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Agri-business Agricultural production

Complementarity between agro-industry and smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Bertrand Vignes Director of the Natural Rubber Unit SIFCA
30 September 2019
© USAID Africa Bureau
By providing jobs, technical assistance and development projects to village communities, industrial groups strengthen their economic and social well-being – and can complete their production with the production of Continue Reading
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Corporate governance

Taking over at the helm of a company: duties, challenges and solutions

  • Mossadeck Bally Founder, Chairman and CEO Azalaï Hotels Group
04 February 2019
©Azalai hotels group
The issue of taking over at the helm of a company has long been – and is still today – a taboo in Africa. When the time comes to appoint […]Continue Reading
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Supporting high-potential innovative start-ups

Venture capital in Africa: the long-term opportunity for investors

  • Andrea-Traversone Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners
18 June 2018
©Backdrop Proparco
With a high population growth rate and a significantly rising GDP between 2007 and 2016, Africa undoubtedly represents a strong potential for investors. And despite some gaps, the venture capital […]Continue Reading
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Health Health and Education

Helping the pharmaceutical industry meet health challenges in Africa

  • Adrien Absolu Health & Social Welfare Project Manager AFD
  • Geoffrey Coombs Investment Officer Proparco
  • Mehdi Tanani Senior Investment Officer Proparco
27 March 2018
©Pierre TERDJMAN pour l'AFD
With 13% of the world’s population and 24% of the global burden of disease – but 6% of health expenditure and only 3% of the world’s pharmaceutical output, Africa faces […]Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Transport

Freight: the African bet

  • Olivier Caslin Journalist at Jeune Afrique
10 April 2017
© Vincent Fournier/JA
Major shippers are increasingly turning to Africa to avoid fierce competition on more traditional routes. However, as freight volumes are still too low, overcapacity is a constant problem. At first […]Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Transport

Fastjet, a low-cost airline flying high in Africa

  • Alexis Janoray Senior Investment Officer Proparco
05 September 2016
© Fastjet
The low-cost airline model has experienced rapid growth right across the aviation sector with the notable exception of Africa. With the rise of Africa’s middle classes and the gaps in […]Continue Reading
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Education Health and Education

Financial sector in Africa: training the next generation of managers

  • Friederike Möllers AccessCampus
  • Bernd Zattler AccessCampus
20 June 2016
©AccessCampus group
For investors in financial institutions in Africa and other developing economies, a lack of managerial capacity is particularly evident in the “post-expatriate” phase – the moment when local capacity is […]Continue Reading
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Environment Social business

Social business: the challenge of scaling up

  • Robin Bonsey Consultant HYSTRA
  • Olivier Kayser Fondateur et directeur exécutif HYSTRA
30 May 2016
© Hystra
Entrepreneurship can meet the needs of “base-of-the-pyramid” populations, provided the business in question has reached the critical size needed for profitability and sustainability. Examples of “inclusive Continue Reading
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Environment Social business

The diversity of social business: the case of Madagascar

  • Nicolas Vincent Research Officer AFD
16 May 2016
© Entrepreneurs du monde
Despite a troubled macroeconomic and political environment, Madagascar possesses a fairly diversified, dynamic economic fabric in comparison to other countries with a similar level of development. This national Continue Reading
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Climat Environment

Chile, a case of market-driven transition to renewables

  • Carlos Eugenio Finat Díaz Executive director ACERA
03 December 2015
© Acera
Chile has seen an astonishing surge in renewable energy production. Key factors underlying this success: an abundance of natural resources, an open energy market and a robust regulatory framework, combined […]Continue Reading
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