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Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) co-organises two sessions during the European Development Days, held in Brussels on June 3 and 4, to present the project Small is Powerful. Initiated by I&P and the photographer Joan Bardeletti, the project investigates the impacts of five African SME and aims to show how African small enterprises contribute to the development of the continent.

Investisseurs & Partenaires published this week the handbook "Investing in Africa's Small and Growing Businesses", a new tool to foster the development of early-stage SME investment in Africa and encourage the rise of new investors on the continent.

Investisseurs & Partenaires publishes its quaterly newsletter and takes this opportunity to provide an overview of the fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs, launched in 2012. Antoine Delaporte*, Managing Director of Adenia Partners and member of the IPAE investment committee, signs the editorial of the ninth newsletter.

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Three years after launching the fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE), time has come to provide a rapid overview on current investments and future prospects. Since 2012, IPAE has committed a total amount of 20 million euros to support 20 companies located in 11 African countries. 20 new investments will be carried out by the end of the investment period, in 2018.

Commitments are in line with the investment strategy of the fund

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. 

Following 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 12^th their third Africa Finance conference, developed this year around the key theme of ‘’impact investing’’. The conference gathered 30 speakers and about 150 participants.

Initiated 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 impacts.