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
The incredible potential of digitalisation
Dr Jessica Schicks is a Senior Investment Officer at BIO, in charge of Financial Institutions. She has a specific focus on digitalisation.
This is her story.

Impact story
Seeing customers and employees grow
BIO has granted a € 3 M loan to Advans Côte d’Ivoire and technical assistance of € 123 K.
Mariam Djibo is the managing director of Advans CI. This is her story.
In numbers

1,074,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions have been avoided thanks to our investments
98,000 direct jobs are supported through our direct investments, out of which one third held by women.

more than € 168 million in government revenues has been generated by our direct investments