Projects

BBA provides training and support to 27 winners of the Awa Prize, Enabel's competition dedicated to promoting female entrepreneurship. The mission takes place in Senegal and aims to strengthen the skills of the selected entrepreneurs through a structured program of training, individual coaching, and technical support.

The project aims to strengthen the technical, organizational, and entrepreneurial capacities of incubators in Tshopo Province—including Elykia (FEC), ANADEC, and INPP—in order to improve the support offered to start-ups and project leaders in Kisangani.

Project funded by Enabel to strengthen the RIM and two Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Burundi. BBAcademy provides technical assistance, quality supervision, and ESG integration to consolidate governance and performance in the sector.

Funded by the UNDP, the project supports the Congolese government in designing the National SME and Crafts Policy. It aims to establish a modern strategic framework that promotes the formalization, competitiveness, and sustainable economic inclusion of small and medium-sized enterprises.

The project supports the Tunisian Investment Fund (FTI) in defining its five-year strategy. The aim is to strengthen its role as a major public player in financing micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and to improve the effectiveness, transparency, and consistency of its economic and regional interventions.

Ce lot fournit à la Commission européenne un mécanisme flexible d’expertises en gouvernance économique, finances publiques, macro-économie et supervision financière dans les pays partenaires. BBA, membre du consortium attributaire, apporte des compétences en analyse institutionnelle et soutien aux réformes.

Lot 8 of the SEA 2023 supports EU policies to stimulate private sector development, strengthen MSMEs, improve competitiveness, and promote economic inclusion. As a member of the consortium, BBA contributes its expertise in economic development, entrepreneurship, and business support.

Multi-lot framework agreement concluded with Enabel to mobilize technical expertise related to inclusive growth, covering governance, economic development, entrepreneurship, project management, public finance, and institutional strengthening.

Establishment of the EU Sustainable Finance Advisory Hub Secretariat to coordinate European taxonomy, ESG standards, and sustainable transparency obligations among public authorities, financial actors, and companies.

The project aims to assess training needs and existing training opportunities in the Ethiopian financial sector, with a view to supporting the establishment of a national banking and financial training center. The study covers banks, microfinance institutions, and key partners to sustainably strengthen skills and financial inclusion.

International framework program aimed at providing technical and strategic assistance to the European Investment Bank. It mobilizes experts to support the identification, preparation, and implementation of investment projects, both within the European Union and internationally, in key sectors of sustainable development.

Strengthening the capacities of central banks, supervisory authorities and financial intermediaries to integrate best practices in green financing and promote a transition to climate-resilient portfolios.

Technical assistance to Sager Ganza Microfinance to design and validate a five-year strategic plan, including financial projections, market analysis, and implementation plan.

Assessment and redesign of COPEDU PLC's financial products to specifically target the needs of women and young entrepreneurs, with strategic recommendations to improve financial inclusion.

Technical assistance to Cogebanque to strengthen its SME financing strategy, optimize its lending processes, reduce credit risk, and develop new products and services (including digital solutions).

Development of a three-year business plan for Goshen Finance PLC, aimed at optimizing the financial product offering and strengthening the viability of MSME clients.

Participatory support for the RBA and its stakeholders in the joint development of a five-year strategic business plan (2021–2025) to position the association and the Rwandan financial sector in support of inclusive growth.

Technical assistance to deploy and manage the Fund for Impulse, Guarantee and Support for very small, small and medium-sized enterprises and crafts (FIGA-PMEA), from the inventory to operational monitoring and consolidation.

Strategic, financial, marketing, and HR diagnosis of 17 Ivorian industrial companies, with the development of upgrade plans and business plans to strengthen their competitiveness and facilitate their access to financing and markets.

Implementation of an annual survey of banks in the Southern Neighbourhood countries to monitor trends in lending to the private sector and identify obstacles to lending to large enterprises and SMEs.

Assistance in the creation and development of a training institute (Rwanda Academy of Finance) to strengthen the skills of professionals in the banking, microfinance and insurance sectors in Rwanda and sub-Saharan Africa.

Advice and training for incubator project leaders (residents and non-residents), setting up accounting systems and security measures to facilitate access to financing and public contracts.

Feasibility study and support for the structuring of a pilot SME incubator: setting up a guarantee fund, facilitating access to financing and markets for micro-enterprises.

The project consisted of designing and delivering three Train-The-Trainer workshops on bank branch performance management simulation. These sessions aimed to strengthen the teaching and managerial skills of future BIBM trainers in the field of banking management.

Technical support to BVF Société Générale to develop its MSME client base and implement an automated monitoring system for the Partial Portfolio Guarantee (GPP SOLIDIS) as part of the PASEF project.

Technical assistance to support BVF Société Générale in developing its MSME client base and implementing an automated monitoring system for the Partial Portfolio Guarantee (GPP SOLIDIS) as part of the PASEF project in Madagascar.

Supporting the Seychelles Development Bank in modernizing its credit risk management, optimizing asset-liability management, strengthening governance, and translating its new mandate into a sustainable business model.

Conducting a feasibility study for the creation of FIGA-Burundi, a fund dedicated to removing barriers to access to credit for Burundian SMEs through economic stimulus, guarantee mechanisms, and support.

Series of training sessions for bank managers and high-potential employees, covering the management of financial institutions and SME financing through computerized simulation programs and specialized modules.

Feasibility mission for the second part of the FIGA system – three integrated funds (support, impetus, guarantee) to remove the technical, financial and guarantee barriers for Congolese SMEs.

Technical assistance to BDEAC to modernize its banking risk management: automated counterparty rating, risk pricing, country assessment, and executive training.

Development and monitoring of SME credit products (co-financing, private equity, microfinance) and creation of the SME Financing Knowledge Center (CeFiP) to centralize and disseminate expertise.

Strengthening public-private dialogue, modernizing the regulatory framework, improving access to finance through a guarantee fund, and developing business incubators to support SMEs and rural businesses in less developed regions of Montenegro.

Assistance to AIC, AZPROMO, SCS and BSE to diversify Azerbaijan's non-oil economy: promotion of FDI, development of non-oil exports, modernization of financial markets and institutional strengthening.

The technical assistance project, financed by the European Investment Bank, aimed to strengthen the operational and institutional capacities of the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE). The intervention contributed to improving the bank's financial management, governance, and performance as part of its economic development program.

Feasibility study for an integrated three-fund mechanism (support, co-financing, guarantee) to remove technical, financial and guarantee barriers for SMEs in the Republic of Congo.

Administrative and financial management of the FORCE Fund, aimed at rehabilitating MFI infrastructure, professionalizing operators and coordinating microfinance in Burundi.