About Us

Sinergi Burkina is an investment fund that provides funding and support for Burkinabe small and medium companies with financing needs between 20 and 200 million FCFA, often slowed down in their development by difficult access to long-term financing and skills.

Who are we ?

Sinergi Burkina is a private company under Burkinabe law created in 2016 by entrepreneurs and private actors including Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), a pioneering group in impact investment, entirely dedicated to the financing and support of start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Our mission

Provide the means for Burkinabe entrepreneurs to carry on their growth projects

Our method

Bring funding and strategic support

Our values

Entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to development, integrity, commitment to excellence

Our approach

Sinergi Burkina works with Burkinabe entrepreneurs and local suppliers to develop a dynamic community of SMEs in Burkina Faso. Working with the entrepreneur, we build a strategy to boost the company’s development.

Our approach is organized around the entrepreneur with whom we aim to build a long-term relationship based on trust.

FUNDING

Sinergi Burkina offers financing adapted to the size and maturity of companies (minority equity investments, seed financing, etc.).

SUPPORT

Through a regular and personalized follow-up, Sinergi Burkina allows the entrepreneur and his teams to strengthen their capacities. Sinergi Burkina also contributes to strategic thinking and corporate governance.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Sinergi Burkina offers technical assistance resources to companies through skills development, know-how transfer and training

NETWORK

Sinergi Burkina is part of a pan-african network of investment companies supported by I&P: Comoé Capital in Côte d’Ivoire, Sinergi in Niger, Teranga Capital in Senegal, Zira Capital in Mali, Inua Capital in Uganda and Miarakap in Madagascar. This network builds common skills and initiatives to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem between countries.

The companies supported by Sinergi Burkina have access to aBurkinabe, panafrican and international network of shareholders and entrepreneurs, including the African Club of Entrepreneurs, a pan-african association that offers high value services to entrepreneurs.

 

Our Impact Objectives

We are persuaded that companies have an essential social role in the real economy.

In addition to the extra-financial activities, Sinergi Burkina is a committed player in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria.

One of our objectives is also to promote the social and environmental responsibility of the company and build with the entrepreneur an action plan to boost the impacts on each of its stakeholders (employees, customers, local communities, suppliers…), referring to the framework established by the United Nations with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Our Team

Aboubacar Sanou

Seed Project Officer

Aïcha Savadogo

Investment Director

Alida Ouedraogo

Seed Funding Officer

Brice Gaël Soubeiga

Investment Manager

Cyrielle Traoré

FSS-SME Project Officer

Germaine Nagalo

Administrative and financial manager

Gloria Ouedraogo

Financial Assistant

Job Zongo

Managing Director

Josias Diamitani

Analyst

Soumaila Derra

Analyst

Timothée Ouoba

Seed Funding Manager

Our Partners

Sinergi Burkina is financed by Burkinabe and international shareholders such as private actors (Investisseurs & Partenaires, Incluvest, Total, SIDI), banking institutions (Société Générale Burkina Faso) and insurance company (Société Nationale d’Assurances et de Réassurances)

We also work with governmental institutions such as the European Union.