Territorial Development Operator
Territorial development operator in Central Africa
Territories don't lack potential.
They lack operators.
ODT designs, structures, finances and supports high-impact territorial programmes — at the interface of local governments, States, donors and investors.
“Plan. Finance. Transform.”
An initiative of XP-NOVA — Engineering & Advisory Firm.
ODT in four figures
What the platform makes available to territories today, and how quickly we respond.
What you will find on this site
ODT is the XP-NOVA division that works for territories: Cameroon's municipalities and regions, supervising authorities, donors and investors. It does not sell studies; it assembles, finances and carries territorial programmes, from data-driven diagnosis to measured impact.
- Seven observatories of sourced, dated public data to objectify each territory.
- Five programme models (agropole, corridor, pole, basin, municipal portfolio), each with its status displayed.
- A six-phase cycle and four financing windows, from public investment budgets to climate funds.
The ODT model
One operator, four roles
A consultancy sells deliverables. An operator carries a transformation — from data to measured impact.
Understand
The Observatory produces the data — sourced and dated — that informs territorial decisions.
2Design
Coherent project portfolios: agropoles, corridors, poles, basins — not isolated projects.
3Finance
Donors, PPPs, climate funds, public budgets: the financial engineering of territories.
4Transform
Steered delivery and measured impact — engineering by XP-NOVA.
Our strategy
Planning the territory through PACTE Hubs
Use the agrosystem as the engine of territorial development, turning local potential into sources of jobs, value and socio-economic resilience.
Domains
Five domains, one value chain
Each domain answers one link of the agrosystem: produce, process, transport, organise, protect.
Domain 1Production
Our production areas are isolated, rain-dependent or under-equipped.
5 services →
Domain 2Processing & post-harvest
Our harvests are lost or sold at the farm gate, with no local value added.
5 services →
Domain 3Logistics & transport
Our products reach markets late, at high cost or damaged.
4 services →
Domain 4Social & organisational
Our organisations exist on paper but lack premises, rules and capacity.
4 services →
Domain 5Environment & resilience
Our soils are becoming exhausted; our infrastructure suffers from erosion and flooding.
4 services →Territorial Observatory
Data before opinion
Seven observatories fed by cited, dated public sources — because you cannot transform a territory you do not measure.
Access to electricity
72%
Cameroon
World Bank — World Development Indicators (WDI) · 2024
Access to basic drinking water
71.4%
Cameroon
World Bank — World Development Indicators (WDI) · 2024
GDP per capita
1,972USD
Cameroon
World Bank — World Development Indicators (WDI) · 2025
Territories & programmes
Models that structure
Five transformative programme models, each with its status displayed — transparency is our first proof.
Agropole
Regional food-crop agropole
Concentrate production, processing and market access of a food basin around an equipped platform.
Discover the model →Economic corridor
Logistics and economic corridor
Turn a transport axis into a development corridor: logistics, energy, services and activity hubs.
Discover the model →Growth pole
University and services growth pole
Make a campus the engine of an urban pole: education, housing, services, entrepreneurship.
Discover the model →Development basin
Hydro-agricultural development basin
Secure a basin's water — drinking and productive — and build the local economy on it.
Discover the model →Portfolio
Municipal project portfolio
Turn a municipal development plan into a portfolio of 8–12 prioritised, structured and financed projects.
Discover the model →Productive Territories
Beyond a project: the economy of a territory
African territories are not poor. They are under-exploited. Our five-stage method helps them process locally what they produce.
Mobilisable experience
A proven engineering capacity
Behind ODT: 37 years of engineering of major public facilities — airports, stadiums, campuses, water supply, energy — across 5 countries.
These capacities were built within the DGTC (Cameroon's Directorate-General of Major Works) and then GEQUIPS SARL, a shareholder of XP-NOVA — and can be mobilised contractually for territorial programmes. Every reference states its engagement framework.
- Airports
- Stadiums & facilities
- University campuses
- Water supply
- Energy & networks
- Public programme audits
Countries of experience
- Cameroon
- Burkina Faso
- Gabon
- Equatorial Guinea
- CAR
Financial partners
Built for donor standards
Published governance, ESG commitments, transparent references, sourced data: ODT is built to pass due diligence — not to sidestep it.
Let's talk about your territory
Describe your territory and your ambition: a first response within 48 working hours.