Pâtisserie Les Douceurs

Country: Burkina Faso
Sector of activity: Agro-food
Status: Seed funding
Associed fund: I&P Accélération au Sahel, I&P Développement, Sinergi Burkina
Entrepreneur: Safiatou OUEDRAOGO-YABRE
In portfolio since: 2022

Pâtisserie Les Douceurs is a company specialized in cooking, baking and pastry making in Burkina Faso. It offers a wide range of products and services (breads and pastries, cakes, canapés, school meals and snacks, sandwiches, fast food and catering).

The entrepreneur

Pâtisserie Les Douceurs was created by Mrs. Safiatou OUEDRAOGO-YABRE, a trained cook-pastry chef with more than 27 years of experience with the SERVAIR group and in the hotel industry.

Partnership with Sinergi Burkina and I&P

Pâtisserie Les Douceurs is supported by I&P and Sinergi Burkina through I&P Acceleration in Sahel. The main objective of this partnership is to :

  • Increase the company's production capacity and improve product quality 
  • Diversify the products offered 
  • Support the company in its management (implementation of an adequate formal management system, including accounting, financial and fiscal management, production and human resources).

Expected impacts

  • Consolidation of 20 existing jobs and creation of 5 new permanent full-time jobs
  • Contribution to the employability of vulnerable populations (women and unqualified youth)
  • Better structuring and organization of the company
  • Establishment of good governance