Publications and media
AFD - Panorama 2016
With pragmatism and determination, AFD teams are currently working on more than 2,500 development projects across the world - supplying water to parched land and people in Jordan and electricity to th...
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PROPARCO's activity Report 2016
2016 was a significant year for Proparco: implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development, and the Paris Climate Agreement which...
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3 questions to Matthew Boadu Adjei, Founder & CEO of Oasis Capital Ghana Limited
This fund invests in SMEs in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire that help to improve access to essential goods for vulnerable sections of the population. AFD Group wishes to partner this initiative and it has ju...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ethics Charter - AFD Group
Agence Française de Développement is a government body carrying out public policy, primarily overseas. Given this mandate, AFD as an organization, and each of its staff members as well, must consis...
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The AFD Carbon Footprint Tool for projects - User’s Guide and Methodology
AFD (Agence Française de Développement) aims to promote low-carbon development through the projects it finances, in line with France’s commitment to combat climate change and AFD’s strategic orientati...
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video - Vulnerabilities and crises: what role for companies? edition no. 27 of Proparco’s magazine
In its June – September 2017 issue entitled, “Vulnerabilities and crises: what role for companies?”, the Private Sector & Development review looks at the various different issues related to private se...
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Private Sector & Development #27 - Vulnerabilities and crises: what role for companies?
Over two billion people throughout the world are currently living in countries in which development is being stymied by situations that are rife with conflict and violence. The growing number of both...
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Guatemala: Low-cost solar lighting for rural communities
In Guatemala, 1.6 million people live without access to electricity, especially in rural areas and continue to use candles, oil lamps and other diesel generators. The Guatemalan start-up Kingo Energy...
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Video - The African Ports Sector: edition no. 26 of Proparco’s magazine
"African Ports : gateway to Development" : Issue no. 26 of Private Sector & Development focuses on the African port sector. The magazine features analyses provided by experts to get an insight into th...
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Private Sector & Development #26 - African ports: gateway to development
This 26th issue focuses on the African port sector. The magazine features analyses provided by experts from ISEMAR, SETRAG, Jeune Afrique and AFD, to get an insight into this rapidly growing sector th...
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Special issue - Independent power producers: a solution for Africa?
Demand for electricity in sub-Saharan Africa is growing fast – driven primarily by economic growth and by policies for widening access to electricity – and yet production capacity has developed very l...
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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...
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Strategy 2017-2020 : Grégory Clemente, CEO of Proparco
Objective 2020: double its annual commitments to EUR 2bn in order to increase the private sector’s contribution to development. The objective is to triple its impacts on sustainable development (emplo...
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The Chiaka Sidibé Hotel School
Special report from Bamako on Mali's first hotel school : Chiaka Sidibé. A projet run by Azalaï Hotels Group, with the support of Proparco
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PROPARCO's activity Report 2015
2015 was a red letter year for the sustainable development agenda. The Addis Ababa Conference on Financing for Development, the UN General Assembly on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the...
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