Structuring investment to accelerate local transformation: the ANEP Company example in Africa

As part of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, COLEAD supported ANEP Company in structuring its financing request and developing an investor pitch deck, in support of an integrated project combining a packing facility and a pineapple processing unit.

Beyond a simple formalisation exercise, the objective was clear: to strengthen the project’s economic credibility, maximise access to appropriate external financing, and support a value-creating local industrialisation pathway.

The support enabled the consolidation of the business plan, aligning financial assumptions, commercial strategy and impact indicators, while clarifying the narrative for investors. A targeted mapping of financiers – banks, funds and public instruments – was carried out to identify the most relevant funding windows, in line with the project’s maturity and risk profile.

COLEAD also supported the development of a structured and investor-ready pitch deck, highlighting the value proposition, business model, use of funds, team and expected impacts. This work enabled the initiation of initial concrete exchanges with investors and the activation of a credible financing pipeline.

This intervention illustrates COLEAD’s growing role, here through FFM+, as an investment facilitator, operating at the interface between technical assistance, the economic structuring of enterprises and dialogue with financial actors. By strengthening project bankability and companies’ capacity to engage with financiers, COLEAD helps create the conditions for sustainable transformation of agri-food value chains.

The next steps will focus on refining the financing plan based on feedback received, securing key operational prerequisites (offtake intentions, supplier quotations, guarantees), and prioritising the investors to be engaged, with a view to achieving a balanced mix of debt, grants and quasi-equity.

This activity is supported by the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, implemented by COLEAD within the Framework of Development Cooperation between the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union. This publication receives financial support from the European Union and the OACPS. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of COLEAD and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or the OACPS.