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REPLAY - Françoise Lombard's speech at the opening day of the Paris INFRAWEEK 2023
Watch the intervention of Françoise Lombard, Chief Executive Officer of Proparco, on the opening day of Paris INFRAWEEK 2023, at the plenary session " Unlocking Private-sector Financing in Emerging Co...
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REPLAY - Intervention of Proparco at Ambition Africa 2023
Watch the intervention of Myriam Brigui, Director of Internation Network Department of Proparco, during the fifth edition of Ambition Africa, on the panel: "Financing SMEs in Africa: what new solution...
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Access to quality seeds: the example of local seed ventures in Malawi
For Sub-Saharan African smallholder farmers, poor harvests can frequently be attributed largely to poor quality seed. But providing varied, high-quality seed is one of the most efficient and cost-effe...
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The private sector and pharmaceutical industry in Africa
Providing access to quality medicines still poses a number of challenges in Africa. Distribution channels are often fragmented, with a large number of intermediaries or parallel channels, which often...
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In Rwanda, “hospitals can now use RapidSMS data to get ready for new arrivals!”
The RapidSMS telemedecine platform makes it possible for Community Health Workers (CHWs) to share data: between 2009 and 2015, it helped to save the lives of around 590,000 new-born babies and it has...
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Public infrastructure: a key driver in supporting private players
In situations of vulnerability and crisis, investment in infrastructure by international development institutions can provide a solid base to support the recovery and reconstruction of a State.
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Socolait: using counter-cyclical investment to emerge stronger from a crisis
By investing in plant renovation and new products, restructuring its distribution system and deploying a local milk collection network, the Malagasy agri-food operator Socolait has managed to contend...
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What tools to finance the private sector in fragile states? The experience of the International Finance Corpor...
Over half of the world’s poor will be living in fragile and conflict-affected situations by 2030. Addressing the challenges of poverty and human development is impossible without taking into account t...
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Choose Africa Resilience
This brochure presents Choose Africa Resilience programme to support the economic recovery of African businesses. Through the Choose Africa initiative launched in 2019, Agence Française de&nb...
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Equity Bank Holding : USD 100m loan from Proparco to support SMEs in Kenya
Equity Bank Holding is committed to small and medium-sized enterprises in several countries in East Africa. Proparco has allocated to Equity Bank to support SMEs in Kenya. This project is part of the...
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Climat - activity report 2019
Since 2015, tackling climate change has been a core aspect of the AFD Group identity. This positioning has been strengthened by the adoption of a 2017-2022 climate strategy that reflects the Group’s a...
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Presentation of Choose Africa Resilience guarantee
In response to the economic crisis triggered by Covid-19, which is hitting microenterprises and SMEs hard, AFD Group is extending its mechanism with Choose Africa Resilience. This EUR 1bn program is d...
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Presentation of Choose Africa Resilience
How the Resilience component of Choose Africa is deployed to companies in Africa weakened by the crisis related to Covid-19? Discover in video the AFD Group's solutions through two examples of clients...
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Teaser : presentation of Choose Africa Resilience
Teaser : Watch our video on AFD Group’s solutions with two examples of entrepreneurs in Africa.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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