Regenopolis supports the development of restoration-based value chains and support SMEs with both high-restoration and market potential.
The Great Green Wall initiative was launched in 2005 by the African Union in an effort to tackle climate change and combat desertification in the Sahel region, contributed to the creation of a mosaic of green and productive landscapes across 11 countries with the ambition to restore 100 millions hectares, create 10 million jobs , while capturing 250 millions tons of carbon by 2030.
Regenopolis conducted, alongside Archipel&Co, a strategic assessment commissioned by the World Economic Forum and identified opportunities from untapped potential of value chains that need to be unlocked : foster partnerships between SMEs and off-takers, build awareness and generate demand for GGW products, unlock carbon finance for the Sahel, improve access to finance and enable emergence of Great Green Wall SMEs.
The Alliance for the GGW, launched in Davos in January 2023 and founded by Regenopolis, ESP, Barka Fund, ReforestAction and Regeneration, and catalyzed and anchored in the Wolrd Economic Forum and 1t.org, intends to make a meaningful contribution to the GGW initiative leveraging the market potential of high impact entrepreneurs in regenerative value chains.
The Alliance aims to: