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Private equity in Africa SME Financing

From required scale to scaling up

  • Jean-Michel Severino Chairman I&P
26 November 2021
© Denis Carrascosa
Jean-Michel Severino, Chairman of Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), believes that the priority remains investing in support of the formal African enterprise sector, which is best placed to resolve the Continue Reading
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SME Financing Supporting high-potential innovative start-ups

SME finance and new technologies: An interview with three specialised institutions

  • Proparco
20 March 2020
©Drewboy64
The diversification of financing solutions available to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) appears a possibility well worth exploring in the quest to improve relations between banks and SMEs. For example, […]Continue Reading
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Banks SME Financing

How to finance SMEs in Africa? The experience of five financial institutions

  • Proparco
06 March 2020
©MikeLawrence
In recent years, there has been a general trend to set up specialized departments in banks. Indeed, SMEs are a growth driver for banks. A team dedicated entirely to SMEs […]Continue Reading
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Providing companies SME Financing

Mentoring and support: A key element in the sustainability of SMEs.

  • Parminder Vir OBE
07 February 2020
Enko La Gaieté 1 ©Enko Education
While there is a need for more research in the area of entrepreneur mentoring in Africa, the existing research shows a return on mentoring investment (ROMI) in the form of […]Continue Reading
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Providing companies SME Financing

Equity investment to bring to scale: An interview with two financed SMEs

  • Jean-Philippe Bigot
  • Habib Hassim (Français) Directeur général du groupe Hassim FOOD & BEVERAGE MADAGASCAR
13 November 2019
©KenTeegardin
As we have repeated on a number of occasions in this issue – and the different articles have borne this out – access to funding is one of the key […]Continue Reading
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