CS Industrialisation Trade and Enterprise Development, Hon Betty Maina (back left ), European Union Deputy Head of Delegation Nairobi, Katrin Susanna Hagemann (back centre) and French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Franck Riester (back right), witness as Equity Group Managing Director and CEO, Dr. James Mwangi (front left) and Proparco Deputy CEO, Djalal Khimdjee (front right) sign a partnership agreement. Proparco granted Equity Bank two guarantee facilities, ARIZ and EURIZ totalling €39 million (5 billion KES) to help the Kenyan bank further support job creating MSMEs and a €550,000 (70 million KES) grant to the Equity Group Foundation (EGF) to expand Equity Afia and health programs.