SMEs portfolio

Sinergi, Niger

SMEs portfolio



Activity: investment company 

Established: 2006

I&P's investment: 33% equity stake

Revenue in 2008: 7 500 €  

Shareholders: I&P, local entrepreneurs, Bank of Africa (BOA), Areva and Veolia.

The company employs four people. 


The small and medium-sized business sector in Niger is very underdeveloped.  SINERGI is an investment company with a vocation to play a role in the creation and development of small businesses in the formal economy, through investments ranging between 30,000 and 50,000 euros.

The follow-up of operations is based on the advice and assistance of the Sinergi team and “coaching” by the experienced local businessmen who are shareholders in Sinergi.

At the end of 2009 Sinergi was invested in five companies: an agricultural machinery maker; a provider of photocopying services to large companies; a food processing company; an organic fertiliser producer; and a mining assay laboratory.