Our work: Processors and small businesses

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.

Export readiness for the dried pineapple sector

12processing companies assessed in depth

Diagnostics, coaching and programme design for CBI's support to dried pineapple exporters in Benin.

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.

Safer food in Malawi (IMAGRI)

20companies on personalised food safety pathways since May 2026

Food safety training, audits and coaching for small processors in Malawi, and the design of a follow-on support programme.

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.

Linking dairy production to markets (CSARIDE)

1facilitator manual for milk collection centres

Value chain, food safety and business work that linked Eritrea's dairy farms to markets under the EU-funded CSARIDE project.

Laying the foundations for a dried fruit sector

80+stakeholders brought together in Benguela

A feasibility study, buyer tests and a roadmap for a dried pineapple and mango sector on Angola's Lobito Corridor.

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.