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Kilihortex Holding B.V.: Raspberries for Development, a solid extension plan Through a DGGF loan, Kilihortex Holding B.V. set-up a Raspberry farm of 45 hectares and a processing and cooling facility in North Tanzania for exports to the European market. The farm and facility supports 200 FTE direct jobs and an additional 300 seasonal workers during harvest seasons. To increase the potential success, sustainability and impact of this investment for the region and to reduce legal liability risks involved, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) was provided. The project included assistance with legal matters to obtain a land deed, preparing for EPZ certification to export the berries to Europe, conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment, including NEMC certification, and drilling and testing of the water for agricultural irrigation.
Spices from the core source The company Pacific SpiZes focuses on processing and exporting spices from Moluccas, Indonesia, the core source of spices such as nutmeg, mace and cloves. The spices are eventually also imported by Pacific SpiZes (NL) and sold within the EU. By exporting nutmeg and mace in cooperation with a local collector, Kamboti Rempah Maluku, the company aims to increase the capacity of local nutmeg farmers. Pacific SpiZes pays a fair price to the local farmers and supports decent jobs. To be able to import the first container of spices DGGF-TA provided support to pre-finance one mixed (nutmeg and mace) container. With this project, 615 indirect jobs were supported amongst the local farmers and Kamboti Rempah Maluku. Capacity building in the form of training supported 395 people. Looking forward, Pacific SpiZes and Kamboti Rempah Maluku will join their forces by establishing a joint venture (Kamboti Pacific SpiZes PT) to further deepen the business relations and further focus on the training and education of farmers, to get the various certifications on Food Safety and the Rainforest Alliance sustainability certification.
Rehabilitation and extension of water supply in the volcanic region in Rwanda Securing sustainable water supply for the population of Rubavu, Nyabihu and Musanze districts by developing viable projects that aim at(a) increasing the current water supply to meet the growing demand of the targeted Districts for the next 15-20 years,(b) protecting and better management of water supply infrastructure and their feeding sources and(c) enhancing the management of water supply schemes.Although the project focuses on the three Districts of Rubavu, Nyabihu and Musanze, also parts of neighbouring Districts will be considered in case of cross-border water supply systems.
Data centers in Nairobi, Kenia and Accra, Ghana A Dutch company wants to expand an existing datacentre in Accra Ghana and establish a new datacentre in Nairobi Kenya. This will lead to an estimated 3 additional jobs in Accra and 15 new jobs in Nairobi. The datacentres will also have a positive impact on the internet infrastructure and connectivity in both countries.
Sesea Inc: Technical feasibility study for industrial Hemp/flax production in Sierra Leone Industrial Hemp based fibres are highly sustainable and can be used for the production of textiles, furniture, construction materials, etc. They require 70% less water than regular cotton production, are (agro-)chemical free and intercrop friendly, they contribute to soil fertility, allow for a carbon efficient production system and are biodegradable. Furthermore, hemp based industries show positive results in poverty alleviation, create employment and provide high impact solutions for climate change issues and ecological restauration. Industrial Hemp is only limitedly cultivated on the African continent. In Sierra Leone in particular, agriculture is underdeveloped due to civil wars and the Ebola crisis. Many families heavily rely on the mining industries. Yet, Sierra Leone’s soil type, climate and length of dry season are very favourable for high yield hemp production.Sesea produces Hemp fibres for the growing eco-textile and bio-based raw material markets and aims to build a hemp based industry and supply chain and develop ‘cash crops’ in Africa to meet increasing international demand and help (re)build local economies. Therefore Sesea now wants to expand production to Sierra Leone. To prepare for future investments in an Industrial Hemp production facility, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) provided support to Sesea Inc to conduct a technical feasibility study into cultivation and production requirements. The project included a pilot cultivation field of 1 ha, 3 harvesting seasons and field tests with different seed varieties to determine optimal cultivation conditions and techniques, the production of a field guide based on research results and the development of a bankable business plan. Furthermore, fibres and wood chips were assessed for quality and usability for bio-based materials applications.  The project has been successful and supported 5 direct jobs, 15 indirect jobs and provided sustainable knowledge transfer regarding the sustainable advantages of Industrial Hemp production to 30 people. Furthermore, the project has led to the opening of a local joint venture, the development of a bankable business plan and a guide for intercropping hemp production methods that will improve existing agricultural practices and benefit local communities. Further investments are currently being prepared and may result in a 20 ha production field and further product development which will require a minimum of 440 seasonal workers per season.
