The industrialization of the continent will allow the creation of thousands of jobs, access to essential goods at a competitive and accessible price for emerging middle class; Industry is the the only sector able of creating jobs for educated and uneducated people and those without any technical training. African demographics and the disparity in educational levels of young people lead themselves to this.
The industrial sector, beyond being an employment provider, is challenged by the climate change. Industry companies in Sub-Saharan Africa are not young. The factories were built between the 1950s and 2000s. They are mature, have an average turnover of between €10M and €17M, with a positive NR and cash flow with all of their production tools amortized but though obsolete, energy-intensive and polluting. Today, they face an urgent need to modernize and produce much cleaner products, remain competitive with their main customers’ climatic requirements, but also to lower their production costs in order to keep competitiveness, diversify and conquer new markets to increase their turnover and exceed their glass ceiling and continue their growth.
Transition towards a decarbonized industry:
Agriculture is a challenge for food self-sufficiency in Africa but also to keep young people in the territories in order to fight illegal migration. This will involve structuring value chains but also putting climate resilience at the heart of the agricultural strategy. Agriculture is a question of yield and quality of production. Today, on our target agricultural raw materials, the target areas are competitive in terms of yield and quality if we resolve the issues of climate resilience on seeds and cultivation techniques but also storage and processing. These crops in our scope are carried out by groups of women producers. Their empowerment involves strengthening their value chains, access to financing and the market for them. But the impact of climate change has disrupted agriculture. Adaptation and resilience to climate change is a priority for the agricultural regions.
We promote organic agriculture and non-wood forest products: structuring of value chains, sharing of added value, promote sustainable agriculture, addressing climate resilience, building healthy farming communities, increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring food security, improving the livelihoods of rural communities, with a focus on women in the supply chain, in the workforce and in the management : non-use of GMOs, non-aggression of soils, non-use of pesticides, etc.:, revitalize and develop agricultural regions, create AOP and AOC.
Post-harvest and processing technologies, low-carbon logistics, renewable energy, and digitization that enhance the commercialization of farmers’ production by adding value to crops and final products—while simultaneously reducing food loss and waste and improving food safety—are pivotal for Africa’s food security and industrial development.
OGIC will invest in companies that promote technologies facilitating access to markets that are otherwise inaccessible.
Investment in companies that contribute in fostering security in the value chain and that promote sustainable development of the industry and or agribusiness, such as :
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