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€2.5BN
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Proparco is the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement. It has been supporting private stakeholders in developing and emerging countries for over 40 years. In 2019, Proparco had an exceptional year supporting sustainable development.
49%
access to credit and financial inclusion
26%
Infrastructure, energy, telecoms, transport, water and sanitation
18%
manufacturing sector, agriculture, agro-industry, health, education
7%
multi-sectoral funds
Our commitments
by sector
13%
Asia
4%
Middle East
7%
Multi-country
20%
Latin America
and the Caribbean
52%
Africa
3%
Southeast Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus
Breakdown
by region
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all data
Evolution
of financial
products
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data
€96M
€1266M
€18M
€250M
€164M
€319M
€1786M
€253M
2018
2019
Loans
Other securities
Equity investments
Guarantees
Grants
Our aim is to support responsible private stakeholders that are committed to the positive and sustainable transformations in our countries of operation
Grégory Clemente, Chief Executive Officer of Proparco
Our aim is to support responsible private stakeholders that are committed to the positive and sustainable transformations in our countries of operation
Grégory Clemente,
Chief Executive Officer of Proparco
2019
key figures
2019
key figures
In 2019, Proparco achieved ambitious growth in its activities, with over €2.5BN of financial commitments, €1.7BN of projects signed and an increase in impacts on sustainable development.
In 2019, Proparco achieved ambitious growth in its activities, with over € 2.5BN of financial commitments, € 1.7BN of projects signed and an increase in impacts on sustainable development.
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tons of CO2 eq. avoided
tons of CO2 eq.
avoided
committed for projects with climate co-benefits
committed for
projects with climate co-benefits
direct and indirect jobs created or maintained over the next 5 years
direct and indirect jobs created or maintained over the next 5 years
of signatures
of signatures
people will have improved access to essential goods or services
people will have improved access to essential goods or services
committed in Africa
committed in Africa
Promoting access to employment and entrepreneurship, gender equality, financial inclusion, environmental and social responsibility commitments… Proparco supports a responsible private sector that actively contributes to sustainable development.
Click on the images to discover more
Business in Common
Sustainable Development Report 2019
In an effort to improve its action to support sustainable development, Proparco measures and evaluates the impacts of the projects it finances. In this report, it presents its approach and analyzes the results and impacts of the projects it financed in 2019.
Read more
Cambodia: Responsible rice industry
Golden Rice supports the jobs of over 70,000 small-scale rice producers in Cambodia. Since it was set up, Proparco has been supporting it with two financing solutions: loans and technical assistance.
Read more
Altiplano:
Large-scale solar power plant in Argentina
Read more
Choose Africa:
African SMEs
in the spotlight
Support African entrepreneurship: this is the objective of the French Choose Africa initiative. By making all its tools available to African microenterprises and SMEs, Proparco is supporting the development of a dynamic private sector.
Read more
Aurora: A school with
a social impact in DRC
Ghana: A new
generation of women
Read more
Private Sector & Development: For gender equality
At the current rate, it would take a hundred years to close the gender gap completely around the world. How to mobilize the private sector to change the situation?
The magazine Private Sector & Development focuses on this issue.
Read more
Turkey: New
hospital in Elazig
A new public hospital has been built in Elazig in Turkey. It will eventually provide 2 million consultations a year and will improve access to health services in the region.
Read more
East Africa:
The sustainable tourism of a Kenyan group
Creation of schools, installation of solar power plants, reforestation… The Kenyan hotel group Tourism Promotion Services Serena Hotels is committed to an ambitious environmental and social approach on its 23 sites in East Africa.
Read more
Lysa & Co, Senegal: Women’s entrepreneurship
Fintechs for
financial inclusion
By supporting the fintech specialist Accion Venture Lab (AVL), Proparco is helping set up structural start-ups for the financial inclusion of populations. Agnès Huang, an investment officer at Proparco, tells us all about it.
Read more
Tunisia’s
women entrepreneurs
In Tunisia, 60% of the clients of the microfinance institution Enda Tamweel are women. The institution has been supporting women’s entrepreneurship for many years and has benefited from technical assistance from Proparco.
Read more
Microfinance:
A vital tool for financial inclusion
Microfinance is a proven tool in the fight against banking exclusion in developing countries and a major driver for poverty reduction. Proparco is supporting the emergence and development of responsible microfinance stakeholders.
Read more
2x Challenge: Private sector fighting against gender inequality
Credits
Iconographic credits
All images belong to Proparco and/or AFD or are creative commons.
