Afrikamart, a Senegalese agritech that facilitates the collection, transport, and trade of fresh market garden produce and vegetables, has just completed its first round of funding from Senegalese investors, including the impact fund Teranga Capital, sponsored by I&P.
In 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.
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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?" in Dakar. This meeting brought together more than 60 actors from the Senegalese educational ecosystem.
This 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.
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 communities, and stimulate economic growth and job creation.
Mialy Ranaivoson and Job Zongo, respectively Investment Director of the IPAE fund and Managing Director of Sinergi Burkina, graduate with their "Lead Campus: sustainable leadership in Africa" 2022 executive certificates.
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 OpenLabs, have been onboarded to expand access to quality digital training for young Ghanaian women and men.
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
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 Atlantic and the role of this office.
For the second edition of the Afrique Créative program, the eight entrepreneurs of the cohort participated in a Bootcamp in Tunis on the themes of preparing for fundraising and measuring their impact.
The following participated in the event:
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