19% more capital committed to impact investments in 2014 -JP Morgan & GIIN survey
Intelligence & Analysis | 21/05/2014125 of the world’s largest impact investors, including fund managers, banks, foundations, development finance institutions, and pension funds surveyed by J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) expect to commit 19% more capital to impact investments in 2014 compared to 2013, as...

A 46% increase in capital invested in Emerging Markets over 1 year
Intelligence & Analysis | 19/05/2014According to EMPEA’s latest industry statistics, private equity firms raised US$6.5 billion through 41 emerging markets funds in the first quarter of 2014, compared to US$8.0 billion in capital raised from the same number of funds in the first quarter of 2013. In Q1 2014, fund managers deployed US$...

3 questions to Djibo Ibrahima
Entrepreneurs | 15/05/2014Why did a graduated engineer chose to take the  path of entrepreneurship ?After my studies, though I graduated as a Mining Engineer, I was certain not to work in the public administration and I already knew that at the time, only 2 mining companies were recruiting and they were already cutting...

JM Severino speaker at the Graduate Institute of Geneva
News | 13/05/2014The Graduate Insitute is a research establishment specialized in teaching International Relations. The core academic reflexion is dedicated to development issues within a view to foster a certain global responsability within the decision-making. Jean-Michel Severino tackled this specific theme...

JM Severino quoted by Reuters about investment opportunities in Africa
In The Press | 14/04/2014(Reuters) - Three years after disputed elections led to bloodshed, Ivory Coast has emerged as one of the most exciting opportunities for private equity investors in Africa, with a dynamic workforce keen to put a decade of turmoil behind it, a senior investor said on Friday.Jean-Michel...

I&P's 5th Newsletter is now available
News | 11/04/2014Read Newsletter N°5 / April 2014  Edito : Joan Bardeletti, author of Les Grands Moyens                  "I am a photojournalist, and passionate about the African continent. I find a way to express myself and investigate through images; my...

CDS Crowdfunding Project now on line on Kiva
Entrepreneurs | 02/04/2014 Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P)  just released on Kiva, a webplatform for participative finance, a funding campaign for CDS, a Mauritanian company in IPDEV’s portfolio since 2010 and managed by Sidi Khalifou.I&P has partnered with Kiva, the US-based crowdfunding...

Béchir Malum, author of I&P's pictures database, exhibited in Arles
News | 31/03/2014Béchir Malum's works will be exhibited on next April 1st to 15th at the Espace Van Gogh in Arles. His paintings will be exhibited as well as some of the photographs he shot in the companies of I&P's portfolio. Mauritanian artist Oumar Laball will share the event, in a joint introduction to...

JM Severino spoke at the 1st Africa SMB Forum in Casablanca on March 12th
News | 24/03/2014Investisseurs & Partenaires took part to the Africa SMB Forum through the speech given by JM Severino in Casablanca on the opening ceremony of the 1st Africa SMB Forum called “How to invest in Africa”. This first meeting was held by the Africa SMB platform created in 2012 by Dogad Dogoui, a...

Kawtal merges with Sagex, an IPDEV investee company in Cameroon
Entrepreneurs | 19/03/2014Investisseurs & Partenaires gets into Kawtal Ndmeri’s capital thanks to its merger with Sagex, a company of which I&P is a shareholder since 2009. Both work on the rural lands of the Wassandé site which was conceded by Cameroon’s state.Kawtal Ndmeri responds to an important demand on the...

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