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3 questions to Richard Lowe, Founder & CEO of Activa Assurances

3 questions to David Auerbach, co-founder of Sanergy

In the slum areas of Kenya’s capital, indoor flush toilets are a rarity. Most people have to make do with plastic bags and outdoor pit latrines. To remedy the situation, a company called Sanergy has b...

3 questions to Vineet Rai, CEO of Aavishkaar

Founded in 2001, Aavishkaar (which means “invention” in Hindi) is India’s leading impact investment firm.

3 questions to Barthout Van Slingelandt, managing partner XSML

Proparco has been partenring the XSML Fund since 2016 in Africa. Interview of Barthout Van Slingelandt, managing Partner of XSML : - What is the role of the new "AFR" Fund? - What is different about d...

Hysacam, the country’s number one waste management contractor in Cameroon / Immersion 360° PROPARCO

HYSACAM is Cameroon’s number one private waste management contractor. It handles waste management services in 17 cities throughout the country. It collects over 1.5 million tonnes of waste a year or 4...

Senergy, the largest solar power plant in Senegal / Immersion 360° PROPARCO

The Senergy photovoltaic power plant project combines the expertise of three French energy specialists: the Meridiam investment fund, the specialist solar energy constructor Solairedirect and Schneide...

Golden Rice, leading actor of rice in Cambodia / Immersion 360° PROPARCO

Golden Rice was founded in 2009 and is Cambodia’s leading exporter of high-end jasmin rice. In 2013, Proparco granted the company a special loan of 10 million dollars over five years to help Golden Ri...

MA's Food, sustainable agriculture in Sri Lanka / Immersion 360° PROPARCO

The Sri Lankan company MA’s Food was founded in 1986 and specialises in producing foods using spices and coconut. The company sources its food locally, preferably from smallholders whom it helps to ad...

Cobra : the wind power challenge in Peru

PROPARCO, the French development finance institution, has raised a total of 69 million dollars to finance these projects, with a co-financing from its German and Dutch counterparts, as well as from th...

The Assets of Tereos for Sustainability in the Agro-industry

This project in support of the Tereos Group is in many ways one of the most important in our Brazilian portfolio. First of all because it provides support to a key sector in the Brazilian agro-industr...

HCor : Innovation as a tool to improve hospital care

The context of the project is the increasing demand for healthcare in Brazil, resulting from the demographic growth and ageing population, but also due to the fact that more Brazilians now have access...

Kigali amendment: concrete progress on climate change and opportunity for the private sector

Focus on an historic climate agreement that has gone almost unnoticed on the margins of COP22: the amendment adopted in Kigali in October 2016 aims to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs or F-gases). T...

Experiences in index-based insurance for farmers: lessons learnt from Senegal and Bangladesh

Index insurance is an innovative approach that pays out benefits based on a pre-determined index (e.g. rainfall, seismic activity, livestock mortality rates, etc.) for losses arising from weather and...

Using insurance to harness savings and boost corporate and capital investment: the example of the CIMA zone

In Africa, insurers are potentially able to channel household savings and make long-term investments in businesses and infrastructure projects, however a number of obstacles continue to hamper their c...

Proparco public procurement

Proparco is subject to the public procurement rules set out in the French Public Procurement Code, which came into force on April 1, 2019. Proparco's contracts respect the principles of freedom of acc...

Micro-health insurance: the user perspective

There are many social and cultural obstacles facing micro-health insurance in developing countries. While disadvantaged communities develop their own solidarity, risk-sharing and planning mechanisms,...

Africa: on the cusp of an innovation revolution

While emerging economies have been driving global growth over the last ten years, the gap vis-à-vis developed economies is still very substantial. Skill gaps in particular severely constrain economic...

The insurance sector sets its sights on Africa

Africa is home to 15% of the World’s population but generates barely 1.5% of global insurance premiums. Nevertheless, a number of indicators point to rapid future growth in the sector: the Continent’s...

Partnering african airport hubs, 3 examples

Mining as a transformative opportunity for Sub-Saharan Africa

Mining can be a formidable transformative opportunity for Sub-Saharan Africa but measures and regulations are required to strengthen the finances of the local utilities and provide a less uncertain an...