Following the successful organization in November 2012 and November 2013 of two conferences dedicated to Africa Finance, Kusuntu-le-Club, Orrick Rambaud Martel and Investisseurs & Partenaires held on February 12^th their third Africa Finance conference, developed this year around the key theme of ‘’impact investing’’. The conference gathered 30 speakers and about 150 participants.

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Consisting both of plenary sessions and One on One meeting sessions, the conference is conceived as a professional meeting place between professional investors, those participating to Africa economic growth (entrepreneurs, companies, venture and private capital firms), finance and development institutions, and investment promotion agencies.

Jean-Michel Severino introduced the conference with opening remarks on the state of African economy and of the impact investing sector today. The Global Impact Investing Networks (GIIN) defines impact investing as ‘’investments made into companies, organizations and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return’’.

J.-M. Severino underlined the importance of the intentionality and the level of profitability and impact expected, as these criteria are vital to differentiate impact investors from mainstream investors and from philanthropic foundations. “Regarding impact investing, the financial return is subordinated to social return. The arbitration must be made in favor of impact’’.  

This introduction was followed by 3 panels and several presentations, as well as one-to-one meeting sessions in the second part of the afternoon.

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Panel 1.2 "Who are the actors on the African impact investment market". From left to right: Pierre CARPENTIER (I&P), Barthout VAN SLINGELANDT (XSML Capital), Maria Teresa ZAPPIA (Blue Orchard), Christophe POLINE (Schneider Electric), Olivier de GUERRE (Phitrust), Franck GIAOUI (Hera Finance)

Organized By

Kusuntu-le-Club is a think-tank promoting the emergence and the development of African economic Champions thanks to private equity investments. 

Orrick Rambaud Martel is a specialized law firm that offers in France and abroad a platform of services in cross border operations such as mergers and acquisition, structured finance, leasing assets finance, corporate, tax and social laws.

Investisseurs & Partenaires is an impact investing group specialized in financing SMEs in Africa. I&P provides capital and technical support to meet the growth needs of its African partners I&P’s team develops long term partnerships with entrepreneurs

Supported by

Proparco is the French investment and Promotions company for economic cooperation. Its mission is to be a catalyst for private investment in developing countries which targets growth, sustainable development and reaching the Millenium Development Goals.