Fight against stereotypes on Africa with the web-documentary Small is Powerful
News | 11/09/2015The project Small is Powerful, initiated by Joan Bardeletti and Investisseurs & Partenaires, takes a major step forward with the launch of a dedicated web-documentary at the Forum Convergences, in Paris, and during the debates organized by the Monde Afrique in Abidjan. Broadcasted in...

Nutri’zaza director shares her experience at the Wolrd Forum Convergences
Entrepreneurs | 08/09/2015    On Setpember 8, 2015, the director of the Madagascan company Nutri'zaza, Mieja Vola Rakotonarivo, participated to the workshop "What is a responsible social business?" organized by the Forum Convergences.   The workshop was moderated by Cécile Lapenu and gathered...

Convergences Investisseurs et Partenaires
I&P participates to the Forum Convergences, September 7-9th
News | 04/09/2015  The 8th edition of the Forum Convergences will take place from September 7th to 8th in Paris, and will be focused on the topic ‘’Zero exclusion, zero carbon, zero poverty”. Launched in 2008, Convergences has become one of the main platforms for international development actors....

Les Grands Moyens Investisseurs et Partenaires
El País publishes a porfolio on the project Small is Powerful
In The Press | 03/09/2015    El Pais Semanal, the weekly supplement of the Spanish newspaper El Pais publishes a 8-pages portfolio of the projet Small is Powerful. ► Download the portfolio       Most widely read newspaper of Spain with an audience of over 2 million daily...

EVPA Investisseurs et Partenaires
A practical guide to measure impact
Intelligence & Analysis | 18/08/2015   EVPA (European Venture Philanthropy Association) publishes the second edition of its guide on impact measurement and management, targeted at venture philantropy organizations and social investors. The first objective of the manual is to create a roadmap or guidemap to help...

I&P publishes its Newsletter n°10, focused on SME financing in Africa
News | 20/07/2015As stated by Omar Cissé and Olivier Furdelle in the edito of the 10th newsletter published by Investisseurs & Partenaires, "access to finance shoult not be an obstacle to entrepreneurship in Africa". The founders of the Senegalese investment fund Teranga Capital explain why it is necessary to...

I&P's carbon offset program for 2013-2014
News | 15/07/2015 Since 2011, I&P has committed to compensate for its carbon footprint. For the 2013-2014 period, I&P has chosen a project promoted by ECOSUR in Ivory Coast to offset its carbon emissions. I&P carbon emissions represent 515 tons of CO2, 90% of them coming from plane travels....

Portrait of Marcel Ouédraogo, founder of SIATOL
Entrepreneurs | 14/07/2015 Siatol is a young soybean processing company founded in 2010 by Marcel Ouédraogo. He worked ten years in the sector of soy production before devoting himself exclusively to Siatol, with the objective of developing new opportunities for small producers and strengthening the national...

New agribusiness investment in Madagascar
Entrepreneurs | 10/07/2015 Investisseurs & Partenaires welcomes a new company in its portfolio IPAE: the agribusiness company SCRIMAD, located in Madagascar. Visit their WebsiteThis is the third investment of the Fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs in Madagascar, after IOT (aquaculture) et ACEP Madagascar (...

IMF explores Africa's Demographic Dividend
Intelligence & Analysis | 08/07/2015   In the latest edition of the Regional Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund considers how Sub-Saharan Africa can harness the demographic dividend* in the 20 years to come. As infant mortality and fertility rates decline, the continent will indeed become the main...

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