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Français Focus on SECAS, a Senegalese company promoting local cerealsEntrepreneurs | 29/07/2021 I&P met with Mrs. Bineta Koné Coulibaly, President of SECAS, and Mrs. Ndèye Anta Coulibaly Ba, General Manager. Launched in 1992, SECAS (formerly known as "La Vivrière") is a Senegalese SME specialized in the processing and marketing of local cereals. The company is supported by... |
 I&P organizes a masterclass dedicated to funding solutions for companies in CameroonNews | 27/07/2021On July 21st, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), in partnership with the Cameroon Chamber of Commerce and the European Union, organized a masterclass dedicated to funding solutions for SMEs in Cameroon ( from microfinance to equity investment). During this event, several financial and legal... |
 Publication of July Newsletter, with an editorial signed by Koen Doens (European Commission)News | 15/07/2021 The latest edition of our newsletter is online! This newsletter notably includes: • An editorial signed by Koen Doens, Director-General DG INTPA, European Commission (see below) • A zoom on the latest investments of the fund IPAE 2 • An interview of Angéline Yougbaré Traoré,... |
 The fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 welcomes four new African SMEs in the portfolioNews | 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 FasoNews | 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 MadagascarEntrepreneurs | 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.mgEntrepreneurs | 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 ZephyrEntrepreneurs | 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 selectedNews | 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... |