I&P participates to the first “Rencontres Africa 2016"

The 22 and 23 September is held in Paris “Les Rencontres Africa 2016”to promote a new energy to economic cooperation between France and Africa. The meeting is organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Foundation Africa France and Export Group Class.

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With its experience on the continent as an actor of impact investment, Investisseurs & Partenaires participate in several workshops related to business development in Africa. Jean-Michel Severino, CEO of Investisseurs & Partenaires, and Annie Ferton, advisor at I&P for several years, participate to 3 meetings:

“What financing for business (Thursday 22nd from 2pm to 3:30pm)

Animated by Jean Michel SEVERINO, the meeting will gather:

• Isabelle BEBEAR, Director of International and university Bpifrance

• Louis MARGUERITE, Office Manager export loans and guarantees internationally, DG Treasury, France

• MAYMAT Alexander, Member of the Management Committee of Société Générale, head of the Africa / Asia / Mediterranean or Outremer

• Amaury MULLIEZ, Managing Director in charge of operations PROPARCO

• Slim OTHMANI, CEO of NCA-Rouiba

• SCHRICKE Hervé, President of the Club Africa, AFIC

• Ludovic SUBRAN, Chief Economist, Euler Hermes Group

"Diaspora, Human Capital and Economic Investments" (Friday 23rd at 4:00pm)

• Annie FERTON, Advisor at Investisseurs & Partenaires  

• Jean Marie ACKAH, Vice - President of the General Confederation of Ivory Coast enterprises (CGECI)

• Gregory CLEMENTE, CEO of PROPARCO

• Nicolas DUFOURCQ, General Manager at Bipfrance

• Fatoumata GUIRASSY, ​​General Manager at Saboutech

• Jean Christophe RAGNI, CEO associated group Ragni (France)

• Evelyne TALL, DGA Ecobank

• Françoise VILAIN, General Delegate of Futurallia, a former member of the EESC

• Georges WEGA, CEO of SGBS (Cameroon)

"The success of African SMEs conditions" (Friday 23, at 2 pm)

With Jean-Michel Severino, Jean-Luc Koffi-Vovor (Kusuntu), Pierre-Yves Denez (Orrick), Lionel Zinsou, François le Guennou (CFAO), Elie Nkamgueu (Club Efficience)

About “Africa 2016”

Les Rencontres Africa 2016, the biggest economic event related to Africa ever held in France, was attended by more than 800 African and French companies but also investors and decision makers working for development in Africa.

This week, ahead of the Africa-France summit scheduled in Bamako in January 2017, aims to:

- Demonstrate and promote the vital role of France as a "hub" to Africa

- Organize a regular event, fundamentally useful for the French and African companies, particularly SMEs