The Madagascan company IOT, founded in 2012 by Jaco Chan Kit Waye and Olivier Méraud and specialized in the breeding of sea cucumbers, has recently closed its first exportation.
IOT has developped, in partnership with a local team of scientists, a new growing technique of sea cucumbers in Madagascar, pursuing a twofold objective, both social and environmental. Through this activity, IOT generates additional income for the fishing communities and contribute to reduce overfishing.
The fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE) announced last July the new investment in Scrimad, a company based in Madagascar specialized in the export of litchi and other tropical fruits.
The processing factory is operational since December 14, 2015. Unlike the collect and exports of fresh litchi, this activity can be run throughout the year.
The Microfinance Institution Finance Trust Bank has partnered with the leading Telecommunication Companies to launch a mobile banking offer for its customers.
The Microfinance Institution Finance Trust Bank has partnered with the leading Telecommunication Companies to launch a mobile banking offer for its customers.
Hugh Whalan, CEO of PEG Africa, participated to the ‘”Action Day” hold on 5 December 2015 in Le Bourget. Building on the work done under the Lima-Paris Action Agenda, the Action Day highlights the existing momentum for scaled-up engagement by non-state actor as well as state actors and show the power of multi-stakeholder action.
The platform Capacity4dev.eu recently published an article and a series of interviews to explain and demonstrate the role of African Small and Medium Enterprises for the development of the continent.
Sidi Khalifou (CDS in Mauritania), Khadidiatou Nakoulima (NEST in Senegal) and Emilie Debled from I&P were interviewed during the European Development Days, held on June 3 and 4 in Brussels.
Catherine Krobo-Edusei, founder and director of Eden Tree in Ghana, has delivered a keynote address during the International Forum for Women’s Food leadership, held in Washington DC on October 27-28.
Investisseurs & Partenaires has organized, mid-october, its 4th training seminar dedicated to its partners, with the support of the European Bank of Investment and the fund FISEA. About 50 entrepreneurs have participated to address CSR issues in African SMEs. Read more on the seminar ►
After a career in public education, Bakary Coulibaly decides to launch, with a couple of associates, a consultancy firm (started in 2000) and a microbiological laboratory (2012). Since its creation, the laboratory has gained a significant notoriety in the West African sub region.
A born entrepreneur
The crowdfunding platform Blue Bees, dedicated to agriculture, agroecology and sustainable food system, has recently launched a campaign to support the Madagascan company PhileoL. The objective is to finance the annual collect of castor oil seeds, ensuring stable income for 5,000 small producers in the region.
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