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Partnership between BDA and HEC Montréal
Montreal, February 17th, 2011 - The Biotechnology for a Sustainable Development in Africa (BDA) foundation and HEC Montreal, a business school affiliated with Université de Montréal have signed a partnership agreement that will offer internships to HEC Montreal students willing to support the BDA entrepreneurship program training African entrepreneurs producing medicinal plants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). First interns are expected for May 2011.Read more
Sustainable Development Leader
We are pleased to announce that Carole Robert has been selected among the five leaders that students and professors from HEC Montréal with an interest in sustainable development have chosen by a vote (among nearly 50 other "leaders") as part of the second edition of "value creators".Read more
The Yaounde Gathering
The project “The Yaounde Gathering” was conceived and executed by the French association, “Traditions d’Avenir” (Traditions for the Future) and its president, Senator Michel Guerry. It began from the premise that,”in spite of important political, scientific and financial efforts, large pandemic diseases such as HIV-AIDS and malaria are not subsiding, especially in poor countries”.Read more
The PRECI mission: construction of the first conditioning center in Luki
October 24th, 2009 - "Cette semaine a été ponctuée de plusieurs visites. Pour commencer l’équipe de BDA, notre partenaire de Montréal, est venue nous voir dans notre petit coin de Luki. Valérie Bouchard est la représentante de la fondation et Mohammed Saleh est ingénieur, habitant de Kinshasa. Ils étaient accompagnés de Marie Quinty, une journaliste qui fait un reportage sur des étudiants congolais qui sont à Luki également." Read more of their adventures on their blog www.preci2009.blogspot.com (French only)
You can also track the progress of work on our album "PRECI \ \ Luki 2009"Read more
[EN] BDA à la conférence CCA Les Affaires
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The PharmAfrican / BDA Foundation tandem has won first prize in the SME Innovation Competition at the 3rd Summit of Export Professionals
The PharmAfrican / BDA Foundation tandem won the first prize of the SME Innovation Competition at the 3rd Summit of professionals Export held at the Chateau Laval on the 6th October 2008. The innovative business model "Blended Value" and the concern about having a "Triple Bottom Line": financial, environmental and social drew the attention of participants in this conference about Sustainable International Trade: Beyond Environment.Read more
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