AFD and Investisseurs & Partenaires launch the program I&P digital energy, with a €4 million funding by the European Commission
News | 18/07/2022  The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), in partnership with Gaia Impact Fund, are announcing the launch of I&P Digital Energy, a program designed to support the growth and development of a dozen start-ups and SMEs that offer solutions...

PORTRAIT entrepreneur : Siaka Sanon, CEO of Agroserv Industrie
Entrepreneurs | 12/07/2022  Agroserv Industrie, the latest investment realized by the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2) funds, is a company specializing in maize transformation and commercialization in Burkina Faso. This is a good opportunity to look back on the journey of Siaka Sanon, at the head of the...

Sinergi Burkina, a pioneering impact investing fund in Burkina Faso, makes its first exit
News | 12/07/2022  After five years of successful collaboration, Sinergi Burkina is making its first exit by withdrawing from the capital of Agroserv Industrie, a company specializing in the agri-food processing of maize. This exit is on the promoter and new investors, including I&P (through the I&P...

I&P welcomes a new company in its portfolio: DELTA SA, Senegal
News | 08/07/2022  Investisseurs & Partenaires, through its fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2), is announcing a new equity investment: DELTA SA, a Senegalese company specialized in the sanitation and construction sector. I&P is carrying out its 10th equity investment in Senegal. ...

Mialy Ranaivoson Job Zongo Lead Campus 2022
"Lead Campus - Sustainable Leadership In Africa'': Mialy Ranaivoson and Job Zongo complete their journeys
News | 08/07/2022    Mialy Ranaivoson and Job Zongo, respectively Investment Director of the IPAE fund and Managing Director of Sinergi Burkina, graduate with their "Lead Campus: sustainable leadership in Africa" 2022 executive certificates.   The closing ceremony of this second class,...

Afrikamart raises funds from Teranga Capital and other international investors
News | 07/07/2022Afrikamart, a Senegalese agritech that facilitates the collection, transport, and trade of fresh market garden produce and vegetables, has just completed its first round of funding from Senegalese investors, including the impact fund Teranga Capital, sponsored by I&P. Read the press release...

Enko Education raises new funds to develop its educational model
Entrepreneurs | 01/07/2022  End of May 2022, Enko Education announced the closing of its fundraising. The enterprise, supported by I&P since 2016, actively develops a network of international schools in sub-Saharan Africa. Its objective is to free students' potential across Africa by improving access to well-...

I&P Acceleration in Sahel: End of the first edition of the Investment Readiness training
News | 22/06/2022In June, I&P gathered in Abidjan the first cohort of entrepreneurship support organizations (ESO) for a second training workshop. This meeting also marked the end of Investment Readiness training, which is the third component of I&P Acceleration in Sahel, funded by the European Union....

Round table I&P Education to Employment: the Senegalese educational ecosystem reflects on itself
News | 14/06/2022  I&P Education to Employment (IP2E), a funding program developed in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, for entrepreneurs in the education sector (“edupreneurs”), organized a round table on Tuesday, May 24, on the theme "Senegal: education and impact finance, how to collaborate?"...

E'Sens: promoting local citrus production in Côte d'Ivoire
Entrepreneurs | 12/06/2022Located in the heart of the Sassandra region, West of Abidjan, in Côte d'Ivoire, Epices et Essences de Côte d'Ivoire (E'Sens) produces citrus-based essential oils (bigarade, bergamot). This young start-up with high impact potential is supported by the I&P Acceleration in the Sahel program ...

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