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Français First women's commercial bank launched in Uganda!In The Press | 23/01/2014Uganda Finance Trust and CEO Anne Nakawunde celebrated last week the issue of its Banking Licence by the Ugandan Central Bank :" It all started with a group of women. Driven by the dream of financial freedom, they carried the hopes of other women and many low income people in Uganda that... |
 Jean-Michel Severino will take part to the European Development Days 2013Intelligence & Analysis | 26/11/2013Today Jean-Michel Severino will take part at the European Development Days 2013, on the subject " Financing beyond ODA - How better mobilize all resources for development financing? "View the program |
 Mialy Ranaivoson presents Nutrizaz'a at the European Development DaysIntelligence & Analysis | 26/11/2013I&P Madagascar's investment officer Mialy Ranaivoson will present today the case study on Nutrizaz'a, a social initiative turning into a social business, during the European Development Days in Brussels.She will also present IPDEV new... |
 Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in AfricaIntelligence & Analysis | 20/11/2013Mc Kinsey plublished a report intitled "Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa ". According to the report " Only 16 percent of the population is online, and the Internet’s contribution to GDP is half that in other emerging regions. But the lions are now stirring. A... |
 JM Severino is giving a speech at Europhilantopics - EVPA conferenceNews | 14/11/2013Jean-Michel Severino is giving a speech at Philantopics on " What role can philanthropists and policymakers play in nurturing economic growth and social change in Sub-Saharan Africa?" Voir le programme |
 The funding gap for SMEs in developing countries reaches $ 2 000 billion according to IFCIntelligence & Analysis | 13/11/2013"The funding gap for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries reached 2,000 billion dollars," according to the report of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).SMEs are facing many challenges in developing countries, however, access to finance remains by far the main... |
 A new economic path for Sub-Saharan African countries through Private Impact EquityIntelligence & Analysis | 24/10/2013Article by Jean-Michel Severino and Pierrick Baraton Private equity investments are on the rise in Africa and, adjusting for economy size, are as important to the continent as for the average emerging market economy. Download the article IPDEV is now raising funds to develop an innovative... |
 Investing in the Missing Middle for Poverty Alleviation: Small and Growing Businesses, the subject of the ANDE reportIntelligence & Analysis | 15/10/2013Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs), defined as growth-oriented firms employing between 5 and 250 people, and seeking between $20,000 and $2 million in investment capital. These are small firms with the potential to grow and generate economic development and job creation, but face constraints to... |
 Erik Orsenna, French novelist and member of the Académie Française, sponsors IPDEV’s fundraisingNews | 30/09/2013More than twenty years ago, and with Eric Fottorino and Christophe Guillemin, we wrote a book called “Need of Africa” (*). There was no lack of pitying smiles and sneers. We were treated, at best, as “good people”.Today the situation has changed. The continent to our south is growing fast. It has a... |
 IOT a sea cucumber enterprise, a model for aquaculture investmentIn The Press | 31/07/2013Farming Sea Cucumbers in Malagasy VillagesBlue Ventures’ project builds on research by the Universities of Belgium and Mons, in a partnership with the Malagasy University of Toliara’s Institute of Fisheries and Marine Science, which have developed a patented method of sea cucumber hatchery... |