La Laiterie du Berger,

a Social Business in SenegalCCreated in 2005 by Frank Riboud, CEO of Danone, and Muhammad Yunus, father of microcredit

and 2006 Nobel Price for peace, danone.communities is an investment fund that aims at supporting, financing & promoting social business within Danone mission « Bring health through nutrition to as many people as possible ».

danone.communities has started with 3 innovative projects : Grameen Danone in Bangladesh, 1001 Fontaines in Cambodia and, in 2008, La Laiterie du Berger in Senegal.

La Laiterie du Berger ambition is to valorize the fresh milk collected locally, notably among Peul cattle herders, through production and distribution of quality affordable dairy products.

Some key facts about Senegal

TTotal population is 12,5 millions inhabitants on 196 722 km2 surface

50% of population lives in urban areas (Main town : Dakar = 2,6 Million inhabitants) Density in Dakar = 4500 inhab / km2 vs Tambacounda = 11 inhab / km2

Life expectation is 56 years. 45% of population is aged below 14Fertility rate is 5 kids / woman

Senegal is ranked 144 by UNDP (2010) in terms of human development (vs Bangladesh 129)64% of population in Senegal lives on less than 2USD per day

Senegal is highly dependant on imports for food : only 39% of food consumption comes from local production (EDS, 2007)

Over 2 $ per day

1 to 2 $ per day

Less than 1 $ per day

Household income per day

A paradoxical milk situation

SSenegal has a long breeding tradition : 30 % of the population, representing 4 million people, live on breeding

Dairy products consumption is deeply integrated in local food habits : 90 % of families consume yoghurts on a weekly basis.

Local fresh milk is barely distributed : farmers keep it for their own consumption or sporadically sell it on traditional markets

90% of the traded milk is imported, mainly reconstituted from powder milk

A local supply business model

LLa Laiterie du Berger mainly buys milk from cattle herders living 50 km around the plant, located in Richard Toll in the Peul region.Organising the milk supply is a big challenge as cattle farmers are spread in the bush and daily supply per farmer varies from 1 litre to 3 litres, very sensitive to seasonality.The milk collection is organised, twice a day, around 3 roads that reach over than 600 herders families . In 2010, 680.000 litres of fresh milk were collected, representing a 23% increase in comparison with 2009.Besides milk collection, La Laiterie du Berger is providing hygiene, feeding and veterinary advices as well as forage and feed during the dry season to help herders increasing the level of productivity, and therefore improving their living conditions.Herders can sell daily without travelling to the markets. They get more regular and higher incomes.

A factory rooted in the Peul region

TThe factory is rooted in Richard Toll, in the sahelian region, close to the milk collection area. It started operating december 2006. It was initially designed to process and pack liquid fresh milk, yoghurt, cream and fruit juices. Since the 2009 repositioning, it now focuses on yoghurts – mainly in the form of pouches - & cream.The factory created around 40 jobs.

The factory yearly capacity is 3000T, when organised in 3 shifts. In 2010, it worked in 2 shifts and used approximately 50% of the 3 shifts capacity.

The factory is benefiting from Danone technical assistance notably on R&D and quality.

Dolima, a dairy range garanteeing quality of imported brands with local pricesDDolima is the unique brand in Senegal

proposing dairy products made of locally collected fresh milk.

DOLIMA means in Wolof* “ Give me more” .

Consumers buy it because they feel it is good for them in taste thanks to the ‘true’ natural milk, and also good for their country thanks to the use of Senegalese milk.

Most of the children can afford this nutritional product : the take away product is a pouch sold at 100 FCFA (ie 15 euro cents).

Yoghurts represent 99% of volumes, with 10 SKUs (from 90g pouch to 4,5 kg bucket) . Fresh cream is a profitable niche product representing 1% of volumes.

The range is supported with professional marketing tools.

*(major local language in Senegal)

A distribution system reaching small proximity shops

LLa Laiterie du Berger serves all categories of shops, from modern trade and petrol stations to small proximity shops in Dakar and Saint Louis regions.

But the majority of shops are small proximity shops, usually equipped with a single fridge or freezer where all categories of cold chain products are stored together.

In order to be able to deliver products in urban areas not having roads infrastructures, La Laiterie du Berger has developed a pouss pouss delivery service.

In addition, La Laiterie du Berger has also created some dedicated shops.

