Business bridge was created by Continent Building Initiative and the African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC- Nigeria ) towards the implementation of Africa Union Agenda 2063. One of the seven aspirations of Agenda 2063 is creating ‘a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development’. Our focus is to ‘create a prosperous Africa’ by providing access to funding for small and medium enterprises (SME’s). We believe SMEs are the building blocks of any economy.
This is the arm of the African Union's operations in Nigeria responsible for promoting, popularizing and implementing the aspirations of Agenda 2063 to achieve ‘the Africa we want’ . Agenda 2063 is a shared strategic framework for inclusive growth and sustainable development. It envisages the implementation of a global strategy to optimize the use of Africa’s resources for the benefit of all Africans”.
The continent Building Initiative was founded in 1984 with the belief that Africans have to take responsibility for their economic and political fortunes. It has developed and implemented a continent building model focused on the development of Africa by Africans – “taking advantage of our advantages”. The initiative also focuses on providing our kin in the Diaspora with an opportunity to actively participate in the process by which the 30.2 million square kilometers land mass known as Africa can be developed through Security, Entertainment and Tourism (SET).
The CBI team is composed of Africans in the continent and in the Diaspora across numerous fields of human endeavors representing a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.For over 30 years CBI has implemented activations in security, entertainment, tourism, trade and investments.
We help grow small and medium scale businesses in Africa by connecting investors in Africa and Diaspora with entrepreneurs who have the will and business knowledge but with little or no access to funding.
Through the modalities set up by Business Bridge, an investor provides funds for a business. Business bridge then recommend beneficiaries of such funds, who are business owners with technical /vocational knowhow to profitably grow the business under the supervision of an investment officer appointed by business bridge. Our financial institution partners receive the funds from investors, disburse such funds to beneficiaries and then receive the returns on investments for distribution in line with defined parameters.
All investments are insured against loss and managed by an investment officer specifically appointed to oversee that investment. Investments in amounts lower than 10,000 USD is monitored/managed by an Investment Supervisor while investments in amounts higher than 10,000 USD is monitored/managed by an Investment Manager. The daily returns from businesses invested is deposited with our financial partner to ensure proper monitoring and tracing of returns on investment made in those businesses.
Investors have access to investment advisors who recommend viable businesses. Investors are able to monitor their investments via access to sub - accounts that are established for each business. Investors have an option of receiving returns on their investments monthly, quarterly, annually or biannually and are able to repatriate funds.
To grow Africa’s economy from bottom up by connecting small and medium enterprises with investors in the continent and Diaspora .
To facilitate access to funding for Small and medium Enterprises in Africa by creating a bridge between business owners and investors in Africa and investors in Diaspora
Business bridge Entrepreneurs are Africans living in the continent who require funding for with a vocation/and small or medium scale business.Our Entrepreneurs have access to trainings and mentorship from experienced and successful business owners
The Business Bridge will then recommend beneficiaries of such funds, who will be business owners with the technical /vocational knowhow to profitably grow their businesses under the supervision of an investment manager appointed by the Business bridge.
Target investors are Africans and lovers of Africa throughout the world to participate in building Africa’s economy from the convenience of their homes while earning reasonable returns from their investments. Each investor will enjoy access to a bouquet of investment products (business sectors), Competitive returns on their investments and can repatriate their funds.