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Challenges and Opportunities
CARE Enterprise Partners
• Who we are
• What we do
• How we do it
Challenges and Opportunities
• Large populations operate in the ‘informal’ economy
• Barriers to entry continue – capital, market access, business formation
• Aid flows can be erratic and driven by “planned strategies”
• A growing middle economy – more opportunities and economic growth, stability
• “Formalization” – access, sustainability, voice
OUTLINE
Challenges and Opportunities
CARE Enterprise Partners
• Who we are
• What we do
• How we do it
WHO WE ARE
CARE Enterprise Partners (CEP)
• Division of CARE Canada – Canada’s largest non for profit development organization
• Affiliated to CARE International Global Network: CARE International’s work benefits more than 30 million people in 70 countries annually
• Currently operates in 15 countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa
WHAT WE DO
• CARE Enterprise Partners (CEP) was created to support fledgling social enterprises, promote widespread market-based development, and help entrepreneurs generate sustainable economic and social returns for poor families and communities.
• As an extension of CARE Canada, CEP twins the tools of business with the community development acumen to create commercially competitive and socially positive enterprise.
WHAT WE DO
• CEP operates as a social venture capital firm, incubating business models that generate both economic and social value in 'base of the pyramid' markets that are often below the radar of mainstream investment.
HOW WE DO IT – CEP Capital
• Social Venture Fund– Provision of patient capital such as loans, equity, trade finance, to spur
economic growth and seed pro-poor businesses in developing countries– Incubation of business models that generate both economic and social value
Serviagro - Peru
Artichoke Production
Casafruit Senegal
Juice Production
Vegcare -Kenya
Vegetable Exports
Selco –India (*potential)
Solar Energy
HOW WE DO IT – CEP Capital
Venture Fund Investment Process 1. Prospecting
2. Business Planning and Preliminary Analysis
3. Due Diligence
4. Approval and Authorization from Investment Committee
5. Closing and Implementation post Approval
6. Monitoring
7. Exit
HOW WE DO IT – CEP Capital
Venture Fund Investment Principles
1. Financial viability and sustainability
2. Entrepreneurship and local ownership
3. Effective governance
4. Positive social returns
5. Proactive corporate conduct
HOW WE DO IT – CEP Solutions
• Enterprise Assistance and Trade Facilitation– Provision of business development services to enhance economic
opportunity for local entrepreneurs– Facilitation of market linkages and cross-sector partnerships to enhance
market access and trade
Rural Sales Bangladesh
BOP Model
Gone Rural Swaziland
Handicraft Exports
Health Store – Kenya
Health clinic micro-franchise
HOW WE DO IT – CEP Knowledge
• Centre of Excellence– Provision of trainings, workshops and research collaboration to broaden
capacity, competency and support for individual social enterprises and the overall concept of market-based development
– CEP MBA Associates Program
2006 Alumni, Toronto pre-departure training
Alice Wan and Mike Ngenshekiwith Magu district farmers, Tanzania
Neil Foster – Kenya Grading, Acacia Farm in Kibwezi
CEP MBA Associates Program Description
• The CEP MBA Associates Programme is a summer program that provides talented top MBA students with the unique opportunity to use their business skills and professional experience to assist small to medium enterprises in developing countries.
• Associate placements run from May to August. After a comprehensive orientation and training in Canada, Associates travel abroad to a field placement where they work on developing business solutions that deliver high–impact social and economic returns.
THANK YOU!