Birth of the project

TThe Laiterie du Berger story started in 2004 with a family of believers.Bagore Bathily, graduated in Belgium in veterinary science. He was inspired by a first experience in Mauritania with the Peul cattle farmers and wanted to keep supporting them in his home country, Senegal.With passion, he enrolled two key members of his family : Ibrahima Kane, Engineer from Polytechnique & Ponts & Chaussées in Paris, senior manager in Nestle operations both in Europe and Africa, and Maryam Bathily, MBA from ESC Lille, manager of her own marketing events company in Senegal.

In 2005, I&P (Investisseur & Partenaire pour le Développement), a private finance company, convinced by the project and the business plan, decided to invest as a long-term partner, with 25% equity stakes.

The company was established in 2006.

Step 0

2004- 2005

Step 2

2008 - June 2009

Step 3 July 2009 - Dec 2010

Step 1

2006 -2007

Step 4 Jan 11 -

Start of the company

YYear 2006 was key in the company’s life.

The core network of cattle herders was constitued, the milk collection process was designed and implemented.

The factory was built in Richard Toll.

The first range of products consisted in liquid pasteurized milk, set and stirred yoghurts, cream and juices.

2007 full year sales were 268 MioFcfa and 360 tons.

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Set yoghurt Stirred yoghurts

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Joining of

Ddanone.communities decided to be part of this social business in 2008, and invested in La Laiterie du Berger, with 25,5 % stake equity.

In addition, danone.communities started bringing its know-how through various missions of technical assistance.

The factory benefited from several missions related to industrial & quality control.Danone also supported the development and the optimisation of the distribution system, clustering the potential clients into different categories.A marketing approach was initiated to better understand the local consumers, position the brand and support sales.

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Step 3 July 2009 - Dec 2010

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Launch of Dolima enabled a rapid growth

TThe products faced strong competition from products manufactured from imported milk powder.

In 2009, the product range was refreshed and relaunched under the Dolima brand. The relaunch was an opportunity to improve the taste, texture, packaging and marketing support. Since then, sales have grown well : to 728 tons / 540 Mio Fcfa for full year 2009 & to 1270 tons / 990 Mio Cfa for full year 2010.

Mid 2010, the range was reduced to focus on yoghurts and cream. 9 SKUs were dropped out (milk, juices and liquid yoghurts)

This growth has been made possible in particular by the entry of two new shareholders, the Grameen Crédit Agricole foundation and the Phitrust foundation,and the provision of a long-term loan by BIO (Belgian Investment Overseas).

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2011 perspectives

OThe objective in 2011 is to develop sales up to 150T per month while making a significant step towards profitability

Therefore some key operational challenges will be addressed throughout the year.

The range will be simplified to lower the complexity level at all stages (production, supply chain and sales) and to reinforce the quality management.

A project run together with Grameen CA , GRET & Coopération monégasque has started in order to develop milk collection capabilities.

Organisation and processes will be reviewed to keep developing team empowerment and excellence in execution.

Monthly steering committees are run together with I&P and danone.communities to align on strategic decisions and monitor technical assistance.

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+60% Thanks to advertizing, distribution

& good company focus

Latest 2011 results are very promising

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LDB’s social impact is already visible

Status of herders vs neighbourhood

Before LDB

Conflicts as cattle eating in sugar cane or rice fields

Today

Structuring win-win relationship with Compagnie Sucrière du Sénégal & rice farmers

Access to services

Before LDB

No access to bank services or limited link with development world

Since 2009

Breeders have access to services (education, credit through bridge with bank = credit ligne of 35 Moi for the cooperative

Breeders will benefit from GRET study about developing milk sector

Nb of herders families with daily access to market

Before LDB

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2009-2011

600

Av. earnings from milk / month / family

Before LDB

0 Fcfa

2009 -2011

22000 Fcfa jan 09 (37000Fcfa ie + 70% jan 2011)

Access to veterinarian services & insemination Before

None of them

2010

All of them for vet services / 2500 cows inseminated

Sedentarization

Before LDB

Need to transhume up to 800km during dry season

Today

Sedentarization less precarity, continuous access to social services (education, health) …

Community management of fields to ensure regular feeding (roufage availability during dry season)

Access to cattle feeding

Before LDB

Access to cattle feeding but only on cash paiement

Since LDB

Access to cattle feeding for all 600 families on credit and with education