Khadidiatou Nakoulima has followed a particularly interesting career path. Soon after her graduation, Khadidiatou decides, with her brother, to launch a medical network for Women and Children in Senegal. The project materialized in 2011 with the opening of a first medical platform, followed by the opening of a maternity ward in 2013.
The ambitious agro-industrial project of the Cameroonian company Kawtal.
The Cameroonian agribusiness company Kawtal, specialized in corn production, plans to develop and diversify its activities in the next few years, as part of a partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture to foster the agricultural potential of the region.
ACEP Madagascar and Nutri'Zaza: Main findings of the Impact Evaluation Reports
Investisseurs & Partenaires and Planète d'Entrepreneurs have carried two extensive impact studies on two SMES established in Madagascar: Nutri'Zaza and ACEP Madagascar.
Read the Repot on Nutri'Zaza (in French)
SINERGI Niger exits from 2 companies of its portfolio
SINERGI is an impact investment company founded in Niger in 2007 by IPDEV. Its investment strategy has been very entrepreneurial: SINERGI invests exclusively in start-ups and early-stage small growing businesses (SGBs), most of which are in formalization or still in the informal sector.
First reimbursement on Kiva loan from CDS (Mauritania)
Kiva users who funded our pilot crowdfunding project received their first reimbursement last week from CDS via I&P Développement. The loan was dedicated to set up new solar water pumps in replacement for old oil-fueled pumps in the southern village of Wolomboni in Mauritania.
3 questions to Djibo Ibrahima
Why did a graduated engineer chose to take the path of entrepreneurship ?
Oxus RDC on France 24
France 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.
CDS Crowdfunding Project now on line on Kiva
Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) just released on Kiva, a webplatform for participative finance, a funding campaign for CDS, a Mauritanian company in IPDEV’s portfolio since 2010 and managed by Sidi Khalifou.
CAT Logistics, operating partner of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali
Kawtal merges with Sagex, an IPDEV investee company in Cameroon
Investisseurs & Partenaires gets into Kawtal Ndmeri’s capital thanks to its merger with Sagex, a company of which I&P is a shareholder since 2009. Both work on the rural lands of the Wassandé site which was conceded by Cameroon’s state.