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| AfriNut, Twin Trading |
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| Pro-poor nut processing, Malawi |
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| AfriNut is an inclusive pro-poor peanut processing business which aims to process Malawian groundnuts for sale on domestic and regional markets. |
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| mKrishi, TCS |
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| Agricultural mobile service, India |
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| The initiative offers personalized and integrated agricultural services in local languages to low-income farmers living in remote areas via their mobile phones. |
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| iSchool |
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| e-learning in rural schools, Zambia |
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| The iSchool project aims to provide internet connectivity and online education resources ('e-learning' ) to Zambian schools on a commercial basis. |
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| Rural Sales Programme, Bangladesh |
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| The Jita programme has created a rural sales-force comprising women entrepreneurs or "Aparajitas", who sell consumer goods in their communities. |
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| Oando Plc. |
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| Clean cooking fuels, Nigeria |
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| Providing low income households with affordable and clean cooking fuels through light-weight (LPG) cylinders with an integrated cooking ring. |
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| AACE Foods |
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| Agroprocessing for local food, Nigeria |
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| AACE processes, packages and distributes locally sourced food products such as jams, spreads and spices for commercial and retail customers in Nigeria. |
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| MicroVentures |
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| Farmer market linkages, Malawi |
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| This project aims to develop market linkages between smallholder farmers and Malawian wholesalers, retailers and food processors. It will initially focus on 850 women. |
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| ERAS Phosholer Pran |
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| Soil testing for farmers, Bangladesh |
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| This project aims to increase the incidence of soil testing at the village level through sales of soil testing kits to smallholders to increase their harvests and produce higher quality crops. |
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| Sylva Foods |
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| Indigenous foods, Zambia |
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| Sylva Foods aims to grow demand for traditional foods and beverages such as dried meat and cassava based on an inclusive local sourcing model. |
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| Sokoa, Furniture Village |
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| Furniture manufacturing, Nigeria |
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| This ventre will set up a local furniture manufacturing cluster with workshop units, factory spaces, as well as a retail units in one place. |
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| Agora |
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| Fresh produce supply chains, Bangladesh |
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| As it expands, retail outlet chain Agora aims to build the capacity of small and medium fresh produce suppliers and develop robust supply chains. |
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| Tata Tannery |
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| Inclusive value chain, Zambia |
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| Tata processes rawhide sourced from small-scale cattle farmers for export. This venture aims to develop a sustainable supply strategy for leather production. |
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| Healthstore Foundation |
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| CFW clinics, Zambia |
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| One Family Helath will establish a network of clinics providing healthcare services to the poor in rural, slum and peri-urban areas of Zambia. |
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| MEGA |
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| Micro-hydro electricity, Malawi |
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| MEGA aims to bring locally-generated electricity to Malawian communities through micro-hydro power using water from the Lichenya River flowing down Mt Mulanje. |
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| Universal Industries |
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| High quality cassava flour, Malawi |
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| This project aims develop a business model for the production of high quality cassava flour for use in Universal's own products and for sale as a substitute to starch. |
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| Malawi Mangoes |
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| Fruit processing facility, Malawi |
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| In this venture, Malawi Mangoes plans to implement the first large scale fruit processing plant in Malawi to convert magoes and bananas into fruit pulp for export. |
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| Saraplast, 3S SHRAMIK |
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| Portable sanitation, India |
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| This inclusive business venture aims to provide access to sustainable sanitation and waste management in urban slum settlements across India. |
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| Gramin Suvidha Kendra, India |
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| This initiative aims to distribute agricultural inputs, expert advice, warehousing and future pricing information to farmers by partnering with the Postal service. |
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| Shiblee Hatchery & Farms |
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| Cage culture fish farming, Bangladesh |
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| Shiblee Hatchery & Farms Ltd aims to engage 100 landless families as fish farmers of cage-cultured tilapia, along the banks of the Adhamanki River. |
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| Stanbic Bank |
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| Smallholder farmer finance, Nigeria |
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| A farmer finance and credit scheme that aimsto reach 5,000,000 farmers through after five years. |
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| ACI |
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| Sustainable contract farming, Bangladesh |
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| Implementing a sustainable contract farming model that engages poor landless farmers as maize producers. |
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| Guinness Nigeria |
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| Building inclusive value chains, Nigeria |
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| Developing a sustainable value chain through partnerships with millers and local producers of sorghum, cassava and maize. |
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| Pabna Meat |
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| Sustainable meat supply, Bangladesh |
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| Pabna Meat are introducing measures which will increase their capacity to process cattle and benefit local women who will be engaged as contractual suppliers. |
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| Copperbelt Energy Corporation |
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| Biofuel production, Zambia |
