The fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 welcomes four new African SMEs in the portfolio
News | 14/07/2021  Since April 2021, the impact fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE2) pursues an active pace of investment, welcoming four new companies in its portfolio, in Ghana (XpressGas, Zeepay), in Kenya (EdPartners Africa) and Cameroon (Pigier Cameroun). Let's have a look on these various...

Afrique Créative Edition #2 is on !
News | 12/07/2021  126 applications were received during the call for applications which lasted from April 19th to May 5th. The 82 eligible applications were reviewed and evaluated by the national partner incubator, an institutional representative (AFD, French Embassy or Institut français), and a partner...

Interview with Angéline Yougbaré Traoré, founder of Maison Fenel in Burkina Faso
News | 08/07/2021Last June, I&P went to meet Angéline Yougbaré Traoré, a young entrepreneur who founded Maison Fenel, a company specialized in the production and marketing of fashion accessories made from local woven fabrics (Faso Dan Fani) and the first company run by a woman who benefited from I&P...

I&P Acceleration Technologies makes a new investment: Sayna in Madagascar
Entrepreneurs | 30/06/2021  I&P Acceleration Technologies, a program dedicated to African digital startups led by Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), and Miarakap, an impact investment company dedicated to financing and supporting high-potential small and medium-sized enterprises in Madagascar, are...

Miarakap finances the Malagasy start-up Supermarche.mg
Entrepreneurs | 24/06/2021  Supermarché.mg, the Malagasy home delivery startup makes its first fundraising with Miarakap, three years after its launch.       Supermarche.mg, a key player in the growing e-commerce intdutry in Madagascar The startup was founded in 2018 by Manitra...

Ed Partners Africa (Kenya) raises fund from I&P, Acumen and Zephyr
Entrepreneurs | 23/06/2021  Nairobi-based Ed Partners Africa, an affordable private schools financing company, has raised US $1.9m (Ksh205 million) to expand its presence and enable the unserved affordable private schools market access to credit. The funds were raised from from Acumen, I&P (through its fund I...

I&P Acceleration in Sahel: a first cohort of entrepreneurship support structures selected
News | 17/06/2021Through I&P Acceleration in Sahel, financed by the European Union, I&P launched on Friday June 11 its first training program for entrepreneurship support structures (incubators, acceleration centers, start-up studios...) in the Sahel sub-region. The first cohort, which has just been...

I&P Acceleration in Sahel: Seed funding, an essential tool for the take-off and development of Sahelian SMEs (short video).
News | 20/05/2021  Little desired by investors, the Sahel region is nevertheless a breeding ground for entrepreneurs and innovative projects, stimulating local growth and promoting job creation. Difficult access to funding and skills are the major issues preventing the development of these companies and...

2nd Quaterly Newsletter, with an editorial by Stéphanie Cohn Rupp
News | 06/05/2021  I&P's newsletter for April/May 2021 is online! In this newsletter : an editorial signed Stéphanie Cohn Rupp, reflecting on Impact Assets 50 and education issues in Sub-Saharan Africa; a focus on the 4th edition of the Social & Inclusive Business Camp and an interview of Ranto...

New Crystal attains new ISO certifications
Entrepreneurs | 03/05/2021  New Crystal Health Services, Ghana’s leading private health care group dedicated to the urban poor, has recently attained ISO certifications in the following: ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and ISO 45001:2018. This is an important step for New Crystal, financed by our fund I&P...

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