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NEWSLETTERS

 

Our quarterly newsletter reviews the latest news from I&P (portfolio, team, etc.) and offers original content (interviews with entrepreneurs, editorials, analysis, etc.).

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2023
January 2023
EDITO • Sébastien Boyé & Jérémy Hajdenberg | FOCUS • Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund | PORTRAIT • Babacar Birame & Adia Gnacko - Concree
 
April 2023
In exclusivity: A joint interview with Maïmouna Baillet and Kim Kamarebe, respectively Director of Sinergi and Inua Capital | Portraits: Ando Randriamalalaharison and Samy Chalier from HERi Madagascar | Focus on educational issues

July 2023
FOCUS : 9th edition of the Entrepreneurs Seminar | OP-ED : What to take away from the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact (and its implications for African SMEs) | PORTRAIT  : Douglas Baguma, Innovex CEO, in Ouganda

October 2023
Focus : Find out our last report : "Using Catalytic Capital to Foster African Entrepreneurs in Underserved Markets”. |  Testimonies : Supporting entrepreneurship, a powerful response to the Sahelian crisis

 

2022
EDITO • Jean-Michel Severino, Jérémy Hajdenberg & Sébastien Boyé | FOCUS • I&P Shares its experience with exits | PORTRAIT • Narcisse Zolla, Founder and Director of Bhélix and Normat (Benin)
 
EDITO • Carole Ramella, GFA Counsulting Limited | FOCUS • Review of the latest IPAE 2 fund investments | PORTRAIT • Malick Sy, former Director of CAMED (Mali)
 
EDITO • Evelyne Dioh Simpa, Managing Director of WIC Capital | FOCUS • I&P and AFD launch the I&P Digital Energy program | PORTRAIT • Siaka Sanon, Managing Director of Agroserv Industrie
 
November 2022
Edito • Mamadou Lamine Loum : Meeting the challenges of development | FOCUS • Manifesto for the financing and support of entrepreneurship in Africa | PORTRAIT • Elliot Agyare, CEO of Smartline Publishers - Ghana
2021
EDITO • Jean-Michel Severino, CEO of Investisseurs & Partenaires | FOCUS • Mastercard Foundation partners with I&P Education to Employment | PORTRAIT • Bagoré Bathily, La Laiterie du Berger
 
EDITO • Stéphanie Cohn Rupp, CEO Veris Wealth Partners  | FOCUS • Closing of the 4th edition of SIBC | PORTRAIT • Ranto Andriambololona, HaiRun Technology and SmartPredict
 
EDITO • Koen Doens,  Director-General INTPA, European Commission | FOCUS • IPAE 2 makes four new investments | PORTRAIT • Angéline Traoré/Yougbarè, Maison Fenel, Burkina Faso
 
November 2021
Edito • Mariam Djibo, Director of Advans Côte d'Ivoire | FOCUS • I&P brings together 10 incubators for a first regional training workshop | PORTRAIT • Wisdom Amegbletor, Founder and Director of New Crystal in Ghana
2020
EDITO • Jean-Michel Severino, CEO of Investisseurs & Partenaires | FOCUS • Closing du fonds IPAE 2 | PORTRAIT • Fréderic Wybo, Ultramaille
 
EDITO • Jean-Michel Severino: I&P's response to the Covid-19 crisis | FOCUS • Publication of the book Bâtisseurs d'Afrique | PORTRAIT • Mieja Vola Rakotonarivo, Nutri'zaza : la réponse d'I&P à la crise du Covid-19
 
EDITO • Nathalie Akon Gabala, Masterard Foundation | FOCUS • Launch of the program I&P Acceleration in Sahel | PORTRAIT • Bachir Rockya Lahilaba, Founder and Director of Sahel Délices
 