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| CEC aims to expand its biofuel production by including producers of jatropha, castor and other oil seeds into its supply chain. |
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| Cropserve Zambia Ltd |
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| Agricultural inputs for small scale farmers, Zambia |
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| Cropserve’s inclusive business project aims to develop an effective and sustainable distribution model to supply the small scale farmer segment with affordable and high quality agro inputs. |
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| Watelife |
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| Water management model, India |
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| Waterlife India aims to develop an end-to-end system for water management, that will increase the distribution of clean and affordable water to low-income areas in India. |
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| Barrick Lumwana Mining |
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| Local Contract Developer Programme, Zambia |
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| The LCD programme aims to increase the amount of goods and services procured from local mining industry suppliers, as well as training and building in-country capacity to enable local SMEs to access wider markets. |
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| Hindustan Unilever |
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| Low-cost water purifier for poor consumers, India |
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| HUL has developed Pureit, a low-cost water purifier that supplies safe water and has an auto shut off mechanism that blocks the flow of water when it is no longer fit to drink. |
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| Dala Foods Nigeria Ltd |
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| Soluble juice drinks, Nigeria |
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| Dala Foods aims to market an instant, powdered version of a nutritious indigenous drink popular amongst low-income consumers in Nigeria. |
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| Lafarge Cement Zambia |
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| Biofuel production, Zambia |
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| CEC aims to expand its biofuel production by including producers of jatropha, castor and other oil seeds into its supply chain. |
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| Pran Agro Business Limited |
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| Developing a cassava supply chain, Bangladesh |
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| Pran aims to introduce cassava cultivation to women producing ginger and turmeric in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, to produce glucose and processed foods. |
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| Teragro Commodities Limited |
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| Scaling up fruit processing, Nigeria |
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| Teragro aims to source the fruit required for its fruit juice concentrate processing plant from local smallholders. |
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| Sun International |
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| Biofuel production, Zambia |
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| CEC aims to expand its biofuel production by including producers of jatropha, castor and other oil seeds into its supply chain. |
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| Sun International |
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| Enhancing smallholder climate resilience, Zambia |
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| Sun International Hotels aims to develop climate-resilience amongst the 400 farmers engaged in its local fruit and vegetable sourcing programme. |
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| SHORT PROJECTS |
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| ACI Agribusiness |
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| Contract farming workshop, Bangladesh |
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| BIF facilitated a workshop bringing together 20 managers from different parts of the division to brainstorm an integrated approach to working with smallholder farmers... |
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| FSB, Amar Desh |
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| Developing an accounting system, Bangladesh |
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| This project aims to help FSB develop an accounting system to analyse their financial performance over the last three years. The information will facilitate a review of the... |
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| Innovation workshop |
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| Facilitating a workshop with NGOs, Bangladesh |
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| To foster successful partnerships, this project delivered a Private Sector Engagement Strategy Workshop with several prominent NGOs wanting to engage with businesses... |
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| BSOA |
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| Guidelines for SME capability model, Bangladesh |
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| Based on the outputs of a larger project with Agora retail outlets, this customised package will set our 'how to' guidelines that fit the needs of other retail SMEs and will be developed... |
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| Marks & Spencers |
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| Ethical Model Factory, India & Bangladesh |
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| The Business Innovation Facilty conducted an impact assessment study of the EMF pilot so that the commercial and socio-economic aspects of the project can be better understood... |
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| Partnering for inclusive business |
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| Workshop, Bangladesh |
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| A series of training and networking activities provided staff of companies and NGOs the opportunity to develop their partnering skills. |
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| Tree Crops Limited |
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| Business plan design |
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| TCL's project aims to develop a business plan for the construction of a new factory that will increase its capacity to process natural extracts for food and cosmetics... |
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| Macademia industry plan |
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| Sector-wide strategy, Malawi |
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| This project supports two macadamia industry experts to develop an industry strategy for the Malawi macadamia sector which will then be disseminated... |
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| Nali chilli sauce |
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| Sales and marketing plan, Malawi |
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| Starting as a family business, it is now in the final stages of building a new factory that will allow them to increase production volumes and meet ISO and HACCP... |
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| Global Tea Commodities |
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| Clean energy assessment, Malawi |
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| GTC runs three processing sites for tea, coffee and macadamia nuts. This project aims to investigate potential for switching from diesel to renewable energy sources on these sites.... |
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| Malawi Mangoes |
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| Cost of living survey, Malawi |
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Malawi Mangoes is developing and inclusive fruit processing business. This project supported that venture through a cost of living survey in the Salima District.
