Cobalt for Development
What the pilot producedResults in numbers.
Mining component
200+on-site coaching visits
312miners trained in health and safety
23artisanal cooperatives trained
17SAEMAPE agents trained as trainers
115PPE kits distributed
5training modules developed
19risk-management tools created
11environmental assessments conducted
20,000+indirect beneficiaries
Community component, Kisote (to 2023)
500student places in the new school building
95%up from a 70% baseline (C4D paper: 500 students, a 25-point attendance rise on p.34; primary enrolment on p.27; the two pages measure different things and share only the endpoint figures)
6community savings groups
89businesses started, many women-led
493–544trained in financial literacy (C4D paper: 493 on p.34, 544 on p.27; contested)
332farmers trained in sustainable agriculture
+36%average household income
1,122–1,359trained in parenting and mediation (C4D paper: 1,122 on p.34, 1,359 on p.27; contested)
3,000+residents reached overall
~$5Mthe Kisote pilot's budget, per the World Economic Forum (2020); financed by several major multinational companies, including BMW, BASF, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics; “including”, so the list is not stated as exhaustive
Most figures are C4D's own, as stated in its Lessons Learned Paper (2025), and are unaudited. Several span the full project period; where the paper gives two figures for one result, both are shown as a contested range. The budget figure and funder list are the World Economic Forum's own account.
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