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About I&P Conseil
Created in 2017, I&P Conseil is a structure of the Investisseurs & Partenaires group that encourages the emergence of entrepreneurship in Africa and prepares ecosystems for a better partnership relationship with investment funds, through training schemes addressed to entrepreneurs and public or private intermediary actors (incubators, accelerators, etc.). I&P conseil has also developed a study and consulting offer, which capitalizes on I&P's know-how in financing African SMEs, formalizing them, and measuring their impact.
I&P conseil supports a wide range of players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa:
⇒ I&P Accélération training programs
- Entrepreneurs, from the creation phase to scaling up
- Entrepreneurship Support Structures
⇒ Training on impact investment
- Major groups established or wishing to establish themselves in Africa
- Foundations of companies
- Impact funds or funds with a vocation
⇒ Feasibility studies, market studies and program design
- International donors and institutions
- Private or public structures wishing to set up an impact fund
- Large groups wishing to develop impact investment activities
The team
Alexandre Ponton
Alexandre Ponton
Alexandre Ponton joined I&P in January 2025 as Advisory Manager.
Based in Uganda, he oversees I&P's expansion in the region and manages consulting projects across the continent...
Alice Petetin
Julie Rouxel
Julie Rouxel
Based in Dakar, Julie joined the I&P Ecosystems team in 2022 and works both on the coordination of acceleration programs and on consulting missions.
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Manon Calmeil
Marianne Vidal-Marin
Yasmine Bouirig
Yasmine Bouirig
Yasmine joined the I&P Conseil team in 2022 and works on the coordination of the GIZ SAIS agritech acceleration program as well as on the group's consulting missions.
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I&P Conseil capitalizes on the 20 years of experience of Investisseurs & Partenaires in supporting impactful SME in order to offer a fine expertise to strengthen African entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Latest news
 CC Facility Awards First Research Grant to I&P EcosystemsNews | 17/04/2025We are honored to have been selected as the first-ever recipient of the research grant awarded by the Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) - a joint initiative led by Convergence Blended Finance and the Climate Policy Initiative, and supported by the International Development Research... |
 Insights from I&P’s Masterclass at SuperReturn AfricaIntelligence & Analysis | 19/12/2024 On December 3, 2024, the I&P team hosted a Masterclass during Super Return Africa in Cape Town, to present the early findings of a research report on the African private capital ecosystem, set for publication in January 2025. Access the study! Access the slides... |
 Newsletter n°47: discover all our latest news!News | 19/11/2024 In this edition n°47 of our quarterly newsletter: Focus : ⇒ I&P is proud to announce the official launch of FASA, a multi-donor fund designed to bridge the financing gap for small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. ⇒ I&P... |
 Formation | Impact investing: essential tools for developing projectsNews | 21/10/2024 Every year since 2017, I&P has offered a 2.5-day professional training course dedicated to impact investing and featuring high-level experts from French and African impact funds. The training is structured to encourage the presentation of concrete case studies and the... |
 I&P releases its Annual Impact ReportNews | 14/12/2023 I&P is thrilled to announce the release of its Annual Impact Report for the year 2023. The report offers a comprehensive overview of I&P's activities, achievements, and impact throughout the year, showcasing the growth and transformational changes spurred by the organization's... |
 Unlocking Catalytic Capital for African SMEs: discover our new reportNews | 10/10/2023 In a new report entitled “Using Catalytic Capital to Foster African Entrepreneurs in Underserved Markets,” published in partnership with the Catalytic Capital Consortium, I&P showcases the effectiveness of catalytic capital in supporting African SMEs, offering recommendations to... |
 How to support the acceleration phase of small businesses in the Sahel region : I&P publishes lessons from I&P Acceleration in Sahel’s mid-term evaluationNews | 02/05/2023Since 2019 with the support of the European Union, I&P has been preparing small and medium-sized enterprises in the Sahelian sub-region for investment through the I&P Acceleration in the Sahel program. Three years after its launch, I&P is proud to present the first lessons of the... |
 I&P organizes the 9th annual Entrepreneurs' Seminar, bringing together 60 African entrepreneursEntrepreneurs | 10/07/2023 From June 14 to 17, I&P and The African Club of Entrepreneurs hold the 9th edition of the Entrepreneurs’ seminar. This 3-day training session dedicated to digital gathered about sixty African entrepreneurs operating in a dozen sub-Saharan African countries. Discover the pictures... |
 A look back at I&P's 6th edition of the impact investing training courseNews | 27/06/2023 From June 21 to 23, I&P organised the 6th edition of its training course entitled "Becoming a player of the impact investing sector". Around fifteen participants from 8 different countries (Mali, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, the United States, Tunisia, Morocco and France)... |
 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... |
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