I&P Acceleration in Sahel : Meet Siny Samba and Rémi Filasto, founders of the Senegalese company Le Lionceau
Entrepreneurs | 06/04/2021  Launched in July 2020, Le Lionceau was one of the first companies to benefit from I&P Acceleration in Sahel. As part of this ambitious program for young Sahelian companies, we met Siny Samba and Rémi Filasto, founders of this company that specializes in the production of baby food...

The European Union, in partnership with I&P, funds 28 start-ups in the Sahel region
News | 30/03/2021  Officially launched in July 2020 (press release from 07/10/2020) with the support of the European Union, I&P Acceleration in Sahel program has funded in 6 months 28 growing small businesses in the Sahel sub-region. To boost the development of start-ups in the Sahel sub-region, the...

Jiro-Ve announces a new impact investment to triple access to renewable energy in Madagascar
Entrepreneurs | 11/03/2021  Jiro-Ve, a pioneering company in rural electrification in Madagascar, is completing its last funding round. Besides Miarakap and I&P (through its program I&P Acceleration Technologies), Jiro-Ve has received the backing of the  international humanitarian agency Catholic Relief...

A $50,000 loan to Malian startup Teliman through Kiva
Entrepreneurs | 24/02/2021  The Malian company Teliman, supported by our program I&P Acceleration Technologies, recently received a $50,000 loan through the online platform Kiva. This loan will help the startup provide quality jobs, health insurance, and productive asset ownership to Malian youth moto-taxi...

I&P selected for the ImpactAssets 50 2021 (IA 50)
News | 23/02/2021  Investisseurs  & Partenaires (I&P) has been selected for the third time for the ImpactAssets 50 2021, a free online database for impact investors, family offices, financial advisors and institutional investors that features a diversified listing of private capital fund...

StarNews Mobile Joins Snap Inc.’s Yellow Accelerator 2021
Entrepreneurs | 18/02/2021  StarNews Mobile, a start-up specialized in the field of mobile video that achieved a first fundraising with I&P, announced it has joined the fourth Snap Inc.’s Yellow Accelerator, a program launched in May 2018 for entrepreneurs working at the intersection of content creation and...

I&P realizes 11 new seed funding in Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali
News | 15/02/2021  Launched in July 2020 with the support of the European Union through the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (UTF), the I&P Acceleration in Sahel program has provided a dozen new seed funding these last months.         A program to accelerate the development of...

A conversation with Bagoré Bathily, Founder of La Laiterie du Berger in Senegal
Entrepreneurs | 03/02/2021  In 2004, Bagoré Bathily launched in Senegal La Laiterie du Berger, a company dedicated to promoting locally produced milk. From the very beginning, the company received support from I&P, which was also just getting started at the time. The company has come a long way since: a well-...

African education institutions to be strengthened through I&P Education to Employment (IP2E) and Mastercard Foundation partnership
News | 03/02/2021  Today, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), via I&P Education to Employment (IP2E), announced a partnership with the Mastercard Foundation that will support businesses in the education sector to recover from the impact of COVID-19. Find out more about our program I&P...

Rensource and Premium Poultry team up with Empower to deploy solar energy project to poultry farm
Entrepreneurs | 07/01/2021  Rensource, a leading West African renewable energy services provider supported by I&P since 2020, is deploying a 700 KWp solar photo-voltaic plant to Nigeria´s largest egg producer, Premium Poultry Farms. The project is led in partnership with the Norwegian impact investment...

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