Corporate portfolio · 2026

E‑DEVELOPMENT
S.A.S

Spatial engineering, digitalisation, data and development

Uniting, innovating, adding value to territories.

GIS and geomaticsMonitoring and evaluationDigital transformation and AIEducationInfrastructure and services

Simplified joint-stock company (S.A.S) · Lokossa, Republic of Benin

Unite · Innovate · Add value

Who we are

E-DEVELOPMENT S.A.S at a glance

Founded on 5 July 2021, E-DEVELOPMENT S.A.S is a Beninese team of advisers, engineers and innovators. We support territories from the very first field visit to measuring what has really changed. Our five Divisions of excellence and three specialised entities work together, alongside governments, local authorities and their partners.

“A map, a study or a platform is only worth something if it helps someone decide.” Dr Mahounan Marcel KOUASSI, President and founder

20+years of expertise of the management team in territorial governance, geographic information systems, digital literacy and education, and monitoring and evaluation

30+projects and programmes supported

5+countries of intervention: Benin, Niger, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Senegal

50+support assignments

5+published scientific articles

15+online maps for monitoring interventions

10+platforms and information systems delivered

Purpose

Putting data at the service of decision-makers

In the field, we have learned one thing: technology is not enough. A map is only useful if the territorial engineering and development operator can read it. A dashboard is only useful if the team keeps it updated. A project is only sustainable if communities understand it and see themselves in it.

Our purpose

Helping every territory decide better, organise better and live better: with reliable data, tools that are easy to use, and residents involved in the choices that concern them.

Our vision

Seeing African territories steer their own development with their own data and their own talent.

Our mission

Standing alongside governments, local authorities and their partners to advise, equip and train them, from the first diagnosis to measuring results.

Our legal status

Simplified joint-stock company (S.A.S) with a share capital of 1,000,000 F CFA, headquartered in Lokossa, RCCM RB/COT/21 B 30081.

Five values shared by all our teams

Rigour

We check our figures, we write down our methods and we keep our word.

Proximity

Working with territories, not just for them.

Useful innovation

A technology is only worth the decision it helps to make.

Transparency

We say what we do, what we spend and what we achieve.

Respect for place

We respect the people, cultures and landscapes that welcome us.

Our organisation

Five Divisions, organised into departments

Each department has its own head, services and indicators. When your project needs several skills, a single project manager brings the right people together for you. Click on a Division to see what it can do for you.

Three specialised entities

One house, three complementary voices

Each entity has its own name, logo and voice, and draws on the whole E-DEVELOPMENT S.A.S family. All three work hand in hand with the five Divisions and their partners.

Division 2 · D2.6

CIE-LiNGT, the scientific and territorial innovation arm

“Creating value for the Divisions and Territories.”

The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Digital and Geographic Literacies for Territorialisation helps the Divisions and territories read, produce and use their own data. In our projects, its team produces the diagnoses, maps and decision-support tools, then trains local stakeholders to read and use this data themselves: from data to decision, then to value.

Territorial innovation projects
Training and skills transfer
Data governance and sharing
Performance-Based Contracting
Geolocated participatory budgeting
Review of investment proposals
Territorial diagnoses and observatories
PACT: territorial acceleration and cooperation

Offer led by CIE-LiNGT

PACT · Territorial Acceleration and Cooperation Hub

“Bringing stakeholders together, delivering projects, adding value to the territory.”

PACT helps a territory turn its strengths into tangible achievements that are funded and followed over time. A small technical team brings local authorities, businesses, communities, researchers and partners together around one shared action programme.

Know the territorySet prioritiesPrepare projectsMobilise resourcesMeasure results

PACT does not replace local authorities. When it is shared by several stakeholders, it is based on a cooperation agreement that sets out roles, project selection rules, paid services and the prevention of conflicts of interest. Its organisation is adapted to each country.

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Division 3 · D3.6

DCDPP: a project succeeds when everyone understands it

“Inform, mobilise, showcase impact.”

The Department of Communication for Development, Projects and Programmes helps projects speak clearly, involve communities and show, with evidence, what has changed. It works with our multimedia studio (D3.5) and with Division 2, which provides the results data.

Communication strategy and plan
Donor and partner visibility
Awareness-raising and advocacy
Reports, short videos, infographics
Consultation and feedback mechanisms
Knowledge capture, accountability, online reputation

Offer led by DCDPP

CAP-Résultats · Communication, knowledge capture and accountability for projects and programmes

“Reporting on achievements, sharing lessons, informing decisions.”

