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Français Nate Heller (PEG) participates to TedxPortBouetEntrepreneurs | 09/10/2017 Nate Heller is the co-founder and director of PEG, a company specialized in the distribution of solar kits in West Africa. He participates on October 10 to the TedxPortBouet conference, gathering 14 speakers with a wide range of profiles (entrepreneurs, artists, journalists, athletes... |
 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... |