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In South Africa, Proparco and FirstRand strengthen their collaboration in favour of climate finance
Proparco, on behalf of AFD Group, has provided a $100 million climate finance-dedicated credit facility to FirstRand Bank Limited (FRB). This new transaction between the AFD Group and FirstRand Bank c...
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Adapting to climate change: how 3 African start-ups go about it
Farmerline, FarmWorks and SunCulture. These start-ups, financed by the ARAF fund, use technological innovation to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change in East and West Africa. Interview wi...
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France supports liwwa, a driving force for the digitalization of credit to small businesses in Jordan
While MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) represent 80% of Jordanian businesses, they are still struggling with access to credit. liwwa offers solutions to unbanked SMEs, using digitalization...
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Proparco and Ecobank Togo join forces to finance Togolese SMEs
On the sidelines of the Africa Financial Industry Summit, Proparco and Ecobank Togo signed two portfolio guarantees, ARIZ and EURIZ, for a total amount of EUR 4 million, or EUR 2 million each.
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Access to clean energy in Africa: Proparco partners with Symbiotics Investments and Greenlight planet
Proparco has just made a USD 10m subscription to a green bond arranged by Symbiotics Investments; the proceeds from the bond will be on lent to GreenLight Planet, one of the leading Solar-Home System...
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Marine biodiversity: Proparco commits to blue finance
Protecting marine biodiversity is one of the key issues on the table at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) which takes place from 7 to 19 December in Montreal. Proparco recently conducted its fir...
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Proparco supports Faten's action in the most fragile areas of the Palestinian Territories
With the granting of an ARIZ TPE portfolio guarantee to the first microfinance institution in Palestine, Faten, Proparco is supporting financial inclusion in the country. The $1.86 million (equivalent...
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BYBLOS
Proparco is becoming a shareholder of Byblos Bank to support the Lebanese bank’s development in Sub-Saharan Africa. This support is more generally contributing to the development of banking sectors an...
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In Uzbekistan, Proparco finances two wind farms to boost the development of renewable energy
Proparco, alongside several development finance institutions and commercial lenders including EBRD and DEG, is participating in the financing of the Bash and Dzhankeldy projects, two onshore wind farm...
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In Bolivia, Proparco and COSMART join forces to support micro entrepreneurs
Proparco has granted Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito San Martin de Porres Ltda. (COSMART) a $5 million line of credit to support the development of its microcredit programs, in particular for women en...
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Cambodia: AFD and Proparco finance Sathapana Bank to empower women and support SMEs
In presence of Mr. Kai Jin Fung, CEO of Sathapana Bank, Djalal Khimdjee, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Proparco and Sandrine Boucher, Director of AFD's Cambodia office, Agence Française de Dévelop...
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Proparco and the Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia join forces to improve access to water and electricity for mor...
In Cambodia, Proparco is collaborating with the Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB), a long-standing partner of AFD Group, by signing a $20 million line of credit and a €1.5 million technical assista...
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DEG, FMO and Proparco finance Sudameris for its green and gender inclusive projects in Paraguay
Three European private sector development banks - DEG, FMO and PROPARCO - have just granted a senior loan of 110 million dollars (USD) to Sudameris Bank. This financing, to which Proparco is contribut...
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Climate change and biodiversity loss: key figures of the main issues
The end of 2022 was marked by the holding of two United Nations Conferences (COP): COP27 on climate change in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and COP15 on biodiversity in Montreal, Canada. Focus on the key fig...
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Vietnam: Proparco supports MSB for its renewable energy and energy efficiency projects
Proparco has just signed a USD 30 million senior credit facility to finance renewable energy and energy efficiency projects promoted by Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MSB). This financi...
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In South Africa, Proparco and Investec partner to scale-up climate investments
Proparco and Investec Bank Limited (Investec) are collaborating to implement the Transforming Financial Systems for Climate (TFSC) programme in South Africa. The package comprises a senior credit faci...
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Launch of the first cohort of Proparco’s African Private Equity Fellowship
Proparco launched during an inaugural ceremony on January 12, the enrollment for six months of the first cohort of the African Private Equity Fellowship. The Fellowship is an unprecedented training an...
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Proparco, Bic-Bred (Suisse) SA and Céréalis join forces to support cereal imports in West and Central Africa
To address the growing demand for cereal and oilseed imports in several West and Central African countries, Proparco and Bic-Bred (Suisse) SA have signed a partnership in the form of a risk participat...
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CABS
In Zimbabwe, CABS is seeking to finance the development of its loan portfolio, but also to increase loan maturities for companies. This will contribute to private sector development in the country.
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Albania: Financial agreement of Eur 5 million between Proparco and NOA
In the presence of the Ambassador of France, Ms. Elisabeth Barsacq, an agreement for the financing of Albanian SMEs worth 5 million euros was signed between Proparco and NOA. It is the first time that...
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