CAP-Résultats helps local authorities, territorial schemes and project teams tell the story of what they have achieved, share their results and lessons, and prepare the information they need to report and decide.

Four service areas

Communicating achievements and results

Capturing experience and knowledge

Organising information and accountability dialogue

Supporting management with decision-ready information

To keep every piece of content true to the reality on the ground, we always follow the same steps:

CollectVerifyAnalyseValidateAdapt to audiencesDisseminateGather feedbackFollow up on decisions

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Showcase of Division 5 · D5.3

HOUSE GREEN, the garden residence in Lokossa

“The soul of the land, natural luxury.”

HOUSE GREEN in Lokossa, 3D rendering — HOUSE GREEN in Lokossa (3D rendering)

Surrounded by nearly 1,000 plants, terracotta, woven mats and teak wood create a warm setting, punctuated by the presence of water. The residence offers ten studios and apartments, each with its own garden terrace, a garden with a terrace and fountain, two conference rooms, three rooftops with a 360° panoramic view for festive events and accountability meetings, a wellness area and a photo studio.

Through HOUSE GREEN, our team shows what it can do in hospitality, operations, construction, infrastructure maintenance and technology, as well as in creating PACT, the Territorial Acceleration and Cooperation Hub.

About 120 km from Cotonou (2 hours by road), 63.4 km from Ouidah (51 min) and 130 km from Lomé, Togo (2 h 20). The residence also hosts seminars, training sessions, project feedback meetings and festive events.

Offer led by HOUSE GREEN

HOUSE GREEN · Stays & Local Encounters

“Stay, meet, bring the territory to life.”

In Lokossa, HOUSE GREEN welcomes you to a place that combines comfort, nature and discovery of local heritage. True to the spirit of PACT (cooperation, stakeholder mobilisation and territorial development), the residence hosts visitors and partners, helps them meet and introduces them to local craftsmanship.

Its setting brings together greenery, terracotta, woven mats, teak wood and water: a warm identity for a one-of-a-kind stay.

One offer, three experiences

Stay

A green living space for your private or business stays and your cooperation missions.

Meet

Meeting rooms and a warm welcome for your discussions, seminars and partner meetings.

Discover local heritage

Creations, products and moments shared with the region’s artisans and service providers.

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Our method

Five steps, from listening to evidence

Whatever the Division, we always work the same way. It is what keeps us from delivering a tool nobody uses, or a report nobody reads.

Understand
We go into the field, listen to stakeholders and review the existing data.
Co-design
We set the objectives, indicators and solutions together with you and the beneficiaries.
Equip
We build maps, platforms and dashboards designed for the people who will use them.
Support
We train teams and stay alongside them until they are self-sufficient.
Measure
We track results, learn from them and report on them.

A single project manager

You only have one person to call. They bring in the right specialists and set out who does what from day one.

Communication from day one

From the proposal stage, DCDPP offers you a plan to inform communities and talk with them, already built into the project budget.

Partners

Assignments carried out for the main development donors

World Bank

African Development Bank

European Union

AFD

IFAD

UNDP

GIZ

KfW

Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)

IFPRI

CONFEMEN

WAEMU

Enabel

OXFAM

CARE International

Donors and partners of assignments carried out by the founder and the E-DEVELOPMENT team. Their mention does not imply endorsement. Logos: Wikimedia Commons (public domain), except Enabel (CC BY-SA 4.0), and the organisations' official websites or delivered platforms. They remain the property of their organisations.

BeninNigerBurundiBurkina FasoSenegal

Who we work for

Six groups of partners

Governments and administrations

We help you plan, set up information systems and evaluate your public policies.

Local authorities

We map your territory and support you with local governance, participatory budgeting and Performance-Based Contracting.

Technical and financial partners

We monitor and evaluate your programmes, carry out impact studies, provide technical assistance and make your results known.

Development agencies and NGOs

We collect data, capture your experience and mobilise communities alongside you.

Businesses

We offer you digital solutions, geographic data, logistics, accommodation and events.

Universities and research centres

We work with you on innovation projects, training, data sharing and publications.

What brings us together: a territory to understand better, a programme to manage better, or results to show better.

References and achievements

What we have already delivered

We measure our work by one thing: tools that teams really use in the field.

The assignments below were carried out by the founder and the E-DEVELOPMENT team, including before the company was founded in July 2021.

