Promoting local sourcing
Support for Cote d'Ivoire's SMEs to promote local products as substitutes for imports
Context
- Political stability and sustained strong economic growth (7 to 8% per year for the past 10 years) in Cote d’Ivoire have supported the emergence of a growing middle class and the development of business tourism.
- Meeting their needs is an opportunity to increase the local contribution of Ivorian companies to the supply chain of major market players.
Transformative approach
- Mapping the needs of the major distribution sector players (large and medium sized retail, central purchasing agencies, hotels, and restaurants) and of supplier SMEs in Cote d'Ivoire.
- Design and implementation of restructuring/upgrading for SME suppliers.
- Market connections to the financial ecosystem and support mechanisms in response to the crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Facilitating an enabling business environment for SMEs.
Our achievements
- Due diligence of 20 SMEs in the cosmetics, fruit & vegetable and meat sectors; development of individual transformation plans.
- Emergency managerial assistance during the COVID phase.period ??
- Medium-term entrepreneurial and management skills development.
- Drafting business development plans
- Operational support, performance upgrading