India – Innovative algae production facility With a DGGF Start-up Loan Microalgae Works B.V. (Microalgae) is able to set up an innovative algae cultivation facility in India together with the local subsidiary for the benefit of the food sector.With this finance a closed biological system is established in which the algae are grown. The extract that is extracted from the algae is the substance astaxanthin. This extract is used in the food industry, cosmetics industry, animal feed industry and some other industries.The investment consists of the purchase of machines and installations, the design of a laboratory, workspace and working capital.
Partnership Development Facility -Stichting Flying Swans 2.0 To provide funding to the Stichting Flying Swans, who aims to develop agro logistical cool corridors in emerging markets. The funding will be used to identify and develop projects to become bankable projects in a number of identified countries such as Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Angola and any other country as agreed
Pan Hlaing sluices (ESIA) This project is identified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation in Myanmar and part of a broad governmental strategy for the development of the Pan Hlaing area, which involves the construction of a sluice in the Pan Hlaing river. This sluice will help develop the Pan Hlaing river to become a water body, that transports and stores fresh water that can be used for irrigation in dry periods. In addition, the project will contribute to safeguarding and improving the drainage function in periods of excessive rainfall from the adjacent polders and minimise the risk of flooding of areas along the Pan Hlaing river caused by cyclones.D2B finances all studies needed for the construction of the sluice: i.e. the feasibility study, including a deliberate choice for the exact location of the sluice and a conceptual design.Additional Study
Third Niamey drinking water plant - Renewable energy Powering Niamey's water supply - exploring scenarios for renewable energy generation at the third Niamey drinking water plant.
Piloting Elephant Energy Grass cultivation for cleaner energy and livestock feed in Wattuba, Kampala, Uganda More than 90% of all energy used in Uganda comes from firewood and charcoal (44 million tons). 74% of this is used for cooking by households which adds up to at least 35 million kilos of wood being burned each day. The use of firewood and charcoal leads to deforestation, soil erosion, drought and nutrition depletion and increasing challenges to grow crops and feed livestock. Complete deforestation is forecasted for 2032 at current usage and replenishment rates. Furthermore, the use of firewood stoves leads to very dangerous situations; over 40,000 woman and children die each year from household air pollution and fires. This potential catastrophe needs to be addressed and resolved with a domestic solution.Miscanthus, also known as Elephant Grass, may offer a solution for this as is grows very fast and has the same energy value as coal. Dutch company The Green Elephant (TGE) grows Miscanthus in Uganda, turning it into animal feed, pellets and burning briquettes to combat deforestation and provide cheap, reliable and safe fuel for the poor as well as affordable and nutritional feed for smallholder farmers. In order to test and validate the production and market for elephant grass and its different applications and to prepare for future investments, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) provided support. The project included the set-up of a nursery and research centre for crop development, testing of diverse harvesting technologies, determining the highest yield in Ugandan conditions, preparing initial 100 ha for planting elephant grass, setting-up a briquette manufacturing plant, trials to determine the optimal ingredients for feed blocks and developing a production process for commercial volumes.The project supported 28 direct jobs, 135 indirect jobs and contributed to sustainable knowledge transfer by training 58 people, of which 30 smallholder dairy farmers in order to improve animal welfare and milk production capacity. Furthermore, the project contributed to increased awareness of the need for sustainable and safe energy sources to prevent deforestation and the advantages elephant grass offers for this. The project was successful and further investments in the plantation and factory are being prepared. These investments have the potential to supply at least 250,000 households with their daily clean fuel needs with a minimised carbon footprint and are expected to create an extra 250 new jobs within the next 5 years.
Construction of Hau River Water Supply System (Development Phase) The project is defined as setting up, and operating, an entirely new (stand alone) clean water supply system including a water treatment plant with a capacity of 20,000 m3/day transmission and distribution pipelines and households connections for the Chau Thanh and Chau Thanh A districts in Hau Giang province.The main components of the project are:- WTP with capacity of 20,000 m3/day,- Transmission pipeline and distribution network,- 76.25 km transmission & distribution pipeline,- 93.25 km service pipeline,- 37598 households and 150 public connections and 500 SME connections,- Information / Education / Communication (IEC) programme,- Technical Assistance Programme.The rural districts Chau Thanh and Chau Thanh A in Hau Giang Province is located in the South East region of Vietnam in the centre of the Mekong Delta. Total area of the Chau Thanh and Chau Thanh A districts is 28,331 ha. The Mekong Delta is by far Vietnam's most productive region in agriculture and aquaculture and less industrialized compared to the rest of the country. Both industry and foreign direct investment are a smaller part of the economy in the region. The system will supply water to 157,912 inhabitants and about 500 SMEs in the Chau Thanh and Chau Thanh A districts.
