We invest in the local processing of agricultural and forestry output, where too much added value still leaves the continent in raw form.
Agribusiness is where our requirement of economic usefulness expresses itself most directly. Exporting a raw material creates few jobs; processing it on site creates many, and captures a far greater share of the final value.
Our investments target processing units backed by secured production — owned land or long-term supply contracts — and the outgrower programmes that structure the upstream.
We pay particular attention to supply chain certification: it governs access to European markets and is, over time, the main driver of value for these assets.
Large irrigated farms combined with storage and packing facilities.
Primary and secondary processing units — grain, oilseeds, timber — located close to production.
Programmes structuring supply from independent farmers, with technical support and pre-financing of inputs.
Support in achieving the certifications required by export markets (FSC, GlobalGAP).
6,200 irrigated hectares in Zambia, backed by a grain processing unit and an outgrower programme.
Agribusiness
6,200 irrigated hectares, a grain processing unit and an outgrower programme with 900 farmers.
Agribusiness
Secondary timber processing unit backed by FSC-certified concessions in the Nkok economic zone.
Our Geneva teams work alongside institutional investors, family offices and industrial partners across all of our markets.