Header: Oriane Zerah; Quote: Alain Goulard;
Business in Common: Backdrop agency, Nicolas Axelrod, NEOEN, Kibuuka Mukisa, Welike agency, Gurvan le Garrec,
Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS), Marie Tihon, Backdrop agency, Chiara Frisone-Maria, Oriane Zerah.
Web design
Editorial and graphic design, development:
18%
7%
49%
26%
manufacturing sector, agriculture, agro-industry, health, education
multi-sectoral funds
access to credit and financial inclusion
Infrastructure, energy, telecoms, transport, water and sanitation
13%
7%
4%
3%
52%
20%
Asia
Multi-country
Middle East
Southeast Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus
Africa
Latin America
and the Caribbean
PROPARCO
AT A GLANCE
€2.5BN
of financing
Proparco is the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement. It has been supporting private stakeholders in developing and emerging countries for over 40 years. In 2019, Proparco had an exceptional year supporting sustainable development.
Breakdown
by region
Evolution
of financial products
Our commitments
by sector
€1266M
€1786M
€96M
€164M
€250M
€18M
€253M
€319M
Loans
Other securities
Equity investments
Guarantees
Grants
Promoting access to employment and entrepreneurship, gender equality, financial inclusion, environmental and social responsibility commitments… Proparco supports a responsible private sector that actively contributes to sustainable development.
Click on the images to discover more
plus de contenus
Business
in Common
Sustainable Development
Report 2019
In an effort to improve its action to support sustainable development, Proparco measures and evaluates the impacts of the projects it finances. In this report, it presents its approach and analyzes the results and impacts of the projects it financed in 2019.
Read more
Cambodia:
Responsible rice industry
Golden Rice supports the jobs of over 70,000 small-scale rice producers in Cambodia. Since it was set up, Proparco has been supporting it with two financing solutions: loans and technical assistance.
Read more
Altiplano:
Large-scale solar power plant in Argentina
En savoir plus
Choose Africa:
African SMEs
in the spotlight
Support African entrepreneurship: this is the objective of the French Choose Africa initiative. By making all its tools available to African microenterprises and SMEs, Proparco is supporting the development of a dynamic private sector.
Read more
Aurora: A school
with a social impact in DRC
Ghana:
A new generation
of women
In Ghana, Legacy Girls College has been educating over 400 students a year since 2015. The objective: to train a new generation of women aware of the major role they have to play in society, with reduced tuition fees.
Read more
Private Sector & Development:
For gender equality
At the current rate, it would take a hundred years to close the gender gap completely around the world. How to mobilize the private sector to change the situation? The magazine Private Sector & Development focuses on this issue
Read more
Turkey:
New hospital
in Elazig
A new public hospital has been built in Elazig in Turkey. It will eventually provide 2 million consultations a year and will improve access to health services
in the region.
Read more
East Africa:
The sustainable tourism of a Kenyan group
Creation of schools, installation of solar power plants, reforestation… The Kenyan hotel group Tourism Promotion Services Serena Hotels is committed to an ambitious environmental and social approach on its 23 sites in East Africa.
Read more
Lysa & Co, Senegal: Women’s entrepreneurship
La fintech au service
de l’inclusion
financière
By supporting the fintech specialist Accion Venture Lab (AVL), Proparco is helping set up structural start-ups for the financial inclusion of populations. Agnès Huang, an investment officer at Proparco, tells us all about it.
Read more
Tunisia’s
women entrepreneurs
In Tunisia, 60% of the clients of the microfinance institution Enda Tamweel are women. The institution has been supporting women’s entrepreneurship for many years and has benefited from technical assistance from Proparco.
Read more
Microfinance: A vital tool for financial inclusion
Microfinance is a proven tool in the fight against banking exclusion in developing countries and a major driver for poverty reduction. Proparco is supporting the emergence and development of responsible microfinance stakeholders.
Read more
2x Challenge: Private sector fighting against gender inequality
Credits
Iconographic credits
All images belong to Proparco and/or AFD or are creative commons.
Header: Oriane Zerah; Quote: Alain Goulard;
Business in Common: Backdrop agency, Nicolas Axelrod, NEOEN, Kibuuka Mukisa, Welike agency, Gurvan le Garrec,
Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS), Marie Tihon, Backdrop agency, Chiara Frisone-Maria, Oriane Zerah.
Web design
Editorial and graphic design, development: