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
A lever for emancipation
Géraldine Georges is the chair of the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO).
This is her story.
Impact story
You name it, I bake it
BIO has invested in Poa! and provided them with technical assistance.
Wairimu Kimani has a small online bakery, which she's able to run thanks to the unlimited internet of Poa!.
This is her story.
In numbers
In 2020, BIO’s funding supported 117,462 jobs through direct investments and an additional 158,432 through indirect investments. Altogether, they would further support more than 10 M indirect jobs, as estimated through JIM.
For direct investments, job creation reached 3,210 jobs in 2020.
Of all the BIO projects approved in 2021, 16 out of 21 qualified for the 2X Challenge – to which BIO contributed over EUR 75 M in new investment commitments over the year.
In 2020, BIO’s direct and indirect renewable energy supply corresponded to a total of 3,730,000 tonnes of CO2e avoided, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 803,700 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year.