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PROPARCO and Société Générale Cameroun are supporting the development of the first certified green mall in Ce...
Like many cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon (4 million inhabitants), is experiencing rapid population growth, especially among the middle class, and a strong urban...
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Proparco provides a US$20 million finance facility to T&C Garments
The loan granted to one of Egypt’s top apparel company will support thousands of jobs over the coming years. It will also accelerate the company’s efforts towards better production processes through e...
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Proparco takes a 30 M USD stake in pan-African fund AfricInvest IV, dedicated to African SMEs
Through a 30 million USD investment in the first close of AfricInvest’s new multisector private equity fund, Proparco will support the development of strong local and regional consumer-driven business...
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2X Challenge exceeds initial target by committing and mobilizing $4.5 billion in capital towards women’s econo...
Montreal, June 30th, 2020 - Just two years after the launch of the 2X Challenge at the G7 Charlevoix Summit in Canada, the initiative has committed and mobilized a total $4.5 billion in gender-smart i...
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IFC, IFU and PROPARCO Provide More Than $100 Million in Equity to Improve Healthcare in Egypt and Morocco
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, IFU, the Danish Investment Fund for Developing countries, and PROPARCO, member of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) group, are providing an equity fina...
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Proparco, Finnfund and Nordic Microfinance Initiative support Proximity Finance in Myanmar
The $14 million investment will enable the microfinance institution to reach more smallholder farmers in Myanmar.
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Can Public-Private Partnerships Benefit Populations Excluded from Water Services?
Although public-private partnerships may have achieved relatively disappointing results in terms of extending access to water for poor populations, the arrival of private operators has nevertheless of...
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A network of central banks and regulators committed to climate action
The financial sector is increasingly mainstreaming climate-related risks into its analyses, in particular through the action of the NGFS, an international network of central banks and regulators. Deta...
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Collaborating to accelerate investment in climate adaptation and resilience
While there is an urgent need to step up action on climate adaptation, the action is not in step with the need. This is especially true of the required financing, particularly from the private sector....
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How cities can focus their climate adaptation and resilience actions
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and all are at risk from increasing climate change impacts ( floods, storms, extreme temperatures, among others) due to warming at alarming l...
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Helping financial institutions to scale up climate change adaptation for increased resilience
The financing of adaptation measures has not become widespread up to now due to a number of obstacles. These include – but are not limited to – insufficient harmonization of practices and terminology,...
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Investing in nature for water security: the power of collaboration
Around the world, the impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt and have become impossible to ignore. Stories of increased drought, more intense storms, and changing rainfall patterns are...
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Private sector action in analyzing climate risk data
Climate change is part of our daily lives. It must no longer be considered as a problem of the future but as a current challenge: it is essential to adapt our societies and systems. Private sector pla...
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Adenia IV
The Adenia IV fund mainly targets SMEs in the Indian Ocean and West Africa. It helps them go regional, diversify their products, and strengthen their organizational and managerial potential.
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How Seed Co Group is tackling climate change in Zimbabwe
Farmers in Southern Africa are grappling with the hazards of climate change and reduced rainfall. Seed Co Group – a company based in Zimbabwe – is attempting to provide them with solutions by developi...
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How important is adaptation finance for a just transition?
Climate adaptation entails responding to climate impacts that result in deteriorating living conditions. It requires private sector investment to scale alongside public investment, to supplement publi...
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What indicators for finance devoted to climate change adaptation?
Adaptation is by definition the response to a shock – in this case a climate shock. But if this issue is not identified and taken into account in the business practices and procedures of private playe...
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A model of resilience: Brazil’s leading private sanitation provider
Thanks to its business model – aligned with ESG principles – Aegea has become the leading private sanitation company in Brazil, servicing 154 cities in 2022 (up from 6 in 2010). Providing sanitary sew...
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Financing adaptation: the private sector’s role
The climate crisis has become increasingly evident in the last five years. Its alarming effects are also becoming more apparent. Thus, it has become clear that the actions taken to adapt to global cli...
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Building inclusive, green and resilient economies
Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has provided countries with a unique opportunity to 'build back better'. Leveraging this opportunity will entail ensuring that stimulus and policy packages are both...
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