12/04/2021
•CORPORATE SERVICES:
ADG works with partners to achieve optimum social and shareholder returns, by merging business imperatives with development best practice.
ADG’s Partners and Consultants work with Private Sector Companies, Governments, State own Enterprises, International Development Organisations and Non-profit Foundations, leveraging our economic development capabilities, business strategies and institutional know how, to help partners and clients succeed in developing world class operations. ADG’s work goes far beyond helping develop a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy.
We undertake:-
•Public-Private Partnerships—we are recognized in the Gambia and the sub-region for developing and managing successful Public-Private Partnerships. ADG support our partners understand and address West Africa’s unique social, business and environmental conditions.
Sample Projects:
Poultry Out-grower Scheme (EMPAS; Gambia Government and World Bank)
•Market Development— ADG support international companies and organisations manage their entry and projects in new markets and remote environments, where the terrain becomes less familiar and the challenges more complex. ADG have the traction to help companies navigate and position themselves to deliver focused results in these remote terrains.
Sample Projects:
Mandinary Fuel Depot; Elton Gambia; Metro Guinea; CMIT (College of Management and Information Technology)
•Local Supplier Development— we help develop local infrastructure for global companies to work with small firms in a cost effective and efficient value chains.
Sample Projects:
EMPAS Poultry Process Company, Cenelaa Feeds;
•Social Strategy— we support the private sector to invest in local communities by building social business models that supports their core business strategies.
Sample Projects:
Japaleh Kafoo – a daily personal insurance scheme for drivers based on fuel purchases from Elton
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES:
ADG works with partners to develop strategies to drive trade not aid, using appropriate technologies in agriculture, energy and environmental businesses, to create jobs, reduce poverty, support livelihoods, and enhance food and nutrition security.
Our development work brings together sector expertise and regional experience to unleash broad and inclusive growth for the majority of the people, particularly women, young people and farmers.
ADG believes that households and small holder farmers play vital roles in the value chains at the heart of developing economies.We work to develop domestic and global market access, provide inputs and extension services, increase productivity and seek alternative access to finance.
•Value Chain Development for Agribusiness and Other Sectors— beyond the concept of “farm to table”, we work from concept, to link producers to value chain drivers acting as input suppliers and markets. ADG develop the capabilities of all actors along a value chain to meet end market demand by increasing access to quality inputs and working capital, and improving information flow.
Sample Projects: Gambia Poultry Value Chain workshop; EMPAS Poultry Integrated Scheme
•Agriculture and Food Security— we address food insecurity by championing solutions that lead to resilient and sustainable livelihoods.
Sample Projects:
Food Security Fund Proposal
•Financial Services—ADG develops innovative, technology-driven solutions that accelerate enterprise and industry expansion.
Sample Projects:
Agricultural Development Fund Proposal; Farmer Entrepreneurship Training
•Business Environment Reform— ADG is a leader in reforming business environments, which improves the competitiveness of Agro-industries as a means of improving livelihoods and alleviating poverty.
Sample Projects:
Gambia Investment Promotion Agency, National Economic Council, Ministry of Finance, petroleum price structure and liberalization
• Trade—ADG works with governments, the private sector and private foundations, to increase their participation in regional and international trade in emerging markets.
Sample Projects:
Gambia Investment Promotion Agency; Ministry of Trade Industry and Employment
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship— A pioneer of social enterprise in the Gambia developing and implementing strategies for national competitiveness, using innovative approaches and new business models.
Sample Projects:
Senegambia Economic Forum (SEF2019)
Big Data Technology: Analytics, Management and Storage
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