• Research or Advisory Service Provider

Asper Consulting

Asper Consulting's Business Innovation Facility (BIF), funded by DFID, supports commercially viable pro-poor market innovations that enhance economic growth, create wealth, and reduce poverty. Partnering with companies, they provide consultancy services to develop innovative and inclusive business models and disseminate the benefits of these innovations.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Online / mobile
    • Direct Consulting Services
    • Cohort or group support
    • Competitions / prizes
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Marketing support or market research
    • Building HR capacity
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Needs assessment
    • Performance management
    • Value / supply chain development
    • Ideation
    • Sector development
    • Building M&E capacity
    • Exit strategies
    • Technology development or adoption
    • Media exposure

  • Investment Instruments

    • Grant

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Invest Directly
    • Conduct research on the sector
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Manufacturing
    • Hospitality / travel / tourism
    • Forestry

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Base of the pyramid
    • Rural communities
    • Gender inclusion

  • Impact objectives

    • Income/productivity growth
    • Equality and empowerment
    • Sustainable land use

  • Verticals

    • AgTech
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