Impact Stories
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Angry gorilla
30-08-2024
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.
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Robotics as a service
15-04-2024
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.
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Don't shy away from the grey
12-02-2024
My name is Joris Totté. I am the incoming CEO of BIO.
This is my story.
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An illustration of how the world can be
05-12-2023
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.
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A lever for emancipation
24-10-2023
Géraldine Georges is the chair of the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO).
This is her story.
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You name it, I bake it
19-09-2023
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.
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Consistency and Attitude
05-07-2023
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
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Impact investing deserves our best effort
25-05-2023
BIO is an equity investor in the EDFI Management Company.
Dr. Rodrigo Madrazo García de Lomana is its CEO. This is his story.
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I started again from scratch
19-04-2023
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.