Our work
Our work: Burkina Faso
Our purpose is to help African food processors grow. Here is a selection of our work: who supported it, what we did and what changed.
Six of our projects are in Burkina Faso, and dried mango is at the centre of them. For CBI we coached eleven dried mango processors to reach European buyers. Together they earned EUR 1.1 million in additional EU and EFTA export revenue from 2021 to 2025, and 396 supported jobs were created since 2023. Mango is seasonal, so in Burkina DryMore we helped processors add fonio, ginger and hibiscus to keep their plants working beyond the season. Through SPVO (2025 to 2029) we work with dried mango companies on working conditions, looking for commercial solutions so that better conditions pay for themselves. We also coach horticulture businesses and compost producers in HortiPlus, train rice mills through the GIZ MOVE academy, and helped GIZ test business models for young people in compost and orchard maintenance.
Dried mango export coaching in Burkina Faso
EUR 1.1min additional EU and EFTA export revenue in Burkina Faso, 2021 to 2025
For CBI we coached eleven dried mango processors in Burkina Faso to reach European buyers. 396 supported jobs created since 2023.
Rice Miller Business Academy
42rice mills trained and coached in four countries
A four-course business academy and coaching for 42 rice mills in Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.
Burkina DryMore: processing beyond the mango season
2containers of fonio shipped to the Netherlands
Helping Burkina Faso's dried mango processors add fonio, ginger and hibiscus so their factories work all year.
HortiPlus: horticulture businesses and compost
Coaching for horticulture businesses and a quality plan for compost producers in Burkina Faso.
Rural Youth Employment Accelerator
10+viable agri-business models for young people
Business models that young people can run in agri-food value chains, developed with GIZ in four countries.
SPVO: better working conditions in Burkina Faso dried mango
A live project that improves working conditions in the Burkina Faso dried mango sector, 2025 to 2029, funded by RVO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
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