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Abidjan,February 3, 2021 -- African education institutions to be strengthened through I&P Education to Employment (IP2E) and Mastercard Foundation partnership
Paris, February 27, 2020 -- Creation of ACEP Group, a new microfinance group with a goal of empowering African entrepreneurs
Paris, May 6, 2020 -- The Social & Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) accelerates and commits itself alongside entrepreneurs operating in Africa to address the Covid 19 crisis
Paris, July 10, 2020 -- I&P and the European Union launch €15,5 million program "I&P Acceleration in Sahel"
Antananarivo, July 16 -- I&P makes a new investment in Madagascar
Dakar, September 17, 2020 -- The program I&P Acceleration Technologies is expanding in the tech sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nairobi, September 24, 2020 -- I&P opens new office in Kenya, stepping up its activity in East Africa
Abidjan, 10 décembre 2020 -- StarNews Mobile raises first funds with Investisseurs & Partenaires
Paris, July 12, 2019 -- Key Takeaways from the feasibility study conducted by Ferdi, in partnership with I&P and Monaco
Paris, February 12, 2019 -- Second closing of the fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2)
Paris, January 28, 2019 -- The fund IPAE 1 completes two exits with strategic partners
Monaco, January 15, 2019 -- Partnership between I&P and the Government of Monaco to create the first impact fund dedicated to education in Africa || Download the Press Kit
Paris, November 15, 2018 -- I&P launches the blog "Entreprenante Afrique", in partnership with Ferdi and the African Club of Entrepreneurs
Paris, October 09, 2018 -- I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2) carries out its first investments
Paris, September 24, 2018 -- IPDEV 2 reaches its final closing and accelerates the launch of 10 impact funds in Sub-Saharan Africa
Paris, July 17, 2018 -- Publication of the 6th ESG & Impact Reporting of the fund IPAE 1
Abidjan, March 29, 2018 -- Launch of Comoé Capital, first impact fund dedicated to SMEs in Côte d'Ivoire
Antananarivo, February 9, 2018 -- Launch of Miarakap, Malagasy impact fund supported by IPDEV 2
Paris, December 21, 2017 -- I&P obtains the B Corp™ Certificate
Paris, December 11, 2017 -- I&P launches new impact fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2, with a target size of €80 million
Abidjan, November 14, 2017 -- I&P and the Jacobs Foundation launch the Education Impact Fund in Côte d'Ivoire
Paris, July 7, 2017 -- Investisseurs & Partenaires launches I&P Conseil, a "lab" to support the emergence of African SMEs
Paris, June 8, 2017 -- The fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs inaugurates 3 new industrial projects
Dakar, April 13, 2017 -- Teranga Capital makes its first investment to accelerate the development of OuiCarry
Fontainebleau, October 21, 2016 -- I&P co-organizes its 5th training seminar, dedicated this year on communication and branding issues
Paris, October 6, 2016 -- I&P and USAID partner to accelerate small growing businesses in the Sahel region
Paris, September 28, 2016 -- J.-M. Severino and J. Hajdenberg publish a new book: "Enterprising Africa"
Paris, September 26, 2016 -- I&P completes two new exits of the portfolio IPDEV1
Paris, August 1st, 2016 -- The fund IPAE invests in 3 pan-African companies
Accra, June 22, 2016 -- I&P participates to PEG's $7,5 million round to expand solar energy activities in West Africa
Abidjan, June 2, 2016 -- Launch of the African Club of Entrepreneurs
Paris, May 27, 2016 -- First operational and impact evaluation of the fund IPAE
Dakar, March 16, 2016 -- Launch of Teranga Capital, first impact fund dedicated to African SMEs
Ouagadougou, February,8 -- Launch of Sinergi Burkina, a new financing solutions for SMEs in Burkina Faso
Press Release: launch of the web-documentary Small is Powerful (09/09/2015)
Press Release: I&P publishes the third annual ESG & Impact Reporting (02/07/2015)
Press release - Monaco signs funding agreement to support the project IPDEV2 - 16/02/2015
Press release - I&P celebrates 2nd investment and opening of new office in Ghana - 06/02/2015
Press Release - I&P publishes a handbook to foster investments in African SGBs - 26/05/2015
Press Release - 3rd annual ESG and Impact Reporting of the Fund IPAE - 02/07/2015
Press release - 3 new countries are entering in I&P AFRIQUE ENTREPRENEURS's portfolio - 10/13/2014
Press release - IPDEV is awarded a €1 million grant from the AAFC - 9/30/2014
Press release - IPAE fund celebrates its second anniversary with two new deals - 5/28/2014
Press release - I&P partners with crowdfunding platform Kiva - 2/04/2014
Press release - IPDEV undergoes its 8th exit with COLASER - 2/17/2014
Press kit - Opening of I&P's new office in Ivory Coast - 1/28/2014
Press kit - Opening of I&P's new office in Madagascar - 5/9/2013
Press release - Third closing of the impact investment PE fund "I&P Development II" - 10/14/2013
Press release - Final closing of the private Equity Fund “I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs" (IPAE) at Eur 53,9 Million - 21/05/2012
You will find below additional documents and resources to learn more about I&P's activities :
Useful documents I&P's publications Impact Reports
I&P in the media
In this article from Le Figaro, Anne Cheyvialle describes the rise of the Burkinabe agricultural processing company Agroserv, now the leading player in the maize value chain in Burkina Faso and on its way to becoming one of the most important players in West Africa, and how I...
Sophie Ménager's interview in Jeune Afrique: "Creating innovative and competitive SMEs in Sahel"
04/08/2022Sophie Ménager, director of I&P Acceleration in Sahel and coordinator of association I&P Entrepreneurs and Development (IPED), gave an interview to Jeune Afrique to explain the vocation and the first results of the program.
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Learn more about I&P Acceleration...
Jean-Michel Severino, CEO of Investisseurs & Partenaires, discusses the major challenges facing the African continent in an interview for the blog Ideas for Development (ID4D), coordinated by the French Development Agency. These challenges and opportunities, which are absolutely...
Disrupt Africa recently published an interview of Hugues Vincent-Genod, Investment Officer at I&P. He presents I&P's investment thesis and the project IPDEV 2, consisting in launching ten investment funds in ten African countries.
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Interview of E. Debled for IBA: “The purpose of I&P is to maximize the impacts of our investees”
18/02/2016Emilie Debled, Public Relations and Business Development Director at I&P, was interviewed by the platform Inclusive Business Accelerator (IBA).
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The Inclusive Business Accelerator aims to facilitate the acceleration of impactful entrepreneurship in Base of...
Jean-Michel Severino, President of Investisseurs & Partenaires since 2011, is interviewed by Samir Abdelkrim (Le Monde Afrique) to present to fund IPDEV2.
Conceived as an incubator and sponsor of African funds, IPDEV2 has recently announced its first closing at 9.5...
El Pais Semanal, the weekly supplement of the Spanish newspaper El Pais publishes a 8-pages portfolio of the projet Small is Powerful.
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Most widely read newspaper of Spain with an audience of over 2 million daily...
PROPARCO just released its 21st quartely publication "Private Sector and Development". This issue focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Africa. As stated by Anne Pogham (CEO of the French Development Agency) in the introduction: "CSR represents a twofold...
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