Empowering Inclusive Businesses
Through our four (4) bespoke programs, we aim to grow the scale of inclusive businesses to improve incomes and living standards of low income groups (BoPs).
More inclusive business means more sustainable impact! Read more
Triple wins for businesses, BoPs,
and society!
WHAT WE OFFER
01.Business Innovation, Impact, Growth and Succession
Our flagship offering is a coherent, well-coordinated, and sustainable business scale-up and succession program for inclusive businesses and SMEs, with the objective of creating credible investor-ready opportunities leading to actual private financing/investments through commercial and investment banks; or public investments through listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange. The program offers full bouquet of business services, access to financing; investor relationship management, and reporting.
02.Sustainable Impact Transformation for CSR (SIT)
A strategic program to help companies transform CSR from expenditure to strategic asset for funding more sustainable and inclusive socio-economic impact. The program offers Strategic Rethinking of CSR; Impact Project Design; and Impact Monitoring and Reporting for CSR.
03.Inclusive Business Startup for Youth (IBSY)
A sustainable and commercially viable program to create permanent, sustainable and scalable small inclusive agribusinesses for unemployed YOUTH in Ghana. The program is delivered in income modules notably Aggregation module and Farming module. The program id delivered in partnership with the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (GCYE).
04.Inclusive Business Courses (IBCs)
Practical and well-structured courses to equip participants with knowledge in Inclusive Business Concept and Practice; Impact-Drives-Return Strategy Development; Growth and Strategic Management. The program is designed in modules targeting business students; and founders and CEOs of SMEs: and CSR Managers respectively
Features
What is?
Inclusive Business
Inclusive businesses are private sector companies that generate profits by providing goods, services, and livelihood opportunities to people at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) (low-income populations) on a commercially viable basis, making them a part of the company's value chain as customers, suppliers, distributors, or employees.
Inclusive businesses create innovative and affordable solutions for the needs of low-income communities, turning underserved populations into active suppliers, consumers, and distributors; while also benefiting the businesses by creating new markets and products. Investments into and partnerships with inclusive businesses thus create positive systemic change for BoPs, communities and society.
BoP
Base-of-the-Pyramid (BoP) refers to low income households and groups in a country. They usually comprise the largest base of the income pyramid in most developing and emerging countries. BoPs can be further categorised into Very Poor (VP); Poor ((P); and low income groups.
For the purposes of inclusive business discussion in Ghana, BoPs are broadly defined as households with monthly income of less than GHC4,500 in urban areas and less than GHC3,500 in rural areas.
Inclusive business concept and practice promotes commercially viable business innovation that improves the income and/or living standards of BoPs whist earning income for the business.
IBC
ThirdWell Inclusive Businesses Centre (IBC) is a private not-for-profit organization with the strategic objective of empowering inclusive businesses by promoting investment into and partnerships with such businesses. Empowering inclusive businesses will significantly enhance their capacity to sustain and scaleup systemic impact by improving incomes and living standards of low income groups (BoPs). IBC is a successful outcome of the Inclusive Business Initiative in Ghana headed by the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI).
IBC is primarily a business and investment services centre for inclusive businesses seeking business services and partnerships on one hand; and investors seeking rewarding opportunities in viable and verifiable impact driven businesses, on the other hand.
More Inclusive Business means More Sustainable Impact
OUR FOCUS
IBC is dedicated to promoting and growing inclusive businesses in Ghana. We believe in the power of inclusive business to drive positive and sustainable social and economic change. Our focus is to create a credible ecosystem for sustainable and impactful solutions that benefit both investors, businesses and local communities.
OUR INITIATIVES
At IBC, we are committed to providing comprehensive and affordable business services to improve investor readiness of inclusive businesses and creating a well-managed and safe environment for investors. We are also committed to implementing meaningful programs that enhances the capacity of inclusive businesses to create sustainable impact for BoPs.
OUR PARTNERS
Our success depends on meaningful partnerships and collaborations with government, public institutions, business associations, development agencies, international organizations, and business service providers. Together, we work towards building a more inclusive and equitable business ecosystem in Ghana and beyond.
Impact Drives Return
Improving incomes and living standards of low income groups will create significant market opportunities for small and medium sized companies that provide goods and services for these groups. More impact creates more opportunities for return and vice versa
OUR SUPPORTERS
