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Français 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... |
 I&P participates to the 10th edition of ConvergencesNews | 04/09/2017 The 10th edition of the Convergences World Forum is focused on the topic “Together, let’s innovate for a Zero exclusion, Zero carbon, Zero poverty world”. It will specifically address 6 Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality (#5), Clean Water and Sanitation (#6),... |
 The funds IPAE ends its investment period with 2 new investments in MaliEntrepreneurs | 29/08/2017 The fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE), launched in 2012, ends its investment period by realizing a second investment in Mali. IPAE now counts two Malian investees in its portfolio: Carrières et Chaux du Mali and the Société Malienne de Blanchisserie. ... |
 Newsletter July 2017News | 21/07/2017I&P's July newsletter is online! Review of the important news of the last three months and notably: • Launch of a high-level training on impact investing, with Patrick Guillaumont, President of the Ferdi • Launch of I&P Conseil • Portrait of Mamadou Sanankoua, Director of Conergies... |
 Interview of Mamadou Sanankoua, Director of ConergiesEntrepreneurs | 20/07/2017 Mamadou Sanankoua manages Conergies since 2011, after several years spent in Europe and in Canada for his studies and work. Returning to Côte d'Ivoire, he takes over the family business and actively participates to the development of the company, in partnership with I&P which partners... |