Impact Stories

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.

BIO has invested in XpressGas.

Kofi Nketsia-Tabiri is its founder and CEO. This is his story.

BIO has invested in JTF Madagascar, a Malagasy company involved in the production of maize, soya and Geranium Bourbon for essential oil.

Dr Enrico Palchetti is its CEO. This is his story.

Dorian Zohou is the new Investment Officer in the Abidjan liaison office, starting from March 2022.

This is his story.