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I&P published its 20th newsletter (January edition) to present its best whishes for 2018 and review important events of the past 3 months.

In this edition: editorial signed by Jean-Michel Severino, CEO of Investisseurs & Partenaires • Launch of the new fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs II • Tribute to Patrice Hoppenot, I&P's founder • Publication of "15 years, 15 lessons from Africa"

To celebrate its 15th birthday, I&P published a short movie presenting our approach and our main impacts.

The movie is introduced by Jean-Michel Severino, CEO of I&P, and one of I&P's partners, the Cameroonian entrepreneur Gabriel Fopa!

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Discover our 15th anniversary movie:

Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is proud to join the community of certified B Corp™ companies, an independent label gathering mission-driven businesses globally. Certified B Corps meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

On the occasion of celebrating fifteen years of investment, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), the impact investing group dedicated to Small and Medium Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the first closing of IPAE 2, a new impact fund combining performance and impact.

I&P, Comoé Capital, and the Jacobs Foundation are launching a new impact fund dedicated to education in Côte d’Ivoire, the Education Impact Fund (EIF).

David Munnich, Chief Operations Officer at I&P, participates from October 10 to 13^th to the annual SOCAP conference, an event dedicated to increasing the flow of capital toward social good.

A landmark event, SOCAP brings together thousands of impact investors, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, business leaders and innovative cross-sector practitioners.  

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).

Investisseurs & Partenaires participates to the annual conference organized by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) from September 25 to 27.

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.

COGELEC ENERGY is an engineering company specialized in electrical line construction, rural electrification and distribution and maintenance of electrical and hydraulic equipment, spanning the whole territory of Senegal.