XP-NOVA

Pillar 1

Territorial economy

Your commune produces wealth. Much of it leaves without the territory retaining it.

What the territory lives

You watch raw products leave: cocoa, coffee, timber, cotton, food crops. Processing happens elsewhere, in two metropolises. Your commune’s market stays periodic, and local revenue stays low.

What doing nothing costs

  • Added value, jobs and tax revenue are created outside your territory.
  • Young people leave for big cities or abroad for lack of prospects at home.
  • Without a plan, each opportunity is handled case by case, and no investor sees an overall vision.

Our response

We apply the five-stage method, from the resource scan to the durability plan. The model depends on the type of territory: rural commune, urban commune, region, inter-communal basin. The local revenue mechanism is set out in the plan: taxpayer census, digital collection, fees on communal assets, a share of new revenue earmarked for maintenance. It is to be validated commune by commune.

What you get

  • An atlas of the territory’s wealth
  • A prioritised portfolio of processing projects
  • Bankable files and agreements with operators
  • A local revenue plan and an impact dashboard
  • A durability plan with follow-up at 6, 12 and 24 months

Central Africa context

Value chains vary by major zone: cattle, milk and cotton in the Grand Nord; market gardening and potatoes on the highlands; cocoa, cassava and timber in the forest zone; fishing and aquaculture on the coast. The local processing we aim for follows these chains. The legal framework of decentralisation transfers economic powers to communes, which now need engineering to exercise them.

Who operates it?

Who operates it?

Principle: operator, revenue and maintenance are secured before any investment.

A collection centre, a drying or hulling unit, a modern market produce nothing without an operator. The operator is designated during the study, not after delivery.

  • Cooperative, group or local SME for processing units
  • Communal management body or delegated operator for markets and bus stations
  • A fee planned from the business plan stage, with a share earmarked for maintenance

Let's talk about your territory

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