Fides Microfinance Senegal opens a fourth agency
Entrepreneurs | 17/02/2015Fides Microfinance Sénégal opened, last January, a new agency in the city of Thiès, the third largest city of the country. The microfinance institution pursues its efforts to densify its network in the Northern and Western parts of Senegal.  Find out more on Fides Visit their website...

Monaco brings its support to the project IPDEV2
News | 16/02/2015 The Principality of Monaco, through its International Cooperation for Development, has decided to support the implementation of IPDEV2, with a donation of 428,000€. On January 23, Jean-Michel Severino and Olivier Lafourcade signed the Agreement between Monaco and IPDEV2. Read the press...

A very encouraging track record for the new solar pumps implemented by CDS in Mauritania
Entrepreneurs | 13/02/2015In March 2014, I&P partnered with the crowdfunding platform Kiva to fund a water access project, implemented by the Mauritanian company CDS. The new solar pumps have been implemented for more than six months now in the village of Wouloumbouni in Mauritania. As Kiva lenders receive their second...

“Impact Investing”, key issue of the 3rd Kusuntu-Orrick Africa Finance Conference
News | 12/02/2015Following the successful organization in November 2012 and November 2013 of two conferences dedicated to Africa Finance, Kusuntu-le-Club, Orrick Rambaud Martel and Investisseurs & Partenaires held on February 12th their third Africa Finance conference, developed this year around the key theme...

I&P celebrates opening of new office and 2nd investment in Ghana
News | 06/02/2015  On the occasion of CEO Jean-Michel Severino’s visit to Accra, I&P organized a launch event on Wednesday 4th February to mark the opening of its new office and the announcement of its second investment in Ghana. The opening of the new office demonstrates I&P’s commitment to...

J.-M. Severino and I&P Team wish you a Happy New Year!
News | 15/01/2015The whole I&P team is wishing you the best for 2015! A perfect time to review the main highlights of 2014 and outlooks for the coming year.>>Read our Newsletter   Some major achievements in 2014, to be pursued in 2015 IP Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE), our fund intended for...

2015, decisive year for the project "Small is Powerful"
News | 14/01/2015Initiated by the photoreporer Joan Bardeletti and Investisseurs & Partenaires, the project "Small is Powerful" aims to propose a new vision of the African continent. Focusing on five Small and Medium Enterprises, the project explores their activities as well as their social and environmental...

Entrepreneur's story : Khadidiatou Nakoulima, NEST (Sénégal)
Entrepreneurs | 14/01/2015Khadidiatou Nakoulima has followed a particularly interesting career path. Soon after her graduation, Khadidiatou decides, with her brother, to launch a medical network for Women and Children in Senegal. The project materialized in 2011 with the opening of a first medical platform, followed by the...

The ambitious agro-industrial project of the Cameroonian company Kawtal.
Entrepreneurs | 13/01/2015The Cameroonian agribusiness company Kawtal, specialized in corn production, plans to develop and diversify its activities in the next few years, as part of a partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture to foster the agricultural potential of the region.  In Cameroon, agriculture...

Top Priorities for the African Continent in 2015: Foresight Report
Intelligence & Analysis | 06/01/2015Since 2010, the Brooking Africa Growth Initiative asks scholars to assess the top priorities for Africa in the coming year. The 2015 report identifies 9 key issues, including the post-2015 agenda, the fight against Ebola or the Presidential elections in Africa. It also identifies 2015 as a crucial...

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