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IPDEV2, the first incubator and sponsor of African impact funds, held the signing of its first closing on October 20^th 2015. While three funds are already operational, in Niger, Burkina Faso and Senegal, IPDEV2 aims to build a network of 10 impact funds in 10 African countries over the next 10 years, in order to finance the small and early-stage businesses of the continent.

Investisseurs & Partenaires has been selected for the ImpactAssets 50 2015 (IA 50), a free, publically available online resource for impact investors and their advisors. The IA 50, now in its fifth year, is the first publically available database of private debt and equity impact investment fund managers.  

From September 30 to October 2, the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) helds its annual conference, targeted at senior-level executives of ANDE member organizations, including leading investors, capacity development providers, foundations, banks, corporations, DFIs and research institutions. Read more

The €54 million I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE) fund, managed by Investisseurs & Partenaires, has recently invested, as minority stakeholders, in two companies based in West Africa.

Both of them demonstrate the great innovation capacity of African SMEs, as they play a pioneering role in their respective domains of activity.

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From 13 to 15 October, more than 50 entrepreneurs will be gathered for the 4^th edition of I&P’s annual training seminar, dedicated to the partner companies. The seminar will address the key issues related to employees’ recruitment and loyalty, based on the following question: how to enhance enterprise performance through employee motivation?

As stated by Omar Cissé and Olivier Furdelle in the edito of the 10th newsletter published by Investisseurs & Partenaires, "access to finance shoult not be an obstacle to entrepreneurship in Africa".