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Français Portrait: Catherine Krobo-Edusei, Founder of Eden Tree in GhanaEntrepreneurs | 15/04/2016 Catherine Krobo-Edusei is the founder and managing director of Eden Tree, a Ghanaian company specialized in the production and marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables. She started the company in 1997, on her return to Ghana from the UK, where she worked in the banking sector for ten... |
 Launch of Lead Campus, a training program dedicated to African entrepreneursEntrepreneurs | 05/04/2016 LeAD Campus is an ambitious certifying training programme designed for African leaders from the private, public, and non-profit sectors to support the needs identified on the African continent. Initiated by Africa France, the program's operational implementation will be ensured by a... |
 ACEP Burkina opens a new agencyEntrepreneurs | 01/04/2016 ACEP Burkina is a microfinance institution launched in 2013 that rapidly made its ways in the microfinance sector in Burkina Faso. The company, which targets urban and peri-urban entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso has experienced a rapid and strong growth. ACEP has opened a new... |
 I&P strenghtens its health insurance policy for IPAE portfolioNews | 30/03/2016 In order to improve the health insurance policies implemented by its partner companies, I&P has developed a support program, with the financial and operational contributions of FISEA (Proparco). The support program will be ensured by the Ivorian consulting firm Afrik Assur,... |
 Economic Development in Africa: P. Baraton participates to Oxford University’s conferenceNews | 21/03/2016 From March 20 to 22, the Center for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) of Oxford University held a conference on economic development in Africa. Conference papers address economic analysis of the broad issues relevant for economic development in Africa (Demographic... |
 ANDE Meeting in Accra: a collaborative platform for SGBsNews | 17/03/2016 On March 17 in Accra, Ghana, the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) presented the MBC Africa Collaborative Platform for Small and Growing Businesses. West Africa’s SGB sector gathered to watch promising Ghanaian agribusinesses pitch their ventures in a competition, and... |
 Launch of the first funds sponsored by IPDEV2: new financing solutions for small enterprises in Burkina Faso and SenegalNews | 17/03/2016 Standing as new players in the financing of small and growing businesses in their respective countries, Burkina Faso and Senegal, the funds Sinergi Burkina and Teranga Capital have been officially launched in February and March this year. Their objective: finance and support emerging... |
 Launch of Teranga Capital, first impact fund dedicated to Senegalese SMEsNews | 16/03/2016 Teranga Capital is the third African fund sponsored by Investisseurs & Partenaires. The fund has been officially launched on March 15 in Dakar, in presence of its director Olivier Furdelle, the shareholders and I&P team. On this occasion, I&P and Teranga organized... |
 The company CAMED moves into a new buildingEntrepreneurs | 04/03/2016The pharmaceutical distributor CAMED, based in Mali and managed by Malick Sy, inaugurated its new building last December. CAMED is the first company supported by I&P, from 2003 to 2010. I&P has notably supported the company in the construction of its first warehouse. Since then, the... |
 Impact Measurement at I&P: an in-depth case study published by EVPANews | 25/02/2016The European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) publishes two in-depth case studies on impact measurement, based on the practice of two of their members: Investisseurs & Partenaires and Reach For Change, a Swedish grantmaker and incubator operating worldwide. ► Read More ... |