Philippe BreulBiography
In 1991, I graduated from engineering school and went to work with an NGO in Chad. I had no idea that thirty years later, I would come back to communities — but with a completely different toolkit. The thirty years in between were spent building mobile and financial systems at scale. I led mobile money market development for France Télécom across Europe and West Africa. I advised MTN on MoKash launch in Uganda — a mobile savings and loans product that reached 2.5 million customers in its first year, with 1.2 million actively saving. I led FINCA Uganda's early digital transformation, driving a 40% increase in digital transactions in under two years. I founded PHB Development in 2006 believing that scale was the answer. And then in 2019, working with refugee households in Nakivale and Kiryandongo, I understood what scale had been missing. The problem was not technology access. It was the system. A mother cannot pay school fees because her income is unpredictable — not because she lacks a mobile wallet. An ECD centre closes because it has no financial model — not because it lacks a digital tool. The two generations — children and caregivers — were being served by separate programmes that never spoke to each other. So we changed. Since 2023, PHB has been building graduation-driven Two-Generation ECD ecosystems in Uganda — in consortium with FINCA International and Opportunity International, funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The model connects centre governance, impact investment, caregiver livelihoods, and community intelligence into a single graduation framework. In 2025, we exceeded every programme target. A second phase of funding confirmed it: not a pilot — a model. My role is not to run the programme. It is to architect the model, build the partnerships, and make the case — to foundations, impact investors, and government partners — that graduation-driven ECD is not just a better development approach. It is the only one that makes sense when aid falls to USD 5 in average per person per month.
Company Overview
We are PHB Development — a graduation-driven organisation building sustainable Two-Generation Early Childhood Development ecosystems in refugee-hosting communities in Uganda. Our commitment to communities is not measured by how long we stay. It is measured by how strong they stand when we step back. We work across four integrated pillars: • Flagship implementation — the TGV graduation framework, designed for exit from day one • Impact investment — bridge loans and VSLA pathways that make ECD centres investable • Market linkage — poultry, permaculture, and WASH value chains that sustain education investment • Digital intelligence — community data tools that turn field evidence into government-ready insight. In 2025, working in consortium with FINCA International, Opportunity International, Opportunity Bank Uganda (OBUL) and FINCA Uganda — funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation — PHB exceeded every programme target: 45 ECD centres on a graduation pathway with more than 250 educators, and 10,000 children involved, 5,000 households supported (around 40,000 refugees and hosts benefiting from livelihood and education improvements). • 1,500 VSLA households saving $20 and receiving $15 loans in average per year. • 300 caregivers with increased household revenue • 3 centres financially sustainable • USD 25,000 impact investment fund · 80% on-time repayment We operate in Kampala, Nakivale, and Kiryandongo. We are the architects of a model that bridges grant funding and impact investment — and proves it works in one of the world’s most challenging refugee contexts. If you are a foundation, impact investor, or government partner
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is a member of the Africa Business Community, Africa’s leading business network. We use AI to match our members to the most attractive business and investment opportunities in Africa. As a member you can add any number of business opportunities and will receive Africa business opportunities matched to your chosen country and business sector preferences. Membership is free. Our dashboards are powered by AFSIC – Investing in Africa, perhaps Africa’s most important investment event.
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| 85819417 | Commodity | Transfusion of embryonic stem cells into peripheral vein, open approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to transfusion of embryonic stem cells into peripheral vein, open approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 30230AZ |
| 85819317 | Commodity | Transfusion of embryonic stem cells into peripheral vein, percutaneous approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to transfusion of embryonic stem cells into peripheral vein, percutaneous approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 30233AZ |
| 85819017 | Commodity | Transfusion of embryonic stem cells into central vein, open approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to transfusion of embryonic stem cells into central vein, open approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 30240AZ |
| 85818917 | Commodity | Transfusion of embryonic stem cells into central vein, percutaneous approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to transfusion of embryonic stem cells into central vein, percutaneous approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 30243AZ |
| 85694363 | Commodity | Insertion of limb lengthening external fixation device into right humeral head, percutaneous endoscopic approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of limb lengthening external fixation device into right humeral head, percutaneous endoscopic approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 0PHC48Z |
| 85493615 | Commodity | Insertion of biventricular external heart assist system into heart, percutaneous endoscopic approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of biventricular external heart assist system into heart, percutaneous endoscopic approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 02HA4RS |
| 85611325 | Commodity | Release ampulla of vater, percutaneous endoscopic approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release ampulla of vater, percutaneous endoscopic approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 0FNC4ZZ |
| 85791514 | Commodity | Transplantation of lymphatics and hemic into products of conception, percutaneous endoscopic approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to transplantation of lymphatics and hemic into products of conception, percutaneous endoscopic approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 10Y04ZG |
| 85524234 | Commodity | Insertion of infusion device into right basilic vein, percutaneous endoscopic approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of infusion device into right basilic vein, percutaneous endoscopic approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 05HB43Z |
| 85611315 | Commodity | Reposition ampulla of vater, percutaneous endoscopic approach | This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition ampulla of vater, percutaneous endoscopic approach.This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 0FSC4ZZ |
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is a member of the Africa Business Community, Africa’s leading business network. We use AI to match our members to the most attractive business and investment opportunities in Africa. As a member you can add any number of business opportunities and will receive Africa business opportunities matched to your chosen country and business sector preferences. Membership is free. Our dashboards are powered by AFSIC – Investing in Africa, perhaps Africa’s most important investment event.
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is a member of the Africa Business Community, Africa’s leading business network. We use AI to match our members to the most attractive business and investment opportunities in Africa. As a member you can add any number of business opportunities and will receive Africa business opportunities matched to your chosen country and business sector preferences. Membership is free. Our dashboards are powered by AFSIC – Investing in Africa, perhaps Africa’s most important investment event.
