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The Principality of Monaco, through its International Cooperation for Development, has decided to support the implementation of IPDEV2, with a donation of 428,000€. On January 23, Jean-Michel Severino and Olivier Lafourcade signed the Agreement between Monaco and IPDEV2. 

Following the successful organization in November 2012 and November 2013 of two conferences dedicated to Africa Finance, Kusuntu-le-Club, Orrick Rambaud Martel and Investisseurs & Partenaires held on February 12^th their third Africa Finance conference, developed this year around the key theme of ‘’impact investing’’. The conference gathered 30 speakers and about 150 participants.

Initiated by the photoreporer Joan Bardeletti and Investisseurs & Partenaires, the project "Small is Powerful" aims to propose a new vision of the African continent. Focusing on five Small and Medium Enterprises, the project explores their activities as well as their social and environmental impacts. 

The whole I&P team is wishing you the best for 2015!

A perfect time to review the main highlights of 2014 and outlooks for the coming year.

The annual meeting gathering the entrepreneurs supported by I&P is held on November 27 and 28 in the premises of the Business School HEC Paris. The Seminar focuses this year on a particularly crucial issue for African SMEs: the Management Information System (MIS). This was the opportunity for the 38 participating entrepreneurs and I&P's team to exchange and share best practices. 

The 11^th conference organized by the AFD (French Development Agency), Proparco and EUDN (European Development Research Network) is held on December 3^rd in Paris.

Kusuntu-le-Club, Orrick Rambaud Martel and Investisseurs & Partenaires are organizing the third edition of the Africa Finance Conference, entitled “Impact and Returns through Responsible Investments in Corporate Africa”. The conference will be held in Paris on February 12 2015.

On November 17^th and 18^th, EVPA holds its annual conference in Berlin. Under the theme “Collaborating for Social Impact: the Next 10 Years”, the conference covers various topics, from crowdfunding to impact measurement and from exits to government regulations.

More than 300 African SMEs and 100 representatives of financial institutions are coming together these November 11^th and 12^th for the Africa SME Champions Forum. Investisseurs & Partenaires’ President, Jean-Michel Severino, takes part to a conference focused on SME’s financing.