A smiling man operates controls on a wall at SOSUCO, Burkina Faso.

Industrial Promotion Services

SOSUCO, an AKFED project company, is one of the largest employers in Burkina Faso.

AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura

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AKFED Companies

In Nairobi, Kenya, workers at the Premier Food Industries (PFI) juice plant control for proper packaging. …

AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura

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Aerial view of a hydropower plant in a valley, alongside a road that crosses the river.

Pamir Energy and the future of clean electricity in Central Asia

Since 2002, Pamir Energy has restored 11 micro hydro power plants and upgraded 4,300 km of transmission …

AKDN / Christopher Wilton-Steer

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AKDN | Industrial Development

Rehabilitating economies arising out of civil conflict or internal turmoil has been a challenge we have undertaken in environments as varied as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Tajikistan and Uganda. Once again, however, it is not about short-term commercial gain, but long-term investment in areas of wide human and societal impact. In Afghanistan revitalising telecommunications through GSM telephony, and tourism through a landmark hotel is one example. Bringing light and power for education, industry and safety to Eastern Tajikistan through the Pamir 1 power station is another. Rural electrification in Western Uganda is yet another. Jump-starting local economies through innovative microfinance programmes and related institutions, as has been the case in Afghanistan, Mozambique and Tajikistan is yet a fourth. Each of these initiatives has entailed important manpower development components, investment in technical and management training as well as a significant multiplier effect.

His Highness the Aga Khan
Athi River, December 2003

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Industrial Development

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