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Français Interview of Boureïma Lam, Malian EntrepreneurEntrepreneurs | 18/10/2017 17 years ago Boureïma Lam launched one of the very first dry-cleaner’s of Bamako (Pressing Lam). Observing the lack of professional offer for the hotel industry, he starts in 2007 an industrial laundry dedicated to this clientele. Today “La Société Malienne de Blanchisserie” (... |
 I&P : Supporting African Entrepreneurship for 15 yearsNews | 17/10/2017 In 2017, Investisseurs & Partenaires is celebrating its fifteen years of activity. A good opportunity to reflect on the creation and evolution of this innovative project, always driven by the will to contribute to the emergence of a sustainable private sector in sub-Saharan Africa... |
 I&P participates at SOCAP 2017News | 10/10/2017 David Munnich, Chief Operations Officer at I&P, participates from October 10 to 13th to the annual SOCAP conference, an event dedicated to increasing the flow of capital toward social good. A landmark event, SOCAP brings together thousands of impact investors, social entrepreneurs... |
 Nate Heller (PEG) participates to TedxPortBouetEntrepreneurs | 09/10/2017 Nate Heller is the co-founder and director of PEG, a company specialized in the distribution of solar kits in West Africa. He participates on October 10 to the TedxPortBouet conference, gathering 14 speakers with a wide range of profiles (entrepreneurs, artists, journalists, athletes... |
 Must-read: last paper by Oxfam and Sumerian Partners on impact investingIntelligence & Analysis | 06/10/2017 In April 2017 Oxfam and Sumerian Partners published a paper called “Impact investing: who are we serving?”. While impact investing is gaining visibility among policy makers and the investment community (see for example the article published by The Economist “Impact investing inches from... |
 15 lessons of experience from I&P’s first impact fundNews | 26/09/2017 15 years after its creation, Investisseurs & Partenaires publishes a short document reflecting on the successes, drawbacks and key lessons learned from its first impact fund: Investisseur & Partenaire pour le Développement (IPDEV). Download the document ... |
 I&P participates to 2017 ANDE Annual conferenceNews | 25/09/2017 Investisseurs & Partenaires participates to the annual conference organized by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) from September 25 to 27. Olivier Lafourcade, I&P’s advisor and Chairman of the fund I&P Développement, participates to a panel called “... |
 World Bank blog post: How networks can boost Africa’s incubatorsIntelligence & Analysis | 14/09/2017 A recent article published on World Bank's blog "Private Sector Development" underlines the importance of networking African incubators and entrepreneurs, as part of a building ecosystem to support African entrepreneurship. The article mentions several networks active in Francophone... |
 Teranga Capital makes a second investment: COGELEC ENERGYNews | 12/09/2017 Teranga Capital, an impact investment company dedicated to financing and supporting small and medium-sized entreprises in Senegal, has realized a second investment and welcomes in its portfolio the Senegalese company COGELEC ENERGY, a few months after a first investment in OuiCarry.... |
 Forum on Energy and Infrastructure in AfricaIntelligence & Analysis | 06/09/2017 The Malian company Trainis, supported by I&P since 2010, organizes on October 24 and 25 in Paris an important forum on Public-Private Partnerships in Africa. Gathering more than 300 participants and highly-qualified speakers, the Forum will focus on the folloiwing topic: "Meeting the... |