Avec Al Amana, Proparco signe un nouveau projet pour soutenir le secteur privé marocain
À l’occasion de la célébration dans la région de son 40ème anniversaire, Proparco signe un nouveau projet : Al Amana, pour soutenir le secteur privé marocain. En accordant ce prêt de 3 millions ...
Read moreLynk, a young start-up transforming the informal sector in Kenya
In Kenya, as in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, the informal sector is omnipresent and very dynamic. 80% of the working population is employed in the informal sector. THE CONTEXT Seeing ...
Read moreJUMO : banking services in the palm of your hand
Thanks to the emergence of the financial technologies sector – FinTech – and mobile phones in Africa, these devices have become real service delivery platforms. One example is JUMO, a start-up ...
Read moreAndela and the developers from the Silicon Savanah
From autonomous solar energy systems to mobile payment solutions for unbanked users, technology is helping to solve a wide range of major development problems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists, ...
Read moreProparco extends a $10m loan to SA Taxi, the primary supporter of South Africa’s minibus taxi owners
Proparco has granted a US$10m (ZAR 124 m) loan in local currency to SA Taxi Development Finance Proprietary Limited (‘SA Taxi”), a subsidiary of JSE-listed Transaction Capital Limited and one of ...
Read moreProparco invests in the development of the leading microfinance institution in Tunisia
Proparco has taken an equity participation worth 5.9 million in Enda Tamweel, the pioneering microfinance institution in Tunisia. This participation is part of the microfinance ...
Read moreInnovation : Proparco announces its first investment in JUMO, a FinTech company to develop mobile loans in Africa
Proparco today announced a US$3m equity investment in JUMO, which is an emerging market technology start-up offering unbanked or under-banked people access to financial services via their mobile ...
Read moreCameroun: the seeds of entrepreneurs in agribusiness
With the TRANSFORM program, AFD and its partners are giving Cameroonian entrepreneurs the opportunity of bringing their initiatives to fruition. An innovative and effective way of reviving ...
Read moreProparco has granted a US$ 25 million loan to Access Bank the Nigerian agri-food sector
Access Bank, a major player in the Nigerian banking sector, has just received a US$100m loan from the Dutch development bank, FMO. Proparco has contributed US$25m of this amount. This credit ...
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