Investing in a sustainable future
BIO invests in small and medium-sized enterprises, financial institutions, and infrastructure projects, contributing to socio-economic growth in developing countries.
Impact story
You have to pay money back
BIO has invested in EFC Uganda, a microfinance deposit-taking institution, both directly and through Africinvest Financial Sector.
Caroline Cherotic is one of EFC Uganda’s many clients. This is her story.
Impact story
Vaccines can be produced in Africa
BIO has invested in African Rivers Fund I and III, managed by XSML.
Jarl Heijstee is the co-founder and managing partner of XSML. This is his story.
In numbers
Companies directly financed by BIO in 2019 employ 108,752 people and support an additional 2.1 million jobs.
Indirectly financed companies employ an additional 131,787 people and support an additional 1 million jobs.
Out of the 240,539 people employed by directly and indirectly financed companies, 83,697 are women - that's 1 in 3.
In 2019, over a million tonnes of CO2eq – about the emissions of driving 6 billion kilometres with a diesel car – were avoided through direct investments in renewable energy, with an additional half a million through indirect investments