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Review : With the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Proparco is stepping up and extendin...
Under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, held for six months from 1 January to 30 June 2022, Proparco has significantly stepped up its cooperation activities with the European...
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New Blue Loan to Help Bank of Qingdao Pilot Blue Finance, Supporting China’s Climate Goals
Proparco participated in IFC's landmark $150 million blue syndicated loan for Bank of Qingdao (BQD), marking its and IFC's first blue finance investment in China. This new investment will enable BQD t...
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Proparco invests $31,5 million into Kenya's leading modern retailer
Proparco, is pleased to announce its partnership with IBL Group, the largest conglomerate of Mauritius (listed on the Mauritius Stock Exchange), and DEG, a subsidiary of German KfW Group, to jointly a...
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Proparco Completes Pre-Series-A Investment in Moringa Fueling its Expansion across Africa
This investment will aid Moringa to prepare for Series A funding in 2023. Apart from International expansion outside Kenya, the funding from Proparco will also facilitate the broadening of the range o...
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Proparco and Vista Gui sign a USD 10 million trade finance guarantee in Guinea
The project consists in the granting of a USD 10 million envelope to guarantee trade finance instruments issued by Vista Gui, a subsidiary of the Vista banking group, the country's largest bank in ter...
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Proparco invests $15 million in the Indian microfinance institution Annapurna
This investment from Proparco completes a funding round in which Annapurna raised a total of $100 million. This fundraising will allow Annapurna to grow its loan book, invest in technology, expand geo...
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Brac Bank
Proparco is contributing to strengthening the financing capacity of BRAC Bank – whose clients are unbanked SMEs in Bangladesh – and is financing training in risk management for ten of the bank’s execu...
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Green Móvil: Proparco and FDN finance the largest e-mobility project in Colombia
This week, at Proparco’s headquarters in Paris, the signing ceremony of the Green Móvil project took place. Only a year after financing the first fleet of electric buses in Bogotá (the “Electribus” pr...
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Acquisition of a majority equity stake in Diani Beach Hospital in Kenya alongside Ascent Rift Valley Fund II –...
The investment will continue Diani Beach Hospital’s growth, thus improving healthcare provision for hundreds of thousands of Kenyans living in an underserved part of the country.
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Proparco supports Centenary Bank’s commitment towards Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Uganda
Through a credit line and portfolio guarantees equivalent to UGX 105 billion commitment, Proparco will help boost Centenary Bank’s capacity to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)...
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Proparco, the European Union and Societe Generale Guinea collaborate to support high impact VSEs/SMEs
Proparco, on behalf of the French Development Agency (AFD), has signed a partnership agreement with Societe Generale Guinea within the framework of the EURIZ program implemented thanks to the resource...
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Azura
The gas-fired power plant located in Edo State in Nigeria will supply electricity to several million people. The project required the implementation of a regulatory framework promoting private investm...
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The AAF fund's exit from Feronia marks the end of AFD Group's indirect participation in the company
In November 2020, following a restructuring and sale process, Feronia sold all its shares in Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) to the Straight KKM2 (KKM) fund. Consequently, the AAF fund, who...
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Proparco and FMO support Kılıç Deniz, Turkey’s leading aquaculture player, through EUR 80mln syndicated loan
FMO and Proparco announced today the launch of a EUR 80mln syndicated facility to support Kılıç Deniz, Turkey’s leading aquaculture player, which is growing and producing sustainably certified fish. T...
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Proparco and BICIS commit to Senegalese VSEs and SMEs affected by the crisis
Proparco's Choose Africa Resilience guarantee will cover BICIS' lending of XOF 1,250,000,000 to Senegalese small and medium-sized enterprises.
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2020 annual results : €2 billion of commitments, major impacts on development and a mobilization in response t...
This morning, AFD Group presented the figures for its activities in 2020. Despite an exceptional context marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, Proparco, the Group’s private sector financing arm, has topped...
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INDIA: USD 75m to develop the microfinance activity of IndusInd Bank and support women entrepreneurs in rural ...
Proparco has just signed a USD 75m loan with IndusInd Bank for its Microfinance Division. This financing will allow the bank to increase the number of microcredits allocated to women entrepreneurs in...
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Congolese MSMEs will benefit from the Choose Africa Resilience guarantee granted by Proparco to Société Généra...
During his visit to Brazzaville, Mr Franck RIESTER, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, launched the "Choose Afric...
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Burkina Faso : Proparco is stepping up its action to support SMEs in partnership with Société Générale
To mark the launch of the new “Resilience” component of the French Choose Africa initiative in Burkina Faso, Mrs. Fatoumata Sissoko-Sy, PROPARCO’s Regional Director for West Africa, and Mr. Harold Cof...
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Proparco is helping COFINA structure agricultural sectors in Burkina Faso
Fatoumata Sissoko-Sy, PROPARCO’s Regional Director for West Africa, and Dramane Bazié, Chief Executive Officer of COFINA Burkina Faso, have signed a Technical Assistance project to finance the agricul...
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