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Exploring Business Opportunities in East Africa: A Growing Economic Hub
East Africa presents numerous business opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world. The region is made up of several dynamic countries, such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, which are rapidly developing economically and offering exciting prospects for businesses.
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Bpifrance’s Exporting solutions made it to Colombia
Bpifrance’s Export Finance Department is delighted with the signing of its first two export credit contracts in Colombia, both signed in 2022.
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Investment support: the European InvestEU program is now launched in France
Mobilizing more than 370 billion euros of investment in the European Union by 2027, thus the objective of the InvestEU program. Its French version was presented on January 27th at a launch event held at the French Ministry of Economy.
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The Franco-Italian Accelerator program: promoting Franco-Italian business relationships
In December 2021, Bpifrance, the Team France Export and the and Elite launched the first Franco-Italian Accelerator for SMEs and midcaps. It aims to develop cross-border synergies through innovative solutions.
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4 indicators that speak for France’s international outreach in 2022
2022 had its share of uncertainties but some sectors were able to bring light on France’s economy. From Global growth to reindustrialization, let’s look back on some key figures of the past year and welcome 2023 with the same French panache.
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The Industrial Startups and SMEs Plan, the plan for France’s reindustrialization
Announced on January 19th 2022, the and Industrial Startups and SMEs Plan was later launched with the objective of creating 100 new industrial sites per year by 2025, in hopes to give a lasting impetus to French reindustrialization.
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Cybersecurity: Bpifrance supports French companies in the fight against cybercrime
With the digital transition’s acceleration in companies, cybercrime keeps increasing as well. Companies being more and more exposed to cyber-attacks, Bpifrance has made cybersecurity as one of its top priority to help entrepreneurs prepare themselves against them.
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Africa-France cooperation: How Choiseul Africa Business Forum highlights African and European leaders on the international stage
Held on October 19th and 20th, 2022 in Casablanca, held for the first time abroad, the Choiseul Africa Business Forum gathered among the most influential African and European decision makers and economic leaders to discuss Africa’s big economic challenges.
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Africa-France Entrepreneurs, the new EuroQuity community to promote co-entrepreneurship and co-innovation
After the Africa-France Summit in 2021, Bpifrance along with several other partners created the Africa-France Entrepreneurs community. Developed on the EuroQuity digital platform, it promotes and facilitates partnerships between African and French companies in a peer-to-peer logic. Today the community gathers about 200 members, and it continues to grow.
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Stop Loss: Bpifrance’s new foreign exchange trade insurance supports entrepreneurs in their will to export
In conducting over-the-counter trades, a buyer sometimes imposes an offer in a foreign currency to sign the contract. This foreign exchange trade insurance allows the company to set the forward rate of the currency in order to stabilize proceeds in that currency. The insurance thus neutralizes foreign exchange risk for French companies.
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