Flagship assignments

Long-term assignments

Period	Assignment	Funding / client
2025–2026	Fertiliser beneficiaries database and map (FSRP), Niger	World Bank
2022–2026	LIRE task force: monitoring and evaluation and EMIS of the Ministry of Education, Niger	World Bank
2024	Digitalisation strategy for the agricultural sector, Burundi	AfDB
2014–2022	Agricultural geographic information system (SIGA), MAEP Benin	Government of Benin
2014–2022	eAtlas platforms for Benin and West Africa (ReSAKSS)	IFPRI
2020–2022	GEONODE platform for West Africa and the Sahel (PREDIP)	European Union

Short-term assignments

Forty support assignments, from 2012 to 2026

Baseline studies, evaluations, geoportals, monitoring and evaluation databases and training, for ministries, projects and their donors.

Year	Assignment	Project · donor
2026	Audit of the infrastructure information systems of municipal associations (APIDA, ACAD, ADECOB)	AGORA · SDC
2025	Running and updating the platform of technical and financial partners' interventions	AGORA · SDC
2024–2025	Team leader: update of the project baseline	P2AE · Ministry of Energy
2024	Mapping of the education needs of member states and governments	CONFEMEN
2024	Online geo-referencing platform for technical and financial partners	AGORA · SDC
2023	Observatory of agricultural dynamics, climate change and forest ecosystems	PIRVATEFOD · UNDP
2023	GIS equipment specifications and capacity-building needs	PIRVATEFOD · UNDP
2023	Mapping of interventions by projects with similar objectives	PACOFIDE · World Bank
2023	Mapping of nutrition stakeholders and value-chain resilience	CARE International
2023	Collection and analysis of environmental indicators (ESMF/ESMP)	PAPVIRE-ABC · AfDB
2023	Investment knowledge-capture platform	PAPVIRE-ABC · AfDB
2022	Mid-term evaluation of the project	PAMOBARMA · EU and AFD
2020–2021	Baseline study	PADEFIP · AFD
2020–2021	Mid-term evaluation of the project's outcomes	PADMAR · IFAD
2020–2021	Monitoring and evaluation manual for performance and land governance	PAGEFCOM II · AfDB
2020–2021	Assessment of territorial governance in the intervention area	PAPVIRE-ABC · AfDB
2021	Territorial monitoring tool and indicator geoportal	PAPVIRE-ABC · AfDB
2021	Territorial monitoring tool and indicator geoportal	PAIA-VO · AfDB
2021	Mapping of the 16 grant-funded projects	PARASEP · AFD
2021	Digital spatial data collection and mapping of organic cashew plantations	URCPA-ZC · World Bank
2021	Spatial monitoring and evaluation system and staff training	FI-AGRI · KfW
2020	Training of staff on the Benin Climate Atlas	OXFAM Bénin
2020	Baseline study	PRODEFILAV-PEL · AfDB
2020	Strategy for the POGITAF portal (territorial and land information)	PROPFR · GIZ
2020	Web portal and nutrition information system	ASCINB
2020	Monitoring and evaluation database for municipal agricultural investments	FADeC Agriculture · SDC
2019–2020	Monitoring and evaluation manual and territorial database	PADAC · AFD
2019	Geographic information system for monitoring and evaluation	PAIA-VO · AfDB
2019	Digital platform for survey data collection and coordination	Case&Co · PAIA-VO
2018	Digitalisation of data-collection questionnaires with ODK	PADAC · AFD
2018	Baseline study of key indicators for agricultural hub 7	ATDA7 · MAEP
2018	Geo-referenced maps of indicators and infrastructure	PAPVIRE-ABC · AfDB
2016–2017	Mapping of the project's achievements	PAFILAV · AfDB
2017	Geographic information system for monitoring and evaluation	PDAC · Kuwait Fund
2017	GIS database, indicators and performance maps	FI-AGRI · KfW
2017	Spatial database of pineapple producer cooperatives	OPA · World Bank
2016	Characterisation of agro-ecological zones and PAPVIRE-ABC baseline study	PAPA · INRAB
2016	GIS training (ArcGIS) for the cotton focal points of member states	WAEMU
2014	Impact study of the cotton-textile value-chain support project	PAFICOT · WAEMU
2012–2016	Akvo Flow administrator: mobile data collection and spatially referenced data	PROFI · BTC (Enabel)

Achievements

Platforms delivered and tools mastered

Platforms and information systems delivered

Monitoring and evaluation information system (SISSE) of the Niger LIRE project · See the live example: lire.marcelkouassi.com
Platform for monitoring P2AE interventions and beneficiaries · See the live example: p2ae.marcelkouassi.com
Territorial governance platform for PACOFIDE agricultural value-chain interventions · See the live example: pacofide.marcelkouassi.com
Indicator monitoring geoportals: PAPVIRE-ABC and PAIA-VO (AfDB)
Mapping platform of technical and financial partners working in the AGORA programme area (SDC)
POGITAF portal for territorial and land information (GIZ)
Mapping of education needs in CONFEMEN countries
Observatory of agricultural and climate dynamics (UNDP)
Mapping platform of nutrition-sector stakeholders and measurement of the climate resilience of nutrition value chains (CARE International)

