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Français Understanding the impact of the war in Ukraine on African economiesIntelligence & Analysis | 05/05/2022 If African countries did not speak out on the current conflict in Ukraine during the UN vote in early March, the continent does not escape the fallout of the war. The war in Ukraine causes an increase in the price of foodstuffs. African countries import many agricultural products... |
 Ghana: two EdTech companies join I&P Education to Employment programNews | 04/05/2022 The I&P Education to Employment program, a partnership between Investisseurs & Partenaires and the Mastercard Foundation, aims to strengthen the resilience of 30 educational entrepreneurs across Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal. In Ghana, two technology companies, Codetrain and... |
 Focus on Eugenia Adofo, a new team member in our US officeNews | 03/05/2022 At the beginning of 2022, I&P welcomed Eugenia Adofo in the team. Based in the Washington DC office, she coordinates relationships with I&P’s stakeholders and partners in the North American region. We asked her a few questions to explore in more detail her activities across the... |
 IPAE 2 fund continues its deployment and welcomes three new companies in its portfolioNews | 26/04/2022 During the first quarter, the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE2) impact fund stood out for its active investment pace, welcoming three new companies with high growth potential into its portfolio in the space of a few months, in Côte d'Ivoire and Madagascar. The IPAE 2 portfolio,... |
 Journey of an entrepreneur: Malick Sy, Founder and former General Manager of CAMED (Mali), 1st investment of I&PEntrepreneurs | 22/04/2022 2022 is a special year for I&P, who is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. On this occasion, we reconnected with Malick Sy, owner and former CEO of CAMED, the first company financed by I&P in 2002. Pharmacist, Malick Sy studied at the University of Bamako,... |
 Lost in impact : une nouvelle cartographie pour les aventuriers du sens [Working Paper - Ferdi]News | 20/04/2022 Severino, J-M. (2022) "Lost in impact : une nouvelle cartographie pour les aventuriers du sens", Ferdi WP302, mars. Impact, sens. Le merveilleux film de Sofia Coppola, « Lost in Translation », de 2003, disserte avec génie sur la rencontre, le mal-être, le langage, l’isolement... |
 I&P Education to Employment: two Senegalese higher education institutions join the portfolioEntrepreneurs | 06/04/2022 I&P Education to Employment (IP2E), in association with Mastercard Foundation, enters into partnerships with two Senegalese higher education institutions. ... |
 Exiting an African SME: The experience of an impact investor committed to the continent for 20 yearsNews | 04/04/2022 I&P has specialized for 20 years in financing and supporting SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although our activities have gradually expanded (seed financing, consulting, training, etc.), private equity remains I&P's core business. The issue of exits is integral to the... |
 I&P exits Delta IrrigationEntrepreneurs | 31/03/2022 I&P, through its fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 1 (IPAE 1), announces a new exit: the sale of its shares in the Senegalese company Delta Irrigation to CMGP, a strategic player in the irrigation sector, which shares the long-term vision of Delta Irrigation's promoter. Delta... |
 Afrique Créative entrepreneurs meet for the second time in BootcampNews | 29/03/2022 For the second edition of the Afrique Créative program, the eight entrepreneurs of the cohort participated in a Bootcamp in Tunis on the themes of preparing for fundraising and measuring their impact. The following participated in the event: The Burkinabe company BiiBop... |