EDITO • Samir Abdelkrim, Entrepreneur and author, founder of StartupBRICS, EMERGING Valley & EMERGING Mediterranean | FOCUS • I&P opens new office in Kenya, stepping up its activity in East Africa | PORTRAIT • Rebecca Harrison, Co-founder and Director of the African Management Insitute (AMI)
2019
N° 24 - January 2019
Edito of J.M. Severino, CEO of I&P | Focus: Partnership with the Government of Monaco to launch the first impact fund dedicated to education in Africa | Portrait Myriam Kadio-Morokro Brou, founder and director of the clinic PROCREA

 

N° 25 - April 2019
Edito of Christian Martin, CEO of Ébalé | Focus: I&P Conseil | Portrait Aramatou Coulibaly, CEO of RAMA CEREAL

 

N° 26 - July 2019
Edito of Nicholas Burnett | Focus: I&P Education to Employment | Portrait Fahilery Ramakavelo

 

N° 27 - November 2019
Edito of Mamadou Sanankoua, President of the African Club of Entrepreneurs | Focus: Afrique Créative | Portrait Eric Genêtre and Matthias Papet, co-founder of CoinAfrique

 

2018
N° 20 - January 2018
Edito of J.M. Severino, President of I&P | Focus: launch of I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2) | Portrait of Patrice Hoppenot, founder of I&P

 

N° 21 - April 2018
Edito of Bénédicte Schutz (Coopération Monégasque) | Focus on the launch of Miarakap in Madagascar | Portrait of Sylvie Sagbo, Director of SENAR Les Délices de Lysa

 

N° 22 - July 2018
Edito of Joël Cadier, Chairperson of Comoé Capital| Focus on the launch of Comoé Capital in Côte d'Ivoire | Portrait of Fidèle Diomandé, founder of VALLESSE Editions

 

N° 23 - October 2018
Edito of Stefan Nalletamby, African Development Bank | Focus on IPDEV 2's second closing | Portrait of Anne Merieme and Julien Guige, directors of Afribon

 

2017
N° 16 - January 2017
Edito of J-M Severino | Focus: 15 years of I&P | Portrait: Adedognin Abimobila, NoMad (Bénin)
 
N° 17 - April 2017
Edito of Max de Font-Réaulx | Focus on the IPDEV 2 fund's new investments | Portrait of OuiCarry's three entrepreneurs, Olabissi Adjovi, Youssou Ndiaye and Pape Oumar Yam (Sénégal)
 
N° 18 - July 2017
Edito of Patrick Guillaumont, President of the Ferdi | Focus on the launch of I&P Conseil | Portrait of Mamadou Sanankoua, Director of the group Conergies (Côte d'Ivoire and Mali)
 
N° 19 - October 2017
Edito of Pierre Daubert on 15 years of I&P | Focus on the lessons of experience from I&P's first fund | Portrait of Boureïma Lam, founder of the Société Malienne de Blanchisserie
 
2016
N° 12 - January 2016
Edito of J-M Severino | Portrait of Gatien Adjagboni, director of Tincy Boulangerie (Bénin)
 
N° 13 - April 2016
Edito of Mamadou Lamine Loum | Focus on the inauguration of the first IPDEV 2's sponsored funds: Sinergi Burkina and Teranga Capital | Portrait of Catherine Krobo-Edusei, Eden Tree (Ghana)
 
N° 14 - August 2016
Edito of Manu Dibango | Focus on the three new panafrican investments of I&P | Portrait of Jules Kébé and Sokhna Diagné from Duopharm (Sénégal)
 
N° 15 - October 2016
Edito of Rob Schneider, USAID | Focus on I&P's study 'Investing in Africa's development" | Portrait of Jaco Chan Kit Waye, Director of IOT (Madagascar)
 
2015
N° 8 - January 2015
Edito of Jean-Michel Severino, President d'I&P | Portrait of Khadidiatou Nakoulima, founder and director of NEST (Senegal)
 
