I&P Acceleration finances more than 25 new companies in 2025
News | 10/11/2025    In 2025, I&P Acceleration financed more than 25 new businesses across Africa: a concrete springboard for impact entrepreneurs. By mobilizing public and private partners: the European Commission via AFD, Climate KIC, Gaïa Impact Fund, GIZ, Green Climate Fund (GCF), the...

I&P contributes to ARIA’s “Foundations of Growth” on reaching small and growing businesses
Intelligence & Analysis | 14/10/2025  I&P is proud to contribute to ARIA’s latest Foundations of Growth report, on the topic "Reaching small and growing businesses in frontier markets" with an article exploring the lessons learned on I&P Development, alongside an article published by the Collaborative for Frontier...

I&P publishes the annual ESG & Impact report for the IPDEV 2 fund
News | 16/09/2025  Each year, I&P Development (IPDEV) assesses and reports on the environmental impact, social impact, and governance of the companies supported by its various partner funds.​ IPDEV is the first fund of funds dedicated to launching, developing, and supporting pioneering African fund...

I&P publishes the 2025 ESG and impact reports for the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 1 and 2 funds
News | 08/09/2025  I&P publishes the 2025 ESG and impact reports for the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 1 and 2 funds (IPAE 1 and 2), which review the progress made in 2024 and the contribution of these funds to the development of the African private sector. With €54 million for IPAE1 and €92 million...

Portrait entrepreneur : Meet Kancou Keita Cissé, Managing Director of Mali Shi
Entrepreneurs | 07/07/2025    " You have to do it because it's hard, the impact is greater. We created Mali Shi with the idea of building a profitable, sustainable and impactful business. And I sincerely believe that this is possible here in Mali, as it is in other West African countries!" I...

Boosting entrepreneurship in the Sahel: lessons learned from I&P Accélération au Sahel program
News | 25/06/2025    Launched in 2019, I&P Accélération au Sahel is a pioneering acceleration program that aims to strengthen very small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West and Central Africa through financial and strategic support. Led by I&P and financed by the European Union's...

Teranga Capital closes a USD 3.4 million financing round and enters a new phase in its development
News | 07/05/2025  With the aim of expanding its investment missions, Teranga Capital has closed a new fundraising round of 2 billion FCFA (3.4 million USD), out of a total target of between 5 and 6 billion FCFA. The Fonds Souverain d'Investissement Stratégique du Sénégal (FONSIS), Investisseurs &...

The African Development Bank launches its Pan-African Fellowship for Emerging Fund Managers, implemented by I&P
News | 29/04/2025    Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is proud to announce the launch of the African Development Bank Fellowship for Emerging Fund Managers, an initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) designed to support 20 African emerging fund managers. As the implementing...

CC Facility Awards First Research Grant to I&P Ecosystems
News | 17/04/2025We are honored to have been selected as the first-ever recipient of the research grant awarded by the Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) - a joint initiative led by Convergence Blended Finance and the Climate Policy Initiative, and supported by the International Development Research...

Enko Education and I&P come together to celebrate 10 years of partnership and growth
Entrepreneurs | 16/04/2025  Ten years after the opening of its first school, Enko La Gaieté, the Enko Education network is entering a new chapter in its development. On this occasion, long-time investor Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) announces its exit from the company’s capital, marking the...

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