Publications and media
With EURIZ, facilitating access to credit for SMEs in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
Small and medium-sized enterprises play a key role in economic growth and job creation. They need financial resources to develop their activity, but their access to financing remains limited, often be...
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Key points - Sustainable Development Report 2020
For this 2020 edition of the Sustainability Report, Proparco has produced an additional summary of the key points and figures presented in the report. Enjoy reading it!
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2021 Disclosure Statement Operating Principles for Impact Management
The Impact Principles set inspiring goals to reach for all responsible finance investors eager to promote business in common. They provide standards and guidelines for an analytical and systemic appro...
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2021 Independent verifier’s limited assurance report on the alignment of Proparco on the Operating Principles ...
Independent assurance report on the alignment of Proparco with the Operating Principles for Impact Management
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Choose Africa. In Senegal, Adama Sène Cissé, the journey of the cofounder of GADE-GUI
This is the story of Adama Sène Cissé, a banker who discovered his entrepreneurial spirit. She tells the story of the creation of her company, Gade-Gui, specialized in groundnut processing. Gade-Gui e...
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Sustainable Development Report 2020
Proparco is publishing its third sustainability report, with figures to the end of 2020. This report presents the main results and actions we have taken to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. T...
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Compensation of the directors and of the members of the committees created by the Board
Since 2015, Proparco's General Assembly has decided to grant compensation to Proparco's Directors for their presence and activity within the Board of Directors. At its meeting of May 19, 2021, it set...
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AB BANK ZAMBIA, a partner of Choose Africa in Zambia
Created in 2011, AB Bank Zambia is the only SME and micro-entrepreneur financing bank in Zambia. ABZ has 7 branches and employs 450 staff. In 2019, the FISEA facility, managed by Proparco, invested €1...
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Poa! internet, a key-player of the digital transformation in Kenya
Based in Nairobi, poa! internet is an innovative enterprise, providing fast, affordable, unlimited Internet to low-income population. Poa! internet received an investment of US$6.1 million from the No...
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PRESS KIT «CHOOSE AFRICA ON AIR» 8 JUNE 2021 11AM PARIS TIME, 9AM GMT
Weakened by Covid-19 crisis, SMEs will play a key role in the recovery. It is in this context that PROPARCO will review the first years of the initiative during the digital broadcast “Choose Africa On...
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Key figures 2020
Proparco is the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD Group). It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 40 years....
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Choose Africa. In Côte d'Ivoire, Cissé Abdoul Aziz, the journey of the founder of Afribacom
This is the story of Cissé Abdoul Aziz, a scientist who discovered his entrepreneurial spirit. He tells the story of the creation of his company, Afribacom, which employs 30 permanent staff, and why h...
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Choose Africa. In Zambia, Dorothy Kacompe, a farmer's journey in action
Discover the story of Dorothy Kasompe in Zambia who developed Funamwango Farm, a citrus farm located on the outskirts of Lusaka. A woman entrepreneur beneficiary from Choose Africa.
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Choose Africa. In Zambia, Kenneth Kapampa, a pharmacist's journey in action
Discover Kenneth Kapampa’s story in Zambia, a pharmacist and founder of the pharmaceutical distribution company Ashton Pharmaceuticals. An entrepreneur, beneficiary from Choose Africa.
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Investing and supporting SMEs in Africa - 10 years of impact for FISEA
The main objectives of the evaluation were to assess the economic, social and environmental impacts of FISEA. This involved estimating the value added by the technical assistance facility and offering...
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Meeting with Société Générale Burkina Faso, Choose Africa partner
Interview with Robert Aimé Diallo, Director of Corporate Clients at Société Générale Burkina Faso, and Stéphane Sawadogo, Head of the Professional Clients Market. Discover how the bank supports the gr...
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Annual Report Independent Complaints Mechanism DEG / FMO / Proparco January – December 2020
As part of their commitment to act responsibly and transparently, in 2014, DEG and FMO established the Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM) to ensure that individuals, groups, communities or other p...
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Private Sector & Development #35 - Preserving biodiversity: the private sector in action
To mark the COP 15 of 2021, the 35th edition of Private Sector & Development imagines the role of the private sector in financing biodiversity and proposes steps to better involve businesses in the re...
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Financial institutions as key contributors to climate action
This brochure aims to sensitize financial institutions to their role in the fight against climate change. For example, they have a key role to play in mobilizing private climate finance. This brochure...
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Non-Retaliation Statement Independent Complaints Mechanism - Position Statement on Addressing Risk of Reprisal...
The ICM’s core purpose is to provide complainants with an effective, fair and credible tool to facilitate the resolution of disputes, as well as to assist Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)...
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