N° 9 - April 2015
Edito of Antoine Delaporte, Director of Adenia Partners | Focus on the IPAE fund's 3rd anniversary | Portrait of Folly Koussawo and Seydou Béyé, Trianon (Gabon)
 
N° 10 - July 2015
Edito of Olivier Furdelle and Omar Cissé, founders of Teranga Capital | Focus on the newly published guide 'Investing in African Small and Medium Entreprises" | Portrait of Marcel Ouédraogo, Siatol (Burkina)
 
N° 11 - October 2015
Edito of Paul Derreumaux, founder of the group Bank of Africa | Focus on the launch of the African Club of Entrepreneurs | Portrait of Bakary Coulibaly, ENVAL Laboratoire (Côte d'Ivoire)
 
2014
N° 4 - January 2014
Edito of J-M Severino | Focus on the 360° impact study on the microfinance institution ACEP Cameroon | Portrait of Anne Nakawunde, director of Uganda Finance Trust
 
N° 5 - April 2014
Edito of Joan Bardeletti on the project "Les Grands Moyens" | Focus on the partnership with the crowdfunding platform Kiva | Portrait of Sidi Khalifou, Director of CDS (Mauritania)
 
N° 6 - July 2014
Edito of Ann-Katrin Dolium  | Focus on I&P's ESG & Impact policy |  Portrait of Elizabeth Kacou, Chairperson of Pharmivoire Nouvelle, and Laure Djoukam, Director of CDM
 
N° 7 - October 2014
Edito of Nicholas Colloff (Argidius) and Randall Kempner (ANDE) | Focus: IPDEV 2 receives a 1 million euros grant from the ANDE-Argidius Finance Challenge | Portrait of Djibo Ibrahima, Director of Sinergi Burkina
2013
N° 1 - March 2013
Edito of Jean-Michel Severino | Portrait of JP Imélé, Biotropical (Cameroun)
 
N°2 - June 2013
Edito of JM Severino | Focus on the IPAE fund's first anniversary
 
N° 3 - September 2013
Edito of Eric Orsenna | Launch of the project I&P Développement 2 (IPDEV 2) | Portrait of Bagoré Bathily, founder of La Laiterie du Berger au Senegal.

USEFUL DOCUMENTS

Focus on:

I&P's leaflet (in English | in French)

I&P's annual Impact report

Our last impact study

About I&P

I&P's short presentation

I&P's full presentation

Download I&P's logo

 

Our funds and programs

Presentation of I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE): In English | In French

Presentation of IPDEV 2: In English | In French

 

IMPACT REPORTS

Our annual impact reports

Historically, I&P has measured its impact and achievements in individual reports at the level of our various investment vehicles. I&P publishes also since 2020 an annual report to capture an aggregate picture of the collective results of our mission across the entire organization and team.

 Annual Impact Report 2022

 2021 edition

2020 edition

 

Impact Methodology at I&P (report in partnership with the EVPA)

 

I&P releases annually the ESG & Impact Reporting of the funds under management. A public version of each reporting is avaiable on our website:

I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 1 (IPAE 1)
I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2)
I&P Development

Our in-depth impact studies

I&P conducts every year an in-depth impact study on one of its portfolio's company. These studies give a great insight on the impacts of our partners on their stakeholders (employees, clients, contractors, local communities) and their environment.

 

ITGStore, July 2017
Country: Cameroon
Fund: IPAE

 

SIATOL, Feb. 2016
Country: Burkina Faso
Fund: IPDEV2

 

ACEP Madagascar, Sept-Oct 2014
Country: Madagascar
Fund: IPAE

 

Nutri'Zaza, August-Septembre 2014
Country: Madagascar
Fund: IPDEV1

 

ACEP Cameroun, September 2013
Country: Cameroon
Fund: IPDEV1

Biotropical, Septembre 2012
Country: Cameroon
Fund: IPDEV1

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About I&P
Our Portfolio
Our impact objectives
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