Interactive maps

15 online maps for monitoring field interventions

Project	Map
LIRE Niger	Spatial monitoring and planning of schools in the intervention area
Agricultural development hubs	Benin's agricultural development hubs
Development hubs · 2018	Projects working in the agricultural development hubs in 2018
SWEDD-Benin	Key indicators of the women's empowerment and demographic dividend project
State-owned enterprises	Geolocated register of state-owned, privatised and privatisable enterprises
PARASEP · EU and AFD	Monitoring of the 16 grant-funded projects of the private-sector support project
URCPA-ZC	Mapping and registration of cashew plantations
PAFILAV	Monitoring of infrastructure supporting the milk and meat value chains
PAIA-VO	Spatial monitoring of achievements
PDAC	Monitoring of achievements
FI-AGRI	Monitoring of interventions
PSAAB-PSAIA	Territorial monitoring of activities
ATDA 7	Territorial monitoring of oil-palm seedling beneficiaries
FENACOPAB	Monitoring of stakeholders
INRAB	Research sites of the National Agricultural Research Institute of Benin

Organisations supported

They have trusted us

50+ organisations and projects supported

MAEPMinistry of Agriculture, Livestock and FisheriesBenin

MAEMinistry of Agriculture and LivestockNiger

MENMinistry of National EducationNiger

MINEAGRIEMinistry of Environment, Agriculture and LivestockBurundi

EnergyMinistry of EnergyBenin

MCVTMinistry of Living Environment and Transport, in charge of Sustainable DevelopmentBenin

CAIMAAgricultural inputs and equipment supply centreNiger

BC/RNACentral office of the National Agricultural CensusBenin

ENSPDNational School of Statistics, Planning and Demography, University of ParakouBenin

INRABNational Agricultural Research Institute of BeninBenin

ATDA 7Territorial agricultural development agency, hub 7Benin

DGPEDDirectorate-General for State Holdings and PrivatisationBenin

CONFEMENConference of Education Ministers of French-speaking States and GovernmentsFrancophonie

WAEMUWest African Economic and Monetary UnionWest Africa

ReSAKSSRegional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System, IFPRIWest Africa

FSRPFood System Resilience Program for West AfricaNiger

LIRELearning Improvement for Results in EducationNiger

ARISA-BSupport for strengthening agricultural-sector institutionsBenin

PAPAPEImproving the agricultural productivity of smallholdersBenin

PREDIPDialogue and investment for pastoralism and transhumanceSahel and West Africa

AGORALocal governance and territorial attractivenessBenin

P2AEIncreasing access to electricityBenin

PIRVATEFODRestoration of degraded land and forest ecosystemsBenin

PAPVIRE-ABCFood production and resilience buildingBenin

PAIA-VOAgricultural infrastructure in the Ouémé valleyBenin

PACOFIDEAgricultural value-chain competitiveness and export diversificationBenin

PADMARMarket-gardening developmentBenin

PADEFIPDevelopment of protein value chainsBenin

PAGEFCOM IIMunicipal forest managementBenin

PRODEFILAVMilk and meat value chains and livestock enterprisesBenin

PAFILAVMilk and meat value chainsBenin

PADACAgriculture in the Collines departmentBenin

PDACMunicipal agricultural developmentBenin

FI-AGRIAgricultural investment fundBenin

PARASEPStrengthening private-sector actorsBenin

PAMOBARMALivestock mobility, access to resources and marketsWest Africa

PROFIValue-chain promotion programmeBenin

PAFICOTSupport for the cotton-textile value chainWest Africa

TAZCOAgro-ecological transition in cotton-growing areasBenin

GIRE-PSEIntegrated water resources management, Ouémé valley (OmiDelta)Benin

PROPFRPromoting responsible land policyBenin

SWEDD-BeninWomen's empowerment and demographic dividendBenin

APIDAAssociation of municipalities, partner of the AGORA programmeBenin

ACADAssociation of municipalities, partner of the AGORA programmeBenin

ADECOBAssociation of municipalities, partner of the AGORA programmeBenin

FADeCMunicipal development support fund, agriculture componentBenin

URCPA-ZCRegional union of cashew producer cooperatives of Zou-CollinesBenin

CVPAVillage cooperatives of pineapple producersBenin

ASCINBCivil Society Alliance for Scaling Up Nutrition in BeninBenin

OXFAMOXFAM in BeninBenin

Case&CoCase&Co consultancyBenin

Outlook

Our current priorities

CIE-LiNGTWe are rolling out digital and geographic literacy training programmes and supporting local authorities with Performance-Based Contracting.
DCDPPWe offer a communication and community dialogue plan for every new project, from the proposal stage.
HOUSE GREENWe are opening the Lokossa garden residence as a place to welcome our clients and partners.
OrganisationWe keep our five Divisions and their departments running, with an annual review and internal service catalogues.
QualityWe apply our procedure manuals everywhere and improve them every year.