Uganda – Expansion coffee plantation & processing facility With a DGGF Start-up Loan Brand Development B.V. is able to further develop the existing coffee plantation Brand Coffee Farm Uganda.  The company acquired a plantation in 2017 and started planting coffee trees with their own resources and with support from a DGGF Technical Assistance subsidy. Coffee trees need at least five years to achieve a reasonable production, but already give fruit from year three. The farm is now in the first phase of development.The DGGF Start-up Loan is intended for the investment in buildings, machines and inventory for cultivation, as well as working capital to absorb the first start-up losses and for further expansion of the coffee plants.The expected impact is local employment of approximately 24 FTE and knowledge exchange to other coffee farmers (1.000 families) in the area in the field of production method, post harvesting handling and good agricultural practices.
Moldova – Seed multiplication With a loan from DGGF, De Bolster Beheer B.V. will be enabled to realize its business investment plans and to expand the impact in Moldova.De Bolster started up in Moldova in 2013 with its own production of organic seeds, but also with the collaboration with small producers. To improve productivity and quality, the company wants to invest further in a storage shed, processing machines and training of staff and producers.
Mini Hydropower & Rural Electrification Project (Development Phase) Uganda has an overall lack of energy: fossil fuels have to come from far by tanker truck using bad roads. In rural areas like the project area is less than 6% of the population connected to the electrical grid. Some 94% of the people have only biomass and kerosene as a fuel for their economic and domestic activities. The absence of reliable electric power supply hinders economic development keeps the population poor and hinders health improvements and education. The project concerns the development & construction and operation of 10 scattered (stand-alone) mini-hydropower plants. A distribution network and technical assistance for a period of 3 years.  This results in 10 mini-grids connecting 140180 people with electricity. Part of these mini-grids will be connected to the main grid (which suffers from under capacity) to fully utilize the idle capacity during off-peak hours due to which another 206820 people could supposedly be served. For each of the sites the project provides for the construction of the dam. The power plant the connecting line distribution systems and (home) connections necessary training and for carrying out maintenance on the installations. Together the  cluster of power plants has a capacity of 6200 kilowatts a 10 kV high-voltage electricity transport and a 415V low-voltage-distribution network.  The project will generate reliable electric power by means of mini hydropower plants and transmit it to the people. This would provide a total of 347000 people (67000 households) with electricity and take away the before mentioned limitations. The project aims at saving time that is currently used for collecting firewood reducing sickness and deaths due to indoor air pollution caused by indoor cooking reducing CO2 emissions and boosting entrepreneurship and economic growth due to increased production and marketing of local products the introduction of cold storage and food processing and improvement of health and education conditions.
Fishing Port of Cotonou The project aims at the construction of a new port that will be dedicated to fishery activities
Accelerating Tuberculosis Case Detection (Implementation Phase) Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious disease and has a profoundly damaging socio-economic impact on patients and their families and on the countries where it is endemic. TB case detection is very low and reached only 27% in 2007. Current obstacles to detect TB in Ghana are1) low sensitivity of the standard detection methodology of smear microscopy or sputum analysis2) limited or no access to quality chest images3) high cost of sputum culture and4) limited laboratory capacity.TB can be controlled and diminished with proper and timely diagnosis and treatment. By the introduction of direct digital chest radiology patients and clinicians will be provided with access to  an additional diagnostic tool to detect more sputum smear positive/negative as well as extra-pulmonary cases. The present project aims to solve or reduce current obstacles to wider Chest X-ray access and will take digital X-ray equipment where there was no X-ray equipment before. By increasing the case detection rate robustly it will take Ghana into the WHO defined MDG target zone of 70% TB case detection by 2015.
Port-Bouët Coastal Protection Studies for the development of a coastal protection project in Port-Bouët
Modernisation of regionial road R-435 Nevesinje - Berkovici (Implementation Phase) The R-435 is a regional road of 32 km between Nevesinje and Berkovici in the south of Bosnia and Herzegovina which connects these towns with the rural areas. The R-435 was built at the end of the 19th century. Since then there has hardly been any change of the alignment or any significant improvement of road elements. So the road is far below modern-day standards. Because of that the region is currently poorly accessible.The most important elements of the project are: - The modernisation and reconstruction of a section of 19 km near Berkovici which is currently paved with gravel and bare natural rock. - Maintenance during the winter period - Training in international regulation.
