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SMEs
SMEs 
Supporting growing SMEs
AFD Group partners with a wide range of local public and private financial intermediaries (commercial banks, microfinance institutions and non-bank institutions, such as leasing, factoring and insurance companies) to expand the range of products and services tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises.
PROPARCO and the FISEA facility also finance SMEs with equity and quasi-equity, either via direct investments in companies or via private equity funds. By investing in these companies, we support SMEs with strong development impacts and provide the capital required for the long-term growth of companies.
Choose Africa: Which solutions for your business?
Key figures
EUR 1.5bn for microenterprises/SMEs
in partnership with financial institutions EUR 1bn of equity
committed to invest in SMEs by 2022See and/or download documents
Our financing solutions
PRIVATE EQUITY
Via partner investment funds
- AFD Group, via PROPARCO and FISEA, invests in private equity funds for SMEs alongside other investors, for an average amount of €10 million. These funds subsequently invest in growing SMEs.
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If you are an entrepreneur looking for local investors, you can contact our partner funds directly.
Growth Capital
Direct investments by PROPARCO or via the FISEA facility
- PROPARCO invests in mature growth companies, with a turnover of over €10 million.
- PROPARCO invests on behalf of the FISEA facility in MSMEs with major impact objectives and different financial profiles (maximum tickets of €7.5 million).
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You are a growing SME and want to request an investment by PROPARCO?
Intermediated loans
Via local financial institutions- AFD Group allocates long-term loans to local financial institutions specialized in SME lending (credit lines earmarked for SMEs).
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If you are looking for a loan or micro-loan to start or develop your activity, you can get information from AFD Group’s financial intermediaries in your country.
Our support and advisory solutions
In addition to its financial tools, PROPARCO deploys a range of technical assistance (TA) services on its own account or on behalf of FISEA to help its client SMEs improve and structure their governance and internal management, and improve their environmental and social practices via advisory, training and capacity building activities.
Our emblematic projects
Explore the map to discover some of the investment funds and financial institutions that AFD Group supports in Africa.
Our local partners
To find out investment funds and financial institutions (banks, leasing companies, microfinance institutions, etc.) close to you, please select your country.
wdt_ID Name of partner Partner type Location what financing/services are available ? Eligible companies Contact
1
Access Bank Ghana
Bank
Ghana
Financial products and services
MSMEs
https://www.ghana.accessbankplc.com/
2
Access Bank Nigeria
Bank
Nigeria
Financial products and services
MSMEs
https://www.accessbankplc.com/
3
Accion Quona Inclusion Fund
Venture capital Fund
Egypte, Kenya, Nigeria, Afrique du Nord
Financial services
Fintech startups and MSMEs
https://quona.com/
4
ACEP Cameroon
Microfinance
Cameroon
Financial products and services
MSMEs/microfinance
http://acep-cameroun.org/
5
ACEP Niger
Microfinance
Niger
Financial products and services
MSMEs/microfinance
http://www.ietp.com/fr/entreprises/acep-niger
6
ACTIVA Cameroon
Bank
Cameroon
Financial products and services
MSMEs
https://activa-cameroun.com/index.php/fr/
7
Adenia Capital IV
Private Equity Funds
Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Guinea, Mali
Growth Capital
10 - €30M
MSMEs
http://www.adenia.com/funds-and-investment
8
ADP III
Private Equity Funds
Algeria Botswana Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Ghana Kenya Morocco Mauritania Niger Nigeria Mozambique Namibia Uganda Tanzania Senegal Egypt Tunisia Multi-country Africa
Growth Capital
20 - €100M
MSMEs
https://amethis.com
10
Advans Cameroon
Bank
Cameroon
Financial products and services
MSMEs
https://www.advanscameroun.com/
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Advans Côte d'Ivoire
Microfinance
Côte d'Ivoire
Financial products and services
MSMEs/microfinance
https://www.advanscotedivoire.com/