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Français I&P sponsors Inua Capital, a new woman-led impact fund dedicated to SMEs in UgandaNews | 08/03/2023 I&P, through its dedicated program I&P Development (IPDEV 2), is proud to take part in the launch of Inua Capital, a gender-lens and impact-focused investor that provides patient growth capital to small- and medium-sized enterprises in Uganda. Inua Capital has just reached the... |
 IPAE2 and Adiwale Fund I invest in VRS AfricaEntrepreneurs | 06/03/2023 Voltacars Rental Services (VRS), a full service car rental company operating in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, has secured a new round of financing from Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) and Adiwale Partners. VRS Africa currently manages a fleet of 800 modern, low-carbon... |
 Promoting the business climate: I&P gathers SME support structures in CotonouNews | 09/02/2023From January, 31st to February, 3rd, I&P organized a regional meeting in Cotonou, Benin, for a training seminar aimed at strengthening the skills of stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem (accelerators, incubators, public and private intermediaries) and thus promote the development... |
 Our best wishes for 2023News | 26/01/2023We are pleased to share with you the first newsletter of this year 2023, including the latest news from I&P, its partner funds and portfolio. And we'll go into a little more detail about the launch of the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund, a major initiative for our entire sector. In... |
 How to better support SMEs in their fundraising efforts? Discovering the Senegalese incubator ConcreeFormation | 19/01/2023In Senegal, Concree is one of the most dynamic incubators. In 2022, Concree benefited from Investment Readiness, a 9-month training program from I&P Acceleration in Sahel, funded by the European Union. Learn more about I&P Acceleration in Sahel Watch the video ... |
 « Ce fonds privé qui fait grandir les PME africaines » : An article from Anne Cheyvialle on I&P for Le FigaroIn The Press | 12/01/2023 In this article from Le Figaro, Anne Cheyvialle describes the rise of the Burkinabe agricultural processing company Agroserv, now the leading player in the maize value chain in Burkina Faso and on its way to becoming one of the most important players in West Africa, and how I... |
 AgroServ raises €12.2 million from I&P, Oiko Credit and other partnersEntrepreneurs | 15/12/2022 Oikocredit and Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), with the support of BIO and EDFI AgriFI, are investing €12.2 million in AgroServ, a Burkinabe maize processing company created in 2013 by Siaka SANON, to support its development projects. Oikocredit and I&P, through... |
 I&P publishes its Annual Impact ReportNews | 13/12/2022 I&P is pleased to present its Annual Impact Report, that presents the collective results of our different programs and funds. The report presents an overview of I&P's activities and impact methodology and goes through our six impact pillars : developing Africa entrepreneurship... |
 The first investment of the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund goes to Aruwa Capital ManagementNews | 05/12/2022 The first investment of the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund (whose launch was announced last week) goes to Aruwa Capital Management, a gender-lens 20mUSD fund dedicated to Nigeria's SMEs, managed by a first-time woman-led fund manager. Aruwa announced today the successful... |
 $200 Million Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund debuts to empower emerging African fund managersNews | 01/12/2022 I&P is proud to be part of an innovative and bold initiative for the investment industry in Sub-Saharan Africa: the USD$200 million Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund, a Fund of Funds which works through African investment vehicles to support early-stage, growth-oriented small... |