Impact Stories

BIO has invested EUR 3 M in gebana, a company that processes and exports fairtrade and organic fruit and nuts. Oskar is Strategic Projects & Co-Lead Factory Project at gebana. This is his story.

BIO invested in USD 5 M in the Omnivore Partners India Fund 2 and USD 5 M in the Omnivore Agritech & Climate Sustainability Fund III, two funds of Omnivore, a venture capital firm. Omnivore invested in Niqo Robotics.

Jaisimh Rao is the CEO and founder of Niqo Robotics. This is his story.

My name is Joris Totté. I am the incoming CEO of BIO.

This is my story.

My name is Tammy Newmark and I am CEO and Managing Partner of EcoEnterprises Fund.

BIO is one of our investors.

This is my story.

Géraldine Georges is the chair of the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO).

This is her story.

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.

BIO and the SDG FF have invested in the Ascent Rift Valley Fund II, which has invested in Platcorp Holdings. Ms. Judith Ojwang is a loan officer for Premier Credit, a Kenyan microfinance institution and a subsidiary of Platcorp Holdings.

This is her story

BIO is an equity investor in the EDFI Management Company.
Dr. Rodrigo Madrazo García de Lomana is its CEO. This is his story.

Ms Sibyl Chalupa is the head of the company DPXL in Kinshasa.

DPXL has received financing from the African Rivers Fund, a private equity fund focussing on SMEs in Central Africa, in which BIO is an investor. ARF is managed by XSML.

This is her story.