2SCALE's Business Champions at AFRICALLIA
The 2SCALE business champions, driven by the desire to see their companies prosper, showed a strong interest and willingness to take part in the forum.
Fourteen (14) champions from Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger took part in the event. The Ivory Coast champions were Espoir Riz du Cavally (ERC), ECOFORP and MIENSAH GROUP. Mali's champions included the Unité de Transformation de Céréales (UTC), SCS INTERNATIONAL and the AINOMA seed farm from Niger. Burkina Faso's champions were NANALIM, BIOPROTECT, INNOFASO and NEBNOOMA.
In order to seize the opportunities offered by AFRICALLIA, the 2SCALE champions prepared carefully to make the most of every moment. It all started with perfecting their visual presentations, with the aim of capturing the attention of potential partners.
Sabine NANA, CEO of the NANALIM company and champion of the cassava partnership in Burkina Faso, said:
In order to take full advantage of AFRICALLIA, 2SCALE set up a stand to give visibility to the products and services offered by the champions. This stand was a real place to meet and talk about the products and services offered by 2SCALE's champions. A queue formed around the stand, showing the curiosity and interest of AFRICALLIA's guests in the products and services offered by the champions.
Relationships forged and promised collaboration taking shape.
During the Business-to-business (B2B) meetings, the 2SCALE champions initiated relevant discussions and opportunities for collaboration with many of the companies at AFRICALLIA. In the opinion of Arsène SAWADOGO, manager of the champion company BIOPROTECT in the fruit and vegetable partnership in Burkina Faso:
For the Espoir Riz du Cavally (ERC) champion from the Ivory Coast, he was able to get support for participation in a BOAD project thanks to a consultancy firm he met at AFRICALLIA.
The same message was heard from ECOFORP, represented by Hélène LOBA:
Hope for champion companies through established business connections
For all the champions, each of the B2B meetings added real value to their business. They were a catalyst of hope for the success and prosperity of the champion companies. As Diabaté Mariko, representative of the champion SCS INTERNATIONAL in Mali, points out:
In this vision, Marina DIBOMA, Director of the 2SCALE, shared,