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Press Kit - New Delhi - Proparco's 40th anniversary
At Proparco, we strongly believe that the private sector holds a great responsibility in contributing to economic development while delivering significant positive impacts for the populations and the...
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Proparco, Partnering with financial institutions for sustainable development
Each year, Proparco commits 40% of its total financing in favour of financial institutions who play a key role in fostering sustainable economic growth. Proparco is among the most active Development F...
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Private Sector & Development #29 - Financing start-ups to build tomorrow's african economies
This issue of Private Sector & Development magazine is devoted to venture capital and the world of start-ups in Africa. It looks at a growing sector that set a new investment record in 2017.
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Video - Financing start-ups to build tomorrow's african economies, edition no. 29 of Proparco’s magazine
While it is still far from achieving a penetration similar to the American continent, Europe or Asia, venture capital investment is experiencing strong and continuous growth In Africa. For example, in...
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JUMO - A fintech that helps people save, invest and grow their business
The current explosive growth of the financial technology sector – or FinTech – in emerging markets has helped millions of people address immediate needs and overcome daily challenges related to access...
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Proparco finances Lynk, a Kenyan start-up transforming the informal sector
In Kenya, close to 80% of the population works in the informal sector. Lynk created a platform that allows workers to create a career identity online and then helps individuals and companies hire them...
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Special issue - The hotel and tourism industries in Africa: a booming market
The tourism and hotel industry, which is often vaunted for its capacity to create jobs and boost regional economic activity in general, has been enjoying a boom in Africa for a few years now.
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Investing for a greener future
With this booklet, we would like to share examples of initiatives and investments of EDFI members in climate finance varying from adaptation, such as wind and solar energy projects, to mitigation, suc...
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Our history
When it was founded in 1977, Proparco was a company 100% held by the Caisse Centrale de Coopération Economique (CCCE, now AFD) with a capital of FF 10m (EUR 1.5m). Over the years, it has gradually div...
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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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PROTEAK - Mexico's Pioneering Planters
Proteak is Mexico's leading agroforestry company. In southeastern Mexico, a region facing an unprecedented social crisis, the company has established a profitable and sustainable strategy to grow euca...
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) AFD 2017
The AFD Group's social responsibility report for the 2017 financial year has just been published. It presents the Group's policies, practices and tools in the social, environmental and governance fiel...
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AFD corporate social responsibility 2016
AFD corporate social responsibility 2016
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PROPARCO's activity Report 2017
In 2017, Proparco celebrated its 40th anniversary. That’s the age to look back on past achievements and to set future goals. And that’s what we have done, with an ambitious new strategy focusing on fi...
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AFD - Panorama 2018
AFD is the leading actor in France’s development policy. We commit to projects that genuinely improve the everyday lives of people, both in developing and emerging countries and in the French overseas...
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