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| Malawi Mangoes |
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| Access to finance, Malawi |
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| This project aims to facilitate Malawi Mangoes' access to the funding it needs for these activities by helping it identify potential investors and develop promotional materials... |
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| BISC |
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| Operation management, Malawi |
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| This project will develop an operational management plan for financial services company BISC, as well as a marketing plan and sales pitch. If successful, this inclusive business will lead to a... |
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| Climate-smart business |
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| Workshop, Malawi & Zambia |
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| This project delivered a workshop for a group of local businesses, as well as a series of one-to-one consultations for Facility-supported companies, to help them understand the impacts of climate change. |
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| Nyama World |
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| Beef supply chain, Malawi |
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| This project will deliver a feasibility study examining the possibility of using the smallholder supply chain, working with local NGOs to improve livestock management and inputs, providing secure... |
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| EcoBricks, CCODE |
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| Feasibility study, Malawi |
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| The vision behind this project is to set up a viable brick production business, creating safe and permanent employment opportunities and reducing... |
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| Landscape study |
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| Access to finance, Zambia |
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| This project will conduct a study of the different finance options available to businesses who face challenges with the prohibitively stringent lending demands of commercial banks. |
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| Sunline |
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| Business plan review, Zambia |
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| Zambian company aiming to set up a peanut butter processing plant. This project will develop the venture's business plan and map its development impacts. |
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| Taj Pamodzi Hotels |
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| Local smallholder sourcing strategy, Zambia |
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This project aims to explore possible procurement strategies that address the challenges of local sourcing in the Zambian hotel sector
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| CHC Commodities |
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| Inclusive business strategy, Zambia |
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| This project will help CHC understand the size of the local and international markets for starch and glucose and the potential for growth over time... |
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| Inclusive business healthcare |
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The aim of this workshop is to brainstorm ideas for inclusive business health programmes for the rural and urban poor in Bangladesh.
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| Better Cotton Initiative |
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| Designing farmer KPIs, India |
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This project aims to create a list of key farm-level indicators to measure sustainability and livelihood improvements for smallholder cotton farmers.
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| Moringa Miracles |
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| Business planning, Malawi |
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| Developing a business plan to use innovative farming and processing techniques to commercially farm moringa leaf powder and press moringa oil. |
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| Guinness Nigeria |
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| Designing an inclusive business strategy, Nigeria |
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This short project provides Guinness with a roadmap and series of guidelines for the development of this supply chains.
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| ISCEA |
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| Agribusiness supply chain conference, Bangladesh |
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This conference focused on building and managing strong supply chains in the agribusiness sector.
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| Pabna Meat |
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| Pre-pilot support, Bangladesh |
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| This short project supports a larger project will deliver partnership brokering, financial planning and project management assistance. |
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| Mistubishi Corporation |
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| Market research for Furikake, Bangladesh |
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In this project, the Facility will assist Mitsubishi with market research to test the likelihood of Furikake food supplement being accepted.
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| Access to finance |
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| Landscape study, Bangladesh |
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This project will identify all the opportunities for funding that inclusive businesses could access in Bangladesh and compile them into a usable map.
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| World Food Programme |
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| Biscuit sector mapping, Bangladesh |
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| WFP’s current programme in Bangladesh is designed to support the Government in improving the long-term food security and nutrition.. |
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| World Vision |
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| Strategy workshop, Bangladesh |
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This strategy workshop will build on previous Facility activities to help this large NGO develop a strategy for supporting inclusive business in Bangladesh.
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| Azure |
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| Developing solar energy operations, India |
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Azure aims supply utilities, government and commercial customers with its solar energy services by setting up two solar photo-voltaic (SPV) systems in rural India.
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| Sun Hotels |
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| Local meat sourcing strategy, Zambia |
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| Sun International aim to source meat for their restaurants from local livestock farmers, engaging them in their value chain. |
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| Sankalp Forum 2012, India |
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The Business Innovation Facility ran a 'Climate smart business' workshop at the Sankalp Social Enterprise Forum to inform business about climate finance.
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| Milk Mantra |
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| Bulk milk cooler scoping, India |
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Milk Mantra aims to explore the idea of community-managed bulk milk coolers (BMCs). These would enable the farming community to gain access to government and private dairy support schemes.
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| Mobile wallet for rural banking, India |
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| Airtel has recently launched its mobile banking service, Airtel Money, for its urban customers and for m-commerce. Airtel is now keen to explore models for expanding into rural areas. |
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| Workshop, Malawi |
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The project is designed to deliver two workshop events to facilitate partnering for inclusive business amongst NGOs and the private sector.