Monitoring platform for chronic disease care Platos is a monitoring platform for holistic chronic disease care. Platos
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Storage facilities for raw materials Mozambique With a loan from DGGF, Wester Participaties B.V. - Cornelderenabled it to expand its activities in Mozambique. To this end, it has to invest in storage capacity and has entered into a partnership with a South African partner. 2 storage facilities are being set up in Beira and machipanda. Both locations will contain both open storage and closed warehouse storage. With these locations, the hinterland of Mozambique and surrounding countries (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, etc.) can be accessed. The plans deliver a direct impact in employment through 100-200 jobs and provide indirect job growth of an expected 300. The investments also ensure a further professionalization of the infrastructure.This project clearly contributes to the reconstruction of infrastructure in the port of Beira, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Idai in March 2019.
Poverty alleviation through road development (Development Phase) Road development is recognised as a prerequisite for socio-economic development. Especially in a landlocked and mountainous country such as Bhutan. The road construction in Dagana and Sarpang districts is part of a larger road development plan that covers the connection of the Southern Bhutanese regions. At the moment transport in Bhutan depends on a single east-west national road running through the central-northern parts of the country. The absence of another main road running through the south hinders transportation in the southern areas and inhibits the growth of social services as well as economical development i.e. predominantly agricultural development. The larger road development plan will not only improve the accessibility and connectivity of the southern regions but also provide better integration with existing road networks in Northern India and Bangladesh. The proposed road will open up highly promising markets, especially West Bengal could potentially absorb increasing production of Dagana and surrounding districts. The fertile mid-hill terrain of Dagana and surrounding districts offers a huge potential for agricultural and livestock production.However, due to the lack of transportation possibilities this potential is not fulfilled. Another source of economic development are the two hydropower plants under construction in Dagana. The road will provide additional access to these plants next to the Southern/Indian connective road and vice versa make electricity a real future possibility for inhabitants of the region. Another rationale for the project is to provide better access to basic services such as health care to the people in Dagana and Western Sarpang.
Colombia - Winery Neerlands Wijnmakerij Participaties BV will research the feasibility of large-scale wine production and wine leisure activities nearby Cartagena, Colombia. By planting and testing different grape varieties in a pilot project of 2ha in two years’ time they seek confirmation that sustainable high quality grape growing in the Colombian climate and soil is possible. With the production of some excellent trail wine varieties in the winery they want to determine whether grape cultivation is economically profitable at the chosen location in Colombia. The expertise will be shared with small holders so that they also can start cultivating grapes that can be processed in the new winery.

The winery will generate new employment opportunities for (female) young (18+) Colombians. With this project Colombia has the opportunity to develop a domestic high margin wine market instead of importing wine in high quantities from Chile and Argentina.
Water Supply Upper East Region Ghana (Implementation Phase) The Upper East Region is located in the North Eastern part of Ghana. Bordering Burkina Faso and Togo. The major cities are Bolgatanga, Bongo and Navrongo. Serious restraints in the drinking water supply are identified throughout the area. The existing water supply system has inadequate capacity to meet the demand. The high population growth in the larger cities increases the shortages. The area generally is quite arid which has also resulted in migration to the larger cities. At this moment there is a small drinking WTP located between Bolgatanga and Bongo, supplying both cities with insufficient capacity. After the foreseen system change this WTP will be dedicated to Bongo and its surroundings. The raw water source for this system the Vea irrigation reservoir is exploited to its limit which eliminates the possibility of extended use. To supply the cities of Bolgatanga Navrongo and their surroundings a new raw water source and a new WTP is foreseen. The above solution will close the demand gap after its completion. The number of people that will be supplied with potable water in 2030 is estimated to be 310,488. Of these people 230,488 currently do not have access to potable water. The remaining 80,000 will have access to a more reliable connection.
Sanitation and Protection Programme for uMugungundlovu Resources (Development Phase) uMgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. Throughout the entire district there is a lack of adequate sanitation. The most serious impact on water quality is currently being experienced in and around the uMngeni area. Fast-growing informal settlements contaminate streams and waterways with raw sewage.The purpose of the project is to bring adequate sanitation to 6 local municipalities in the uMgungundlovu district municipality. To reduce the sanitation problem 4280 new VIP latrines will be provided to poor people in the uMDM and the existing sewage network and waste water treatment works (WWTW) will be upgraded. Furthermore the waste water treatment system upgrade will reduce the number of sewage spills and blockages through the construction of new larger collector mains. In addition to that an estimate of 75 - 100 km new or replaced sewer articulations is build. The project will provide improved sanitation infrastructure and services which will affect about 304000 people/ 60percent of the uMgungundlovu District as well as improving and safeguarding the water quality of major water resources in the District namely Midmar Dam and the uMngeni River (for 4.8 million people).