"Growing a food company in West Africa": interview of Sylvie Sagbo (SENAR) and Cécile Carlier (I&P Conseil)
Entrepreneurs | 12/06/2018  Fabien Tondel from ECDPM's Great Insights magazine spoke to Sylvie Sagbo, Managing Director of SENAR Les Délices Lysa, a Senegalese manufacturer of food products, and Cécile Carlier, Director of I&P Conseil, the advisory branch of Paris-based Investisseurs & Partenaires, which...

Discovering African management: Focus on 7th lesson from "Fifteen Lessons from Africa"
Intelligence & Analysis | 30/05/2018  Chapter three of the document "Fifteen years, Fifteen lessons from Africa" gather a few lessons learned from I&P's experience as an investor with African entrepreneurs. Considering the size of the companies we invest in, the human dimension is essential and the creation of a long-term...

I&P's April Newsletter and Editorial by Bénédicte Schutz
News | 26/04/2018  I&P's april newsleter (n°21) is online! Contents of this issue include: • Edito by Bénédicte Schutz, Director of Monaco's Department of International Cooperation • Launch of Miarakap in Madagascar • Portrait of Sylvie Agbo, Director of "SENAR, Les Délices de Lysa" •...

I&P participates to AVCA's 15th annual conference
News | 24/04/2018  Sébastien Boyé, Chief Investment Officer at I&P, participates to the 15th annual conference organized by the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) on April 23-24 in Morocco. He notably intervened in the panel "Private Equity in Fragile and conflict-affected situations", with...

CTCN Africa Regional Forum: accelerating the implementation of Climate Solutions in Africa through sharing and networking
News | 20/04/2018  The CTCN first Pan-African Regional Forum and the African Carbon Forum were held in Nairobi (Kenya) from April 9 to 13. Cécile Carlier, Managing Director of I&P Conseil and mandated by ADEME (which represents France at the CTCN), was able to participate in these events which tried...

Sylvie Agbo
Interview with Sylvie Sagbo, CEO of SENAR Les Délices de Lysa
Entrepreneurs | 19/04/2018  SENAR Les Délices de Lysa is a Senegalese family business specializing in the processing of peanuts, cashews and maize. Created in 1982 by Lydie Sagbo, the company is managed since 2015 by her daughter, Sylvie Sagbo. In November 2017 SENAR formalizes a partnership with Teranga Capital, an...

2nd edition of I&P/FERDI's training on impact investing
News | 18/04/2018  Investisseurs & Partenaires is pleased to organize, in partnership with Ferdi and with the support of the Monegasque association ILLIS the second edition of the training on impact investing to be held on September 18-20 in Paris. The objectives of the training are the following:...

Revalue commercial and marketing dimensions: a key issue for African SMEs
Intelligence & Analysis | 17/04/2018  The sixth lesson of the document "15 years, 15 lessons from Africa" focuses on an aspect often underestimated by small and medium African enterprises : the commercial and marketing dimensions (customers' knowledge, branding, market access ...). I&P's experience has shown how critical...

Invest in agriculture and agrobusiness in Africa: issues to consider
Intelligence & Analysis | 11/04/2018En 15 ans d'activité, I&P a financé de nombreuses entreprises dans les secteurs de l'agrobusiness et de l'agriculture. Ces secteurs représentent environ 40% de notre deal flow, et plus d'un tiers du PIB dans nos pays d'investissement: il est donc crucial de comprendre les enjeux spécifiques à...

Enko Education opens a second school in Senegal
Entrepreneurs | 09/04/2018  African international schools group Enko Education, founded by Cyrille Nkontchou and Eric Pignot, has taken a new step in its development, acquiring the West African College of the Atlantic (WACA) in Dakar, Senegal. WACA is the 10th school to join Enko’s network, already implement in...

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