CTCN Africa Regional Forum: accelerating the implementation of Climate Solutions in Africa through sharing and networking
News | 20/04/2018  The CTCN first Pan-African Regional Forum and the African Carbon Forum were held in Nairobi (Kenya) from April 9 to 13. Cécile Carlier, Managing Director of I&P Conseil and mandated by ADEME (which represents France at the CTCN), was able to participate in these events which tried...

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Interview with Sylvie Sagbo, CEO of SENAR Les Délices de Lysa
Entrepreneurs | 19/04/2018  SENAR Les Délices de Lysa is a Senegalese family business specializing in the processing of peanuts, cashews and maize. Created in 1982 by Lydie Sagbo, the company is managed since 2015 by her daughter, Sylvie Sagbo. In November 2017 SENAR formalizes a partnership with Teranga Capital, an...

2nd edition of I&P/FERDI's training on impact investing
News | 18/04/2018  Investisseurs & Partenaires is pleased to organize, in partnership with Ferdi and with the support of the Monegasque association ILLIS the second edition of the training on impact investing to be held on September 18-20 in Paris. The objectives of the training are the following:...

Revalue commercial and marketing dimensions: a key issue for African SMEs
Intelligence & Analysis | 17/04/2018  The sixth lesson of the document "15 years, 15 lessons from Africa" focuses on an aspect often underestimated by small and medium African enterprises : the commercial and marketing dimensions (customers' knowledge, branding, market access ...). I&P's experience has shown how critical...

Invest in agriculture and agrobusiness in Africa: issues to consider
Intelligence & Analysis | 11/04/2018En 15 ans d'activité, I&P a financé de nombreuses entreprises dans les secteurs de l'agrobusiness et de l'agriculture. Ces secteurs représentent environ 40% de notre deal flow, et plus d'un tiers du PIB dans nos pays d'investissement: il est donc crucial de comprendre les enjeux spécifiques à...

Enko Education opens a second school in Senegal
Entrepreneurs | 09/04/2018  African international schools group Enko Education, founded by Cyrille Nkontchou and Eric Pignot, has taken a new step in its development, acquiring the West African College of the Atlantic (WACA) in Dakar, Senegal. WACA is the 10th school to join Enko’s network, already implement in...

Launch of Comoé capital, first impact fund Dedicated to SMEs and start-up in Côte d’Ivoire
News | 03/04/2018  Comoé Capital, the first impact fund dedicated to the financing and support of Ivoirian SMEs and start-ups, officially launched its activities on March 29 following its first board of directors. Managed by Issa Sidibé, Comoé Capital is the fifth African fund sponsored by Investisseurs...

The African economy: Moving from imitation to innovation
Intelligence & Analysis | 19/03/2018  I&P continues to explore the document "Fifteen years, Fifteen lessons from Africa", with a second chapter dedicated to the structural changes of Africa’s economy and markets. We focus this week on the lesson #4, in which we tell how the African economy has shifted dramatically...

I&P attends EVPA’s social impact measurement training
News | 16/03/2018  EVPA (the European Venture Philanthropy Association) and Social Value UK organize a social impact measurement and management training, hold in Brussels on March 15-16. Elodie Nocquet, ESG and Impact Director at I&P, will intervene to present I&P’s measurement and impact...

"Fifteen Years, fifteen lessons from Africa" : zoom on lesson n°3
Intelligence & Analysis | 15/03/2018  The third lesson of the document “Fifteen Years, Fifteen Lessons from Africa” explores the new dynamics created by population growth and the emergence of the middle classes in Sub-Saharan Africa.   This lesson closes the first chapter of the document, dedicated to the strategic...

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