Impact Stories

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.

Ms Annie Samuna Tuluka is the managing director of Congo Call Center. Mr Fely Samuna is her husband and the general manager of the Congo Call Center.

Congo Call Center 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.

BIO has invested in several funds of AfricInvest.

AfricInvest has invested in Gourmandise, a Tunisian pastry brand. Ms Radhia Kammoun is its CEO. This is her story.

BIO has invested in the Off-Grid Solar and Financial Access Senior Debt Fund of SIMA. Asad Mahmood is the CEO and a Managing Partner of SIMA.
This is his story.

BIO has invested in several funds of pan-African fund manager AfricInvest.

Khaled Ben Jilani is a Senior Partner and a member of the executive committee of AfricInvest
This is his story.