Collabs

Bpifrance has recently developed 3 original programs, as concrete elements of its many links with Africa this past few years: Pass Africa, the Africa Accelerator and the sponsorship of a Women in Africa s’ program.

Bpifrance and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) have signed a cooperation agreement in Abidjan at the beginning of March 2022.

On 26 November 2021, on the occasion of the Quirinal Summit, Bpifrance and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), deepening the ties between the two neighbor institutions.

Bpifrance has recently signed two Memorandum of Understanding with foreign institutions: Etihad Credit Insurance in United Arab Emirates and CORFO in Chile.

Bpifrance has signed two Memoranda of Understanding this summer, one with Abu Dhabi Global Market, and the second one with Monsha’at, the Saudi SME bank.

This decision from the SPI fund, which belongs to Bpifrance, is in line with the French investment bank’s Deeptech Plan. It will allow METEX, that works on creating alternatives to petrochemistry, to have a sustainable and profitable growth strategy.   

On June 30th, Bpifrance and Mubadala announced a new Memorandum of Understanding focusing on the African continent and its private equity.  

The Eastern and Southern African Trade & Development Bank (TDB) and Bpifrance signed a Memorandum of Understanding on June the 23rd 2021 to support economic cooperation between Kenya and France.