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Teranga Capital, an impact investment company dedicated to financing and supporting small and medium-sized entreprises in Senegal, has realized a second investment and welcomes in its portfolio the Senegalese company COGELEC ENERGY, a few months after a first investment in OuiCarry.

COGELEC ENERGY is an engineering company specialized in electrical line construction, rural electrification and distribution and maintenance of electrical and hydraulic equipment, spanning the whole territory of Senegal.

The 10^th edition of the Convergences World Forum is focused on the topic “Together, let’s innovate for a Zero exclusion, Zero carbon, Zero poverty world”. It will specifically address 6 Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality (#5), Clean Water and Sanitation (#6), Affordable and Clean Energy (#7), Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (#9), Responsible Consumption and Production ( #12) and Partnerships for the goals (#17)

I&P's July newsletter is online! Review of the important news of the last three months and notably:

• Launch of a high-level training on impact investing, with Patrick Guillaumont, President of the Ferdi

• Launch of I&P Conseil

• Portrait of Mamadou Sanankoua, Director of Conergies in côte d'Ivoire and Mali

Building on its 15-year experience in financing and supporting African entrepreneurs, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is developing a consulting activity aiming to improve the business environment and develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa.

Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) publishes the annual ESG & Impact Report of the fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE). Since its creation in 2012, IPAE has invested in 28 companies located in 12 different African countries and operating in a great variety of sectors.

On this occasion, I&P publishes a strategic document presenting its ESG & Impact Policy (see below).

Investisseurs & Partenaires received a special prize in the category ''small and mid cap'' awarded by SWEN Capital Partners during their annual event ''ESG Best Practices Honours"

Each year since 2012 the SWEN team has been analyzing and measuring how extra-financial criteria are integrated and implemented at both in the GPs’ investment process as well as at the underlying companies’ level, both for Private Equity and Infrastructure.

Max de Font-Réaulx is the CEO of Théorème, a consulting firm dedicated to the management of business risks. As a specialist of health insurance issues in Africa, he works with several I&P's investees so as to help them set up or improve their healthcare programs. 

In an editorial drafted for our latest newsletter, he reflects on the issues at stake and the progress made since 2015.

Teranga Capital, an impact fund dedicated to finance and support Senegalese small and medium businesses, sponsored by I&P, has realized its first investment and welcomes OuiCarry in its portfolio.

► More information on the launch of Teranga Capital

Jean-Michel Severino and all the team of Investisseurs & Partenaires wish you the best for 2017! 

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• Editorial signed by Jean-Michel Severino