The Fair Congo Initiatives (FCI) are a woman-led for-profit social enterprise, empowering women in the production of chocolate, coffee and gold jewelry. Working with over 32,000 small holder farmers and artisanal miners FCI is the first to build a chocolate factory and is currently implementing DRC’s first responsible ASM gold jewelry initiative. FCI is the first American owned company to granted an export license for ASM gold in the country, the only company currently allowed to export ASM gold from DRC into the United States, and the first supply chain actor operating in a conflict-affected area to conform to the ‘OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas’. Contact FCI today for all your responsible gold, chocolate and coffee needs, retailed as 'I Am ORIGINS(TM)'.
The Fair Congo Foundation, the NGO division of FCI, is a non-profit based in the DRC. The Foundation manages the implementation of the ORIGINS Innovation Labs, developing value addition methods with the limited resources available to entrepreneurs operating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas. The ORIGINS Innovation Labs have developed the first chemical-free gold alloy, without the use of any mercury, or traditional refining chemicals such as cyanide, chlorine gas, nitric and hydrochloric acids. The ORIGINS Innovation Labs have also developed low-power production lines, under 5 AMPs, for both chocolate and gold jewelry.
Expected Outcome
1. Provide community with higher incomes through direct market access
2. Create jobs by expanding quantity and quality of exportable products through market demand
3. Creating an inclusive job market, providing opportunities to disadvantaged groups, primarily women
4. Provide government with unrealized taxes
5. Provide all levels of the supply chain with legal compliance as well as public relations ‘positives’
6. Improve the overall stability of the region’s economy
Company Details
- Founded
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- Address
- Ave Muhumba, Bukavu,south Kivu 00100,congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
- Industry
- International Trade And Development
- NAICS
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International Trade Financing
- Website
- faircongo.com
- Keywords
- artisanal gold, gold, Congo, export, fairtrade, fair trade, conflict-free, Cacao, DRC, Bukavu, South Kivu, Investment, green gold, fairtrade gold, fair trade gold, sustainable, cooperative, community development, women empowerment, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, coffee.
- HQ
- Bukavu, South Kivu
Fair Congo Initiatives Questions
Fair Congo Initiatives's website is faircongo.com
Fair Congo Initiatives's LinkedIn profile is https://cd.linkedin.com/company/fair-congo
Fair Congo Initiatives's industry is
International Trade and Development
Fair Congo Initiatives's top competitors are
Coatings Plus,
Irma Initiative For Responsible Mining Assurance,
Steel Strips Wheels Limited,
Tirupur Job Fair,
Metalfab E&c.
Fair Congo Initiatives's categories are International Trade and Development
Fair Congo Initiatives's founding year is 2017
