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Who are we ?

ÉLAN RDC is a DRC market systems development project financed by UKAID and implemented by Adam Smith International.

Vision and mission

ÉLAN RDC aims to reduce poverty in the DRC by increasing the incomes of more than one million small producers, entrepreneurs and poor consumers by the end of 2020

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Our sectors

We work in different sectors, including agriculture, finance, renewable energy and transport, and are looking for new opportunities for growth and development in the DRC.

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Our partners

We have more than 100 partners with private sector actors in the DRC, providing technical advice, mobilizing funds and encouraging networks to change their business practices.

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IMPACT AND SUCCESS

ÉLAN RDC is a private sector development programme, which aims to improve the way markets work in the DRC. This phase of the programme is intended to increase the incomes of at least 100,000 poor people in each year of operation. ÉLAN RDC partners with and provides expertise to market actors, such as businesses, financial institutions and industry associations, to design, introduce and scale-up innovative and sustainable changes in business practice that will build a more efficient and inclusive economy.

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PROJECTS

150+

PARTNERS

800,000

BENEFICIARIES

Changes in business practices for over 1,270,000 Congolese. Over 841,000 Congolese have experienced a net positive income change. Cumulative net additional income change attributable to project interventions £ 32 per person on average. (Over £38,000,000 in total)

VISION AND MISSION