REFERENCES

PROMOTION OF SMEs AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Business plan competitions (BPC)
  • COPA PADMPME, SME Development and Growth Project, World Bank, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • CPA PADEC, Support to Enterprise Development and Competitiveness Project, World Bank, Congo-Brazzaville
  • CPA Maison de l’Entreprise, Competitiveness and Growth Support Project, World Bank, Niger
  • FCIP, Farm & Coop Investment Program, IDH/Coffee and Cocoa Council, Cote d’Ivoire
  • Investing in Women, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, DFID/GAC. Burkina Faso & Cote d’Ivoire

IMPROVING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE

  • IWAT, Invest in West Africa Tourism, Support for tourism stakeholders in Cote d'Ivoire, IFC. Côte d'Ivoire
  • PARED, Support to SME Revitalization, CGECI, Cote d'Ivoire
  • Strengthening financial management capacity in Azito Village, IFC, Cote d'Ivoire

SECTOR STUDIES

  • Concept notes development for entrepreneurship promotion, Benin, Congo-Brazzaville, Mali, Niger
  • SMEs mapping and assessment of the supporting ecosystem competitiveness, Comoros
  • Feasibility Studies for Investments Supporting Women in Agribusiness, Cote d’Ivoire
  • Sustainable Smallholder Agribusiness: evaluation and improvement of program approaches to increase business activity and enhance the effectiveness of financial services, Cote d’Ivoire
  •  Access to financing for producers and cooperatives, Cote d’Ivoire
  • Investment opportunities in the healthcare sector, market entry study for Cote d’Ivoire & Senegal

IMPROVING THE COMPETITIVENESS
AND RESILIENCE OF AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS

  • FCIP (Farm & Cocoa Investment Program), capacity building for 104 cocoa cooperatives, IDH/The Coffee and Cocoa Council, Cote d’Ivoire
  • PROPACOM (Project to Support Production and Marketing), Evaluation of Results, IFAD/Government of Cote d’Ivoire
  • COCOAPERATION (IDH) & CARE HIAP (Hershey Income Acceleration Program), increasing the revenues of cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire