Departments
For organisational reasons, BIO divides all of its investments into 4 categories: Funds, Financial Institutions, Enterprises & Infrastructure. Additionally, all grants are taken care of by our Business Development Support Fund.
SMEs are of the utmost importance for economic growth in developing countries. Because they create jobs, they are key actors in the fight against poverty. They are also instrumental in disseminating expertise and strengthening social cohesion by developing local value chains and by increasing government income.
One of BIO’s major goals is to increase the access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). In this way, BIO empowers entrepreneurs and contributes to local economic growth.
Adequate access to energy, water, telecoms, and transport infrastructure is a basic service to the population. It is also indispensable for economic growth and a sustainable private sector.
Fund investments are ideal to build a diversified portfolio, to provide entrepreneurs with long-term capital and to strengthen the business model of the SMEs involved .
The Business Development Support Fund allows current and prospective portfolio companies to increase their business performance and improve sustainable business development practices by offering grants and by co-financing Technical Assistance (TA), Feasibility Studies (FS), and Investment Support for innovative SMEs.