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Index Up40: the network of French start-ups focusing on African markets
Launched in 2016 by Medef International, Index Up40 brings together French start-ups operating in Africa. It has become a key network that facilitates synergies and supports French entrepreneurship on...
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Ange Frédérick Balma highlights LiFi on both sides of the Mediterranean
At the head of Lifi-Led start-ups in Abidjan and Sinilux in Aix-en-Provence, the Ivorian entrepreneur Ange Frédérick Balma uses LiFi technology to market light as a wireless communication service. In...
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How the Mauritian CIEL Group is broadening its African horizon
CIEL Group operates in a number of sectors, including financial services, health and textiles, and is one of the leading economic players in Mauritius. This performance is linked to its activities in...
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“The African continent is beginning to create an enabling environment for technology innovation to thrive” – B...
Nigeria's Co-creation Hub (CcHub) is one of the county's leading technology, innovation and preincubation spaces. It is a place for technologists, entrepreneurs, the Government, tech companies, and im...
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Entrepreneurs from the diaspora are ramping up innovation-led development in Africa
The African diaspora is a unique resource that must be harnessed. Aside from channelling financial flows back to their countries of origin, thanks to experience acquired abroad and familiarity with th...
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Overview of new solutions to support small business
In Africa, SMEs account for 90% of private companies and provide jobs for 70% of the rural population. They play a key role in job creation and in the continent’s economic development, however, when...
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How to successfully build women’s entrepreneurship
Women’s entrepreneurship boosts Africa’s economy. Assisting it means supporting growth and employment. Yet there are many barriers to its development. While some are due to social or cultural factors...
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Private sector action in analyzing climate risk data
Climate change is part of our daily lives. It must no longer be considered as a problem of the future but as a current challenge: it is essential to adapt our societies and systems. Private sector pla...
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Adenia IV
The Adenia IV fund mainly targets SMEs in the Indian Ocean and West Africa. It helps them go regional, diversify their products, and strengthen their organizational and managerial potential.
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How Seed Co Group is tackling climate change in Zimbabwe
Farmers in Southern Africa are grappling with the hazards of climate change and reduced rainfall. Seed Co Group – a company based in Zimbabwe – is attempting to provide them with solutions by developi...
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How important is adaptation finance for a just transition?
Climate adaptation entails responding to climate impacts that result in deteriorating living conditions. It requires private sector investment to scale alongside public investment, to supplement publi...
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What indicators for finance devoted to climate change adaptation?
Adaptation is by definition the response to a shock – in this case a climate shock. But if this issue is not identified and taken into account in the business practices and procedures of private playe...
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A model of resilience: Brazil’s leading private sanitation provider
Thanks to its business model – aligned with ESG principles – Aegea has become the leading private sanitation company in Brazil, servicing 154 cities in 2022 (up from 6 in 2010). Providing sanitary sew...
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Financing adaptation: the private sector’s role
The climate crisis has become increasingly evident in the last five years. Its alarming effects are also becoming more apparent. Thus, it has become clear that the actions taken to adapt to global cli...
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Building inclusive, green and resilient economies
Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has provided countries with a unique opportunity to 'build back better'. Leveraging this opportunity will entail ensuring that stimulus and policy packages are both...
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Responding to pandemics: development funders light the way
Three key figures in development finance institutions working with the healthcare sectors of developing countries provide their insights gleaned at the coalface of pandemic responses. The funding and...
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How digital innovation supports development and can aid the Covid-19 recovery
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many day-to-day activities – meetings, working, shopping- were made possible because they moved online. This highlighted the critical role of digital infrastructure in su...
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Scaling up blended finance to build back better
Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been delayed by Covid-19, leading to a rise in poverty and inequality. Additional effort is needed to adapt to climate change: funding will be req...
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Development finance institutions: major players in Africa’s post-Covid recovery
For the past two years, Proparco and its European counterparts have been on the front line in tackling the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Through record financial commitments and a w...
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Advans Côte d'Ivoire 2015
The capital increase of Advans Côte d’Ivoire, the country’s third largest microfinance institution, will support the development of its activities, particularly outside Abidjan where populations are g...
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