I&P partners with Kiva, an American crowdfunding platform

• Learn more about  "Crowdfunding for more impacts in African SME's"
• Visit the project webpage on Kiva

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Our partner entrepreneurs

Portrait of Sidi Khalifou, CDS Manager in Mauritania

As soon as his first two years in engineer school at Sup’Méca Paris, Sidi committed to water and energy access for all by volunteering at Engineers Without Borders.

His professional life is strongly characterized by his enterprise-based experience: beyond his long experience as project manager for the GRET, among others, he founded et managed ECODEV, an NGO committed to local development and environmental issues in West Africa. He is also founding partner in ECO-qualité, a consulting cabinet specialized in local development.
 
He joined CDS as a shareholder in 1993 and started being involved in the company’s management, then led by his father, as a consultant for CDS in 2007. He took the lead of the business, three years later, in 2010, and gave a different orientation  to the company. When opening CDS’ capital to I&P and Lundin for Africa in 2011, Sidi enabled the company