Impact and vision
Impact is part of the result
What a company changes around it — jobs, income, suppliers kept busy — counts as much as what it returns. We track both, with the same rigour.
Measuring performance
What we track
LOKAMBE tracks the financial, operational and entrepreneurial performance of its portfolio side by side.
Financial performance
- Capital invested
- Revenue of portfolio companies
- Profitability
- Growth of the companies financed
Operational performance
- Companies financed
- Companies created
- Companies supported
- New points of sale
- Added capacity
- New markets
- Revenue growth
Formalisation
Helping the Congolese economy move from informal to formal
A large share of Congolese economic activity remains informal. Investing also means helping a business get organised, and making its growth measurable.
Organise before financing
Bookkeeping, cash register, stock and procedures: we help the entrepreneur put the business in order — the condition for capital to be well used.
Support formalisation
Trade register, tax identification, contracts and articles of association: formalisation becomes a step in the growth plan, not a barrier to entry.
Help the business grow
An organised company gains easier access to credit, suppliers, public and private markets, and can hire for the long term.
Economic and social impact
Impact we can measure
Employment
- Jobs created
- Jobs secured
- Change in headcount
Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurs financed
- Entrepreneurs supported
- New companies created
Local economy
- Suppliers brought on board
- Local production
- Revenue generated
- New distribution channels
Formalisation
- Companies organised
- Companies formally registered
- Better governance
- Better financial management
The aim is to show that financial profitability and local economic value can move forward together.
Five to ten year vision
A Congolese platform of reference
At five years
A diversified portfolio of companies, several companies created or held, a strengthened team, a network of experts, and financial and strategic partners.
At ten years
To make LOKAMBE a recognised Congolese private platform for investing in and creating companies, able to raise substantial capital and finance the real economy for the long term.
A genuine ecosystem
- Investors
- LOKAMBE
- Entrepreneurs
- Companies
- Jobs
- Income
- Returns
- Reinvestment
The ultimate aim is a cycle of Congolese private capital that grows stronger over time.