Our commitments

What we never compromise on

Governance and ethics

Every payment carries two signatures, our signing authorities are written down, we prevent conflicts of interest and anyone can report a breach.

Data protection

We apply Benin’s Digital Code: your consent first, restricted access, backups and confidentiality.

Sustainable development

We save water and energy, manage our waste and give priority to local purchasing and jobs.

Inclusion

We open our activities to women, young people and people with disabilities, and we communicate in local languages.

Responsible innovation

We only deploy a technology if it meets a real need and can be maintained locally.

Transparency

We report on the resources used and the results achieved, including when they fall short.

Working with us

Four ways to work together

Service contract

You have terms of reference: we deliver the study, tool, training or evaluation.

Technical assistance

Our experts join your programme or institution for a period we agree together.

Consortium

We respond to a call for tenders together, with other firms, universities or NGOs.

Innovation partnership

We build a new project with you, alongside CIE-LiNGT, a local authority or a research centre.

From first contact to contract

Discussion
You tell us about your need, we ask our questions.
Scoping note
We propose an approach, a team and a timeline.
Proposal
We send you a technical and financial proposal, with a communication plan if needed.
Contract
We sign together and open the project.
Launch
We meet to get started and agree on a first progress review.

E-DEVELOPMENT S.A.S headquarters in Lokossa, entrance and reception, 3D rendering — Headquarters in Lokossa: entrance and reception (3D rendering)

Contact

A project, a need for data?

Let’s talk. We always start by listening.

Head office: Lokossa, Lot 347, plot “A”, Takon district, Republic of Benin
Phone: +229 01 40 33 62 47 (one number for all entities)
E-mail: edevelopment.sas@gmail.com

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Our entities can also answer you directly

HOUSE GREEN
housegreen.lokossa@gmail.com · green-house.marcelkouassi.com

CIE-LiNGT
cielingt.sas@gmail.com

DCDPP
dcdpp.sas@gmail.com

One number for all: +229 01 40 33 62 47

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E-DEVELOPMENT S.A.S at a glance

Putting data at the service of decision-makers

Our purpose

Our vision

Our mission

Our legal status

Five values shared by all our teams

Rigour

Proximity

Useful innovation

Transparency

Respect for place

Five Divisions, organised into departments

One house, three complementary voices

CIE-LiNGT, the scientific and territorial innovation arm

PACT · Territorial Acceleration and Cooperation Hub

Follow us: scan the QR code of each CIE-LiNGT social network

DCDPP: a project succeeds when everyone understands it

CAP-Résultats · Communication, knowledge capture and accountability for projects and programmes

Four service areas

Communicating achievements and results

Capturing experience and knowledge

Organising information and accountability dialogue

Supporting management with decision-ready information

Follow us: scan the QR code of each DCDPP social network

HOUSE GREEN, the garden residence in Lokossa

HOUSE GREEN · Stays & Local Encounters

One offer, three experiences

Stay

Meet

Discover local heritage

Follow us: scan the QR code of each HOUSE GREEN social network

Five steps, from listening to evidence

Understand

Co-design

Equip

Support

Measure

A single project manager

Communication from day one

Assignments carried out for the main development donors

Six groups of partners

Governments and administrations

Local authorities

Technical and financial partners

Development agencies and NGOs

Businesses

Universities and research centres

What we have already delivered

Long-term assignments

Forty support assignments, from 2012 to 2026

Platforms delivered and tools mastered

Platforms and information systems delivered

15 online maps for monitoring field interventions

They have trusted us

Our current priorities

What we never compromise on

Governance and ethics

Data protection

Sustainable development

Inclusion

Responsible innovation

Transparency

Four ways to work together

Service contract

Technical assistance

Consortium

Innovation partnership

From first contact to contract

Discussion

Scoping note

Proposal

Contract

Launch

A project, a need for data?

Our entities can also answer you directly

Follow us: scan the E-DEVELOPMENT S.A.S QR codes