I&P's July newsletter is now online
News | 15/07/2014   Edito: Ann-Katrin DoliumNew investment committee member of the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs fund specialized in environmental, social and governance impacts "Beyond my duties as Director of Corporate Relations of the Africa/MENA-region in VIGEO I have...

IPAE Annual ESG/Impact Report now Online
News | 04/07/2014Every year our ESG/Impacts team collects and agregates a series of impact indicators from our I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs portfolio investees (11 companies this year). Collected figures will serve a global study to measure economic, environmental, social and governance impacts generated by our...

"Small and Growing: Entrepreneurship in African Agriculture" A Montpellier Panel Report
Intelligence & Analysis | 01/07/2014This report was authored by Agriculture for Impact, an advocacy initiative that convenes the Montpellier Panel to encourage better European donor support for the advancement of agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. The members of the Montpellier panel expose how investment in rural...

"Entrepreneurs are building Africa's future" - Africa In Fact's last issue
Intelligence & Analysis | 16/06/2014Good Governance Africa's latest newsletter (June 2014) put special highlights on the African entrepreneurs. John Endres, CEO of GGA, signed an edito underlining the fierce committment these entrepreneurs take towards their economic and social context by elavating local standards and challenging...

Growth With Depth - 2014 African Transformation Report by the ACET
Intelligence & Analysis | 03/06/2014The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) is an economic institute supporting Africa's long-term growth through transformation. Their vision is that by 2025 all African countries will drive their own growth and transformation agendas, led by the private sector and supported by capable...

Oxus RDC on France 24
Entrepreneurs | 02/06/2014France 24 shot in Kinshasa this week for a special edition about the entrepreneurship in Democratic Republic of Congo.While the African continent is undergoing a fast-growing economic transformation, DRC still suffers from a strong crisis and struggles for development. On the other hand, foreign...

19% more capital committed to impact investments in 2014 -JP Morgan & GIIN survey
Intelligence & Analysis | 21/05/2014125 of the world’s largest impact investors, including fund managers, banks, foundations, development finance institutions, and pension funds surveyed by J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) expect to commit 19% more capital to impact investments in 2014 compared to 2013, as...

A 46% increase in capital invested in Emerging Markets over 1 year
Intelligence & Analysis | 19/05/2014According to EMPEA’s latest industry statistics, private equity firms raised US$6.5 billion through 41 emerging markets funds in the first quarter of 2014, compared to US$8.0 billion in capital raised from the same number of funds in the first quarter of 2013. In Q1 2014, fund managers deployed US$...

3 questions to Djibo Ibrahima
Entrepreneurs | 15/05/2014Why did a graduated engineer chose to take the  path of entrepreneurship ?After my studies, though I graduated as a Mining Engineer, I was certain not to work in the public administration and I already knew that at the time, only 2 mining companies were recruiting and they were already cutting...

JM Severino speaker at the Graduate Institute of Geneva
News | 13/05/2014The Graduate Insitute is a research establishment specialized in teaching International Relations. The core academic reflexion is dedicated to development issues within a view to foster a certain global responsability within the decision-making. Jean-Michel Severino tackled this specific theme...

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