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SMEs
SMEs
Assisting SMEs in their development
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 also finances SMEs with equity and quasi-equity, either via direct investments in companies or via venture capital funds. By investing in these companies, we support SMEs that have a strong developmental impact and provide the capital required for the long-term growth of companies.
Key figures
EUR 1.5bn for microenterprises/SMEs
in partnership with financial institutionsEUR 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, invests in private equity funds for SMEs alongside other investors, for an average amount of EUR 10M. 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
- Proparco invests in mature growth companies, with a turnover of more than EUR 10M.
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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 to help 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 ACEP Cameroon Microfinance Cameroon Financial products and services MSMEs/microfinance http://acep-cameroun.org/ 4 ACEP Niger Microfinance Niger Financial products and services MSMEs/microfinance http://www.ietp.com/fr/entreprises/acep-niger 5 ACTIVA Cameroon Bank Cameroon Financial products and services MSMEs https://activa-cameroun.com/index.php/fr/ 6 Advans Cameroon Bank Cameroon Financial products and services MSMEs https://www.advanscameroun.com/ 7 Advans Côte d'Ivoire Microfinance Côte d'Ivoire Financial products and services MSMEs/microfinance https://www.advanscotedivoire.com/ 8 Advans Ghana Microfinance Ghana Financial products and services MSMEs/microfinance https://www.advansghana.com/ 9 African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) Bank Multicountry Africa Financial products and services MSMEs https://www.africa-re.com/ 10 Alios Finance - Cameroon Leasing Cameroon Finance and leasing MSMEs http://www.alios-finance.com/site/fr/cameroun/countrie.php?id_article=14