusive workplaces
To understand the outcomes of its gender-related investments to date, Proparco commissioned an evaluation of its portfolio. The goal was to assess the contributions of these investments to gender equa...
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FEH
Proparco is guaranteeing the financing allocated by the Asian Development Bank to Far East Horizon, so that it can continue to support more environmentally friendly and cleaner means of transport – pa...
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CBAO strengthens credit access for Senegalese MSMEs
Proparco and CBAO, the Senegalese subsidiary of the Attijariwafa bank group, have formalized their partnership by signing their first ARIZ guarantee, designed to facilitate access to credit for micro,...
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Proparco commits to SME financing in Senegal
Proparco has granted a €3 million ARIZ portfolio guarantee to FBNBank Senegal, a subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria Plc, to cover a €6 million loan portfolio. This operation aims to support the bank’...
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Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM) policy revision: formal public consultation on the Draft ICM Policy com...
The Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM) depends on a robust and appropriately framed policy to inform and guide its activities, and the Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have committed to reg...
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Proparco supports SME financing alongside BCI Guinea
The Banque pour le Commerce et l’Industrie Guinée (BCI Guinea), a subsidiary of the BCI Mauritania group, and Proparco, the private sector arm of the AFD Group, signed on Monday, September 8, 2025, a...
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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...
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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...
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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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