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| Rocket Chickens, Malawi |
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Charles Stewart is a Malawian chicken business that has recently been testing a “rocket furnace” heating system for their chicken brooders, a technology developed by Clioma Consulting.
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| Warehouse Receipts, Malawi |
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| In order to leverage the reach of their Kulima Gold shops for the ACE warehouse receipt system in Malawi, Rabs Processors wish to trial the system with five of their shops. |
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| Feasibility study, Malawi |
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A feasibility study is being conducted for Rice Milling Company, a Malawian family agro-processing business, to assess the potential and modalities to buy to buy their paddy directly from smallholder farmers.
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| Supporting the League of Contractors, Nigeria |
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This project aims to help raise standards and practices in the Nigerian construction industry and attract larger projects and improve the standard of living of local artisans employed in the industry.
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| Guinness Nigeria |
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| Inclusive business strategy, Zambia |
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| This project aims to help Guinness identify the key elements of a strategy for stakeholder partnerships so that core business activities have greater social impact, engineers and local artisans. |
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| Sabeanat |
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| Developing a distribution network, Nigeria |
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Sabeanat aims to expand its distribution of milk and margarine products across Nigeria, by engaging low income people as micro-distributors.
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| Abira |
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| Developing a business framework, Nigeria |
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This project aims to provide consultancy support for Abira to develop a business framework through which it will carry out its support to agribusinesses.
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| Onward Paper Mill |
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| Product distribution review, Nigeria |
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| Onward aims to develop a franchised notebook distribution system in which retail branded kiosks will sell notebooks and related products to local communities. |
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| Beekeeping Extension Society |
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| Business model development, Nigeria |
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This venture aims to develop a sustainable business model for a programme originally set up as a non-profit to help rural beekeepers increase honey yields through training.
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| Social Impact Measurement |
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| Workshop, Nigeria |
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This workshop targeted businesses and social enterprises interested in assessing their social return, highlighted approaches that companies can use to measure social impact.
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| Identifying partnerships, Nigeria |
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| This project aims to broker partnerships between Folawiyo Farm and experts in business and technical development to build the capacity of rural poultry farmers |
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| Commercialising water hyacinth, Nigeria |
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MitiMeth works within riparian and lakeside communities to transform water hyacinth into a valuable consumer product, which can be woven by local artisans into craft goods.
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| Makamashi |
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| Converting farm waste to cooking briquettes, Nigeria |
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This project aims to provide technical support to Mikamashi in its conversion of farm waste into cooking briquettes, as a more environmentally friendly fuel alternative to wood.
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| Climate-smart agribusiness |
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| Workshop, Zambia |
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| This project delivered a workshop for a group of local businesses, as well as a series of one-to-one consultations for Facility-supported companies, to help them understand the impacts of climate change. |
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| BioCarbon Partners |
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| Charcoal value chain analysis, Zambia |
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The Facility worked with to BioCarbon conduct a value chain analysis of the charcoal trade in rural areas around Lusaka, and draw up a business plan based on these findings
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| ARK |
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| Investment scoping strategy, Zambia |
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Building on ARK's investments in dysentery control in Zambiato investigate the role of the private sector in improving supply of and demand for essential health commodities
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| BIF, IAP, IBLF |
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| Partnership workshop, Zambia |
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| This workshop targeted high-level decision makers from companies in Zambia to conduct partnership broker training and a seminar on the business case for partnering. |
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| Workshop, Zambia |
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Delivering a business plan for a group of agribusinesses in the beef, dairy, poultry, pork and aquaculture sectors, for setting up a livestock centre of excellence that will train small-scale farmers
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| Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) |
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| Investment scoping strategy, Zambia |
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Building on ARK's investments in dysentery control in Zambiato investigate the role of the private sector in improving supply of and demand for essential health commodities
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| Pheks Investment |
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| Business Planning, Malawi |
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| Pheks aims to expand their paper recycling operation, sourcing waste paper from local companies and making egg boxes which it sells to large chicken / egg businesses. |
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| Small & Medium Enterprise Development Initiative (SMEDI) |
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| Workshop, Malawi |
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A workshop is to be facilitated for the newly formed Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute (SMEDI) in order to enhance the understanding of the MSME sector stakeholders on SMEDI’s role in fostering private sector development.
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| Aceso Healthcare Partners |
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| Developing medical diagnostic clinical services, Nigeria |
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This venture aims to develop alternative models for the deployment of a medical diagnostics clinic that delivers value to its investors and sustainable social benefits to the surrounding community.
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