Impact Management Principles: I&P publishes its disclosure statement
News | 09/07/2020I&P was one of the founding signatory of the Operating Principles for Impact Management,  a market standard for the impact investing sector, defined by the International Finance Corporation. A year after the launch, I&P is presenting its first annual Disclosure Statement. This...

Publication of the ESG and Impact reports of IPAE 1 and IPAE 2
News | 08/07/2020  Inaugurated in 2012, I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 1 (IPAE 1) fund closed its investment period in 2017 with 29 African SMEs in its portfolio. The publication of this annual report, in a period of disinvestment, thus allows us to evaluate the main impacts of the fund and its portfolio...

An article relates the story of Ghanaian company Eden Tree
Entrepreneurs | 24/06/2020  The online magazine "How we made it in Africa" publishes an interview of Catherine Krobo Edusei, CEO and founder of Eden Tree. The company, supported by IPAE 1 since 2015, has become the leading independent provider of fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs in Ghana. The article relates the...

The GIINs launches the 10th edition of the Annual Impact Investor Survey
Intelligence & Analysis | 12/06/2020  The 2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey is the 10th edition of the GIIN’s flagship report, which provides a comprehensive overview of the impact investing market. This edition captures data from 294 of the world’s leading impact investors, who collectively manage USD 404 billion of impact...

Enko Education opens a new primary school in Burkina Faso
Entrepreneurs | 10/06/2020  The African international network Enko Education announced today the launch of a new primary school in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In order to meet the growing demand from parents, this school will be the primary section of the international school Enko Ouaga Campus. Enko Ouaga Campus...

Social & Inclusive Camp 2020: the call for applications is open!
News | 06/05/2020  After being imagined and incubated by the AFD Campus du Développement, the SIBC will be piloted over the next three years by I&P Conseil and its partners - African Management Institute, ScaleChanger and StartupBRICS - to accelerate its deployment, particularly in Africa. Registrations...

How I&P responds to the Covid-19 crisis
News | 29/04/2020  As an impact investor dedicated to African SMEs, I&P bears a specific responsibility in the response to be brought to the economic crisis that is hitting the African continent, perhaps even more than the health crisis. We are pleading for public policies to take the necessary...

Entrepreneur's Portrait: Mieja Vola Rakotonarivo
Entrepreneurs | 28/04/2020  We met with Mieja Vola Rakotonarivo, Managing Director of the Malagasy company Nutri'zaza. Mieja is featured in the book Bâtisseurs d'Afrique, recently published by Eyrolles, which relates the journeys of eleven determined entrepreneurs accompanied by I&P.    ...

I&P presents the book " Bâtisseurs d'Afrique " : 11 inspiring portraits of African entrepreneurs
News | 21/04/2020  I&P is pleased to announce the publication of the book Bâtisseurs d'Afrique, published by Editions Eyrolles (in French only for now). Its author, Nathalie Madeline, met with 11 entrepreneurs accompanied by I&P, and traces their different journeys. In this uncertain time due to the...

COVID-19 : Enko Education is implementing distance learning in all its schools
Entrepreneurs | 01/04/2020  In March 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the whole world, all the Enko Education schools have closed their doors, for a period still uncertain.To cope with the closure of its 15 international African schools and ensure continuity in education, Enko Education ...

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