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 ...

Supporting Ivorian SMEs: A Review of 20 Years of I&P activities
News | 09/06/2022This year, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is celebrating its 20th anniversary!  For this occasion, I&P organized a meeting in Abidjan at the beginning of June in order to gather all its partners and companies and to present an overview of its achievements in Côte d'Ivoire...

Miarakap Usaid Programme Mitsiry Koloina Ramaromandray
Miarakap and USAID Madagascar launch MITSIRY: a program that aims to support and finance Malagasy companies and start-ups with high social and environmental impact
News | 27/05/2022  Understanding the need to combine economic considerations with biodiversity conservation, USAID, MIARAKAP and the private sector are partnering to develop integrated sustainable development activities that preserve biodiversity-rich landscapes, improve the quality of life of local...

Newsletter of April - May & Edito by Carole RAMELLA
News | 10/05/2022  The April-May 2022 Newsletter is available! The newsletter notably contains: ⇒ An editorial signed by Carole Ramella, Managing Director of GFA Consulting and member of the IPAE 2 Investment Committy ⇒ A review of the latest IPAE 2 fund investments (HerI in Madagascar...

Understanding the impact of the war in Ukraine on African economies
Intelligence & 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 program
News | 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...

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