Thanks to ARISE IIP - a company co-founded by Mr. Gagan Gupta and actively into building Industrial Ecosystem in African countries- the industrial landscape of Benin is changing because of the Glo-Djigbe Industrial Zone being developed by it on public-private partnership (PPP) format along with the Government of Benin. Though still to be formally launched, GDIZ has succeeded in attracting multiple investors from across the globe and India needs a special mention here as sizable number of investors are either Indians, NRIs or PIOs. Food processing industry is the major driver for Benin as it’s an Agro-based economy. Mr. Jasveer Singh, Chief Development Officer of ARISE IIP, spoke to Food Marketing & Technology Magazine at length on host of opportunities at GDIZ and how he sees GDIZ becoming a fully-grown industrial cashew processing hub over the next 2 years.
In conversation with a leader who has committed himself to a mission of developing and marketing integrated multi-product Economic Zones in Africa with the help of Indian Entrepreneurs.
ARISE IIP IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND SEZS IN WEST AND WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA. COULD YOU TELL US IN BRIEF ABOUT ARISE IIP AND ITS VISION AND MISSION? WHO IS THE MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER OF ARISE IIP?
ARISE IIP is an Industrial Ecosystem builder active in multiple countries in Africa. Our Vision is to generate 5,000,000 jobs in Africa by 2050. Our Mission is to improve the ‘Quality of Life’ of Africans through industrialization of Africa.
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