The Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) announce the selection of 6 business projects in 2020 as part of the Solidarity Network program to support business creation (RÉSACE), in partnership with the Knowledge and Freedom Foundation (FOKAL) and the SOGEBANK Foundation.

The projects presented by around thirty students from AUF member universities in Haiti who graduated after January 2018 and came from the ten geographic departments of the country were selected as part of this program.

Students followed 180 hours of workshops on business creation between February and March 2020 and among the business plans submitted, 6 projects with high social impact were selected and will receive funding of 10,000 US dollars each, 50% are funded by the BRH.

List of selected projects :

Sorghum production: ETIENNE Pierre Maillard (Episcopal University of Haiti Grand’Anse);

Flour production (FLOUR l.V.A): PIERRE Jeff (Notre Dame d'Haïti Grand’Anse University);

Organic energy (CHABON EKO): Ms. BONNET Djoudline (National Higher School of Southeast Technology);

Breeding (MERL VOLAILLE S.A): Mrs. EDJOUR Marie Widny (INUKA Nippes University);

Wine Production Center (AGRI-ANTILLAISE): Ms. PAYANT, Stéphanie Carmelle (Episcopal University of Haiti);

Consulting firm in Corporate Social Responsibility (UNI-VERT HAITI): GEORGES, Freddy (State University of Haiti North);

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29582-haiti-economy-25-business-creation-projects-selected.html

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