I&P Acceleration in Sahel: End of the first edition of the Investment Readiness training
News | 22/06/2022In June, I&P gathered in Abidjan the first cohort of entrepreneurship support organizations (ESO) for a second training workshop. This meeting also marked the end of Investment Readiness training, which is the third component of I&P Acceleration in Sahel, funded by the European Union....

Round table I&P Education to Employment: the Senegalese educational ecosystem reflects on itself
News | 14/06/2022  I&P Education to Employment (IP2E), a funding program developed in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, for entrepreneurs in the education sector (“edupreneurs”), organized a round table on Tuesday, May 24, on the theme "Senegal: education and impact finance, how to collaborate?"...

E'Sens: promoting local citrus production in Côte d'Ivoire
Entrepreneurs | 12/06/2022Located in the heart of the Sassandra region, West of Abidjan, in Côte d'Ivoire, Epices et Essences de Côte d'Ivoire (E'Sens) produces citrus-based essential oils (bigarade, bergamot). This young start-up with high impact potential is supported by the I&P Acceleration in the Sahel program ...

Supporting Ivorian SMEs: A Review of 20 Years of I&P activities
News | 09/06/2022This year, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is celebrating its 20th anniversary!  For this occasion, I&P organized a meeting in Abidjan at the beginning of June in order to gather all its partners and companies and to present an overview of its achievements in Côte d'Ivoire...

Miarakap Usaid Programme Mitsiry Koloina Ramaromandray
Miarakap and USAID Madagascar launch MITSIRY: a program that aims to support and finance Malagasy companies and start-ups with high social and environmental impact
News | 27/05/2022  Understanding the need to combine economic considerations with biodiversity conservation, USAID, MIARAKAP and the private sector are partnering to develop integrated sustainable development activities that preserve biodiversity-rich landscapes, improve the quality of life of local...

Newsletter of April - May & Edito by Carole RAMELLA
News | 10/05/2022  The April-May 2022 Newsletter is available! The newsletter notably contains: ⇒ An editorial signed by Carole Ramella, Managing Director of GFA Consulting and member of the IPAE 2 Investment Committy ⇒ A review of the latest IPAE 2 fund investments (HerI in Madagascar...

Understanding the impact of the war in Ukraine on African economies
Intelligence & Analysis | 05/05/2022  If African countries did not speak out on the current conflict in Ukraine during the UN vote in early March, the continent does not escape the fallout of the war.  The war in Ukraine causes an increase in the price of foodstuffs. African countries import many agricultural products...

Ghana: two EdTech companies join I&P Education to Employment program
News | 04/05/2022  The I&P Education to Employment program, a partnership between Investisseurs & Partenaires and the Mastercard Foundation, aims to strengthen the resilience of 30 educational entrepreneurs across Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal. In Ghana, two technology companies, Codetrain and...

Focus on Eugenia Adofo, a new team member in our US office
News | 03/05/2022  At the beginning of 2022, I&P welcomed Eugenia Adofo in the team. Based in the Washington DC office, she coordinates relationships with I&P’s stakeholders and partners in the North American region. We asked her a few questions to explore in more detail her activities across the...

IPAE 2 fund continues its deployment and welcomes three new companies in its portfolio
News | 26/04/2022  During the first quarter, the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE2) impact fund stood out for its active investment pace, welcoming three new companies with high growth potential into its portfolio in the space of a few months, in Côte d'Ivoire and Madagascar. The IPAE 2 portfolio,...

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