Practical analysis on project finance, DFIs, agri-inputs sourcing and distribution across West Africa — from the C2A team.
- From Boardroom to Field: Fixing a Commercial P&L in West African Distribution
In 2024, before touching a single line of the budget, the founder of C2A spent eight weeks on the roads of Cote d’Ivoire with his sales teams, all… Read more: From Boardroom to Field: Fixing a Commercial P&L in West African Distribution - Input Credit That Gets Repaid: Structuring Distributor Networks
In April 2026, maize producers around Niakara, in central-northern Côte d’Ivoire, were selling their grain at 100 to 110 FCFA per kilogram, half of what the same weeks… Read more: Input Credit That Gets Repaid: Structuring Distributor Networks - FX & FCFA Risk: Structuring Import Deals That Survive Currency Swings
West African importers rarely lose money on the exchange rate they watch. They lose it on the one they ignore. Key takeaways The CFA franc holds a fixed… Read more: FX & FCFA Risk: Structuring Import Deals That Survive Currency Swings - What DFIs Really Look for in an Impact Thesis
Development finance institutions reject most of the deals they screen. The companies that get funded are rarely the ones with the glossiest impact deck. They are the ones… Read more: What DFIs Really Look for in an Impact Thesis - Sourcing Fertilizers & Crop Protection from Asia: Quality, Registration, Logistics
Asia produces most of the world’s fertilizers and crop protection products. West Africa consumes them. The difference between a profitable sourcing operation and a costly one is not… Read more: Sourcing Fertilizers & Crop Protection from Asia: Quality, Registration, Logistics - Building a Distribution Network Across the Abidjan–Dakar–Bamako Corridor
A distribution network across the Abidjan–Dakar–Bamako corridor is not a line on a map. It is a chain of working capital, trust, and logistics that either holds under… Read more: Building a Distribution Network Across the Abidjan–Dakar–Bamako Corridor - How to Enter the Côte d’Ivoire Agri-Inputs Market
Côte d’Ivoire is the largest economy in francophone West Africa and one of the region’s biggest buyers of agricultural inputs — yet most newcomers underestimate how much of… Read more: How to Enter the Côte d’Ivoire Agri-Inputs Market - How to Build a Bankable Project Finance File for DFIs in West Africa
Across West Africa, good projects fail to get financed every year — not because the opportunity is weak, but because the file put in front of the lender… Read more: How to Build a Bankable Project Finance File for DFIs in West Africa