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Promoting local agricultural production in an emerging country: the example of Les Vergers du Mékong

Jean-Luc Voisin Founder and Chief Executive Officer Les Vergers du Mékong

02 September 2019

By promoting the fruit, coffee and tea production of smallholders in Vietnam, which is subsequently processed locally into products with high added value, Les Vergers du Mékong ensures profitability while […]Continue Reading

Strengthening value chains in Africa: conditions for sustainable contractual arrangements

Jean-Christophe Debar Director FARM Foundation

24 June 2019

Africa continues to suffer from extreme poverty and malnutrition and the agri-food sector faces numerous challenges. Contract farming can boost value chain efficiency by enhancing coordination between stakeholders Continue Reading

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

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

Climat Environment

Kigali amendment: concrete progress on climate change and opportunity for the private sector

Laura Verdier Independant Consultant LVR Consulting

10 November 2016

Focus on an historic climate agreement that has gone almost unnoticed on the margins of COP22: the amendment adopted in Kigali in October 2016 aims to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs […]Continue Reading

Insurance Financial Sector

The insurance sector sets its sights on Africa

Richard Lowe Founder and CEO ACTIVA

11 October 2016

Africa is home to 15% of the World’s population but generates barely 1.5% of global insurance premiums. Nevertheless, a number of indicators point to rapid future growth in the sector: […]Continue Reading

Infrastructures Transport

Fastjet, a low-cost airline flying high in Africa

Alexis Janoray Senior Investment Officer Proparco

05 September 2016

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

Education Health and Education

Education in Africa: international schools are a stepping stone to the best universities

Eric Pignot Co-fondateur et Directeur des Opérations Enko Educationco-founder and Chief Operating Officer Enko Education
Cyrille Nkontchou co-founder Enko Capital and Enko Education

05 September 2016

Although student mobility in Africa is high by global standards, African students are under-represented in the best international universities. This raises questions about the standard of education. A combination of Continue Reading

Environment Social business

Access to quality sanitation in kenyan slums: Sanergy’s model

David Auerbach co-founder Sanergy

09 May 2016

Sanergy strives to leverage the entire sanitation value chain to create vibrant micro-businesses in informal settlements and by-products that can be marketed to Kenyan farmers. Hazardous waste is removed from […]Continue Reading

Telecoms Transport

The Big Bang in Big Data: an opportunity for African urban policies

Ludovic Centonze Orange for Developement, project leader Orange

23 March 2016

Each day, our intensive use of information technologies generates trillions of data bytes termed “Big Data”. Some big data has a high socio-behavioural value and may therefore be of use […]Continue Reading

Climat Environment

Adapting to climate-change: the private sector can contribute

Franka Klingel PhD in Finance and Management
Craig Davies PhD in Environmental Technology EBRD

12 November 2015

Adapting to climate change is one of the greatest challenges of this century – its effects are already evident and widespread, and the developing world is particularly vulnerable. Multilateral development […]Continue Reading

Valoriser l’expérience du secteur privé dans les pays en développement

Promoting local agricultural production in an emerging country: the example of Les Vergers du Mékong

Strengthening value chains in Africa: conditions for sustainable contractual arrangements

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

Kigali amendment: concrete progress on climate change and opportunity for the private sector

The insurance sector sets its sights on Africa

Fastjet, a low-cost airline flying high in Africa

Education in Africa: international schools are a stepping stone to the best universities

The Big Bang in Big Data: an opportunity for African urban policies

Adapting to climate-change: the private sector can contribute

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