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Français Jean-Michel Severino participates to IGNITE conference in AmsterdamNews | 16/11/2016 Spark and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) present the 4th IGNITE Conference 2016: Tackling Instability, Radicalisation and Forced Migration. This year’s conference focuses on how we can tackle root causes of instability, radicalization and forced migration in Africa,... |
 PEG Africa raises $1.5 million to support distribution of solar home systems in GhanaEntrepreneurs | 02/11/2016 PEG Africa, West Africa’s leading pay-as-you-go financing firm, with operations in Ghana and Ivory Coast, has raised a $1.5 M in a debt round led by Responsibility in participation of Oikocredit’s and SunFunder, to fund the purchase of solar home systems that will reach 75,000 people in... |
 I&P publishes a new study on impact investment and the SDGsIntelligence & Analysis | 27/10/2016 Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) and the Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI) publish a study on impact investment in Africa, entitled “Investing in Africa’s development: how impact investing can contribute to meeting the Sustainable Development... |
 Portrait of Jaco Chan Kit Waye, co-founder of Indian Ocean Trepang in MadagascarEntrepreneurs | 24/10/2016 A true "Serial entrepreneur" highly committed on environmental issues, Jaco Chan Kit Waye created the first Malagasy business specialized in the aquaculture of sea cucumbers, Indian Ocean Trepang (IOT). ► Read more on IOT Jaco Chan Kit Waye has long been... |
 A crowdfunding campaign to support 6000 smallholder farmers in MadagascarEntrepreneurs | 22/10/2016After a first successful campaign for the Mauritanian company CDS, I&P partners again with the American crowdfunding platform Kiva. The new projets aims to support the activities of Phileol, a Malagasy company specialized in the collect and transformation of ricin seeds. The loan of 50 000... |
 I&P co-organizes the 5th training seminar dedicated to its investeesEntrepreneurs | 21/10/2016 From October 19 to 21, Investisseurs & Partenaires, in partnership with the African Club of Entrepreneurs (Club Africain des Entrepreneurs), organizes the fifth annual meeting of its partners, gathering about fifty managers of African businesses in CEDEP, Fontainebleau. Organized in... |
 Land of African Business: 2nd edition in ParisNews | 20/10/2016 The Land of African Business organizes in Paris the second edition of its annual meetings. The LAB is a flagship event for Africa, proposing unique meetings and innovative solutions. Alongside the presentations by 50 start-up finalists African Rethink, several panels are provided,... |
 A year after the seminar on CSR issue: a review of the actions undertakenEntrepreneurs | 19/10/2016 One year after the training seminar on CSR (Corporate Social Responsabilities) issues, the entrepreneurs and the training team assess the action plans undertaken over the last months. It appears that many of the companies implement policies to improve the well-being of their employees,... |
 FACTS report publishes an article on the company CDSEntrepreneurs | 10/10/2016 The FACTS Reports magazine published an article devoted to the company CDS, specialized in water and energy access in Mauritania. For almost ten years, CDS has been operating water and electricity off-grid networks in remote villages in Mauritania. Chosen by the authorities... |
 I&P and USAID partner to accelerate small growing businesses in the Sahel regionNews | 06/10/2016 The impact investing group Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) announces a partnership with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch an innovative acceleration program in Niger, Burkina Faso and Senegal. The alliance aims to bring high potential start-ups and... |