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“Choose Africa on air” webcast: spotlight on entrepreneurial Africa
This event brought together a number of Proparco’s key economic stakeholders, entrepreneurs, experts and financial partners, both in a studio and via a live link-up from Africa. It was an opportunity...
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Global gender finance initiative sets ambitious new $15 billion fundraising goal after securing more than doub...
Over 200 businesses in the developing world received investment over the last three years.
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Banco Popular
PROPARCO is supporting credit for businesses – especially SMEs – by financing Banco Popular Dominicano, the country’s leading private bank. SMEs currently account for a third of its loan portfolio.
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IVORY COAST : Proparco and EAIF partner to finance the first biomass plant with grid injection in Africa
During the visit to Côte d’Ivoire by Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Proparco and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) have closed a 165M EUR proj...
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Proparco and Ecobank Liberia have signed a USD 10M Trade Finance guarantee
After a pilot Trade Finance project launched in 2017 with Ecobank Group subsidiaries in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire (and their French subsidiary as confirming bank), PROPARCO has just...
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G7 DFI and multilateral partners to invest over $80 billion into African businesses over the next five years
The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the European Investment Bank today announced that they were committed to investing $80 billion in the private sec...
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Proparco participates in Berkeley Energy’s new Africa Renewable Energy Fund II
The €130 million fund will focus on the development, construction, and operation of renewable energy assets and technologies across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Proparco 2020 Sustainable Development Report: A focus on Proparco’s project monitoring, its impact on gender ...
How does Proparco monitor the real impact of its projects? What impact do they have on female employment, and what measurement indicators has Proparco adopted? What does its extra-financial offer “PRO...
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Proparco, IFC, DEG and DFC Support South African COVID-19 Vaccine Maker, Aspen
To support the development of vaccines for African countries, Proparco, IFC, DEG - the German development finance institution, and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today an...
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Launching a New Global Industry Body that Convenes the Entire Spectrum of Investors to Promote Gender Lens Inv...
Some of the largest household names in the global investment industry today announced that they would be backing a new industry body set up to promote investment in women.
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Proparco and National Bank of Iraq have signed a $10 Million Trade Finance Guarantee
Proparco has just granted a trade finance guarantee for $10 million to National Bank of Iraq (NBI). This project is the first collaboration between Proparco and NBI and will support local importers in...
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In Ecuador, PROPARCO has signed two new projects in the agribusiness and telecoms sectors
By allocating a USD 15m loan to SONGA, a shrimp producer, and a USD 25m loan to Phoenix Tower International Ecuador (PTIE), a telecoms company, PROPARCO has reiterated its support to Ecuador’s private...
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BANCO PROCREDIT
Banco ProCredit Ecuador is a financial institution which aims to focus its support on the country’s microenterprises and SMEs. It also conducts a training policy, which is offered to both its employee...
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Proparco invests in Bank of Palestine to foster inclusive growth in Palestine
Bank of Palestine (BOP) and Proparco jointly announced today the signing of an agreement that will see FISEA (the AFD Group fund advised by Proparco), invest USD 12 million in Bank of Palestine throug...
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IDB Invest, Proparco, FinDev Canada and Sofisa support SMEs in Brazil by facilitating access to financing
IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, has provided financing for US$200 million to Banco Sofisa S.A. (Sofisa) in Brazil, together with Proparco and FinDev Canada. The proceeds will contribute to incr...
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Metier-led consortium invests US$36 million into AMN to expand coverage in remote rural Africa
A consortium led by Metier, an independent African private equity fund manager, has invested US$36 million into Africa Mobile Networks Ltd (“AMN”). The consortium includes CDC Group (the UK’s developm...
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Proparco and Ecobank increase support for MSMEs in Ghana
Proparco and Ecobank Ghana, an affiliate of the Pan-African Banking Group, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), have today signed a partnership agreement aimed at increasing access to finance for...
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Proparco partners with impact manager INCOFIN IM to invest in the rural Indian economy
Proparco and Incofin IM announce the successful first closing of the Incofin India Progress Fund (IPF) with over EUR 50 million of commitments. The fund will make private equity investments in the Ind...
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Proparco becomes the shareholder of Credo Bank
Proparco and Credo Bank signed an equity investment agreement based on which Proparco has become a new shareholder of the bank. The investment supports the acquisition of Finca Bank Georgia by Credo a...
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Proparco and IFC to finance Kasada's first acquisition to support the hospitality sector in sub-saharan Africa
Kasada has secured a strategic partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to create a large hotel portfolio in Sub-Saharan Africa through a US$160 million debt facility, of which a U...
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