Publications and media
Azure power - Support the development of new photovoltaic projects in India
Inderpreet Wadhwa, Founder and CEO of Azure Power, describes his company's commitment to develop new solar power plants in India.
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Simpa Networks - Develop access to electricity in rural India
Simpa is providing people in Uttar Pradesh (India) with access to electricity, by selling a prepaid service based on solar energy. Proparco's financing is allowing it to develop its activity in other...
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Proparco's impact in Southern Africa
We asked our clients how Proparco support their work in Southern Africa
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Financing sustainable energy and development
Since 2006, Proparco has been pursuing to an ambitious climate strategy and pledged 30% of its annual financing to climate mitigation projects. Proparco is among the most active Development Financial...
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Video - The private sector and the pharmaceutical industry, edition no. 28 of Proparco’s magazine
Mehdi Tanani, Senior Investment Officer and Head of Proparco’s Healthcare division, sets out the major issues tackled in this edition of the magazine. This new edition of Private Sector & Development...
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In favor of quality private educational opportunities
Proparco, a subsidiary of AFD, supports private initiatives in developing countries providing quality education, as widely accessible as possible, to facilitate the integration of young people in soci...
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Climate & Development Strategy 2017-2022
AFD was one of the first international donors to integrate the fight against climate change into its practices. This approach, initiated more than a decade ago, is based both on the principle that the...
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Investing for a greener future
With this booklet, we would like to share examples of initiatives and investments of EDFI members in climate finance varying from adaptation, such as wind and solar energy projects, to mitigation, suc...
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Private Sector & Development #28 - Improving the quality and accessibility of african medicine
Providing access to quality medicines still poses a number of challenges in Africa. This 28th issue of Private Sector & Development magazine tackles attempts to come up with a few pointers and solutio...
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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...
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Proparco at a glance
Proparco – a subsidiary of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) devoted to private sector funding – has been supporting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for 40 years.
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Factsheet Proparco
PROPARCO, AN INSTITUTION SERVING THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR 40 YEARS
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AFD - OVERVIEW
Building a more just and more sustainable world for all – a world in common – requires successfully achieving five main transitions, both over here and over there: energy, digital, territorial, demogr...
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Proparco Key Figures - 2016
THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AN ESSENTIAL DRIVER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH Proparco has sustained the momentum for the fifth year in a row, growing by 21% approving financing of close to €1.5 billion for businesses...
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Special issue - Private sector and digital innovation: catalyts for development
This special issue of Private Sector & Development magazine, published to mark Proparco’s 40th anniversary, focuses on how digital technology can help to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals...
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Forty years of actions supporting economic development
In this anniversary book, we highlight 40 projects that depict a portion of Proparco’s history. They were chosen because they have graced the pages of our annual reports, or have left a lasting mark o...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EXPANSION OF THE PUCMM UNIVERSITY OF SANTO DOMINGO / IMMERSION 360° PROPARCO
EXPANSION OF THE PUCMM UNIVERSITY OF SANTO DOMINGO / IMMERSION 360° PROPARCO In 2015, Proparco granted a 16 million dollar loan to the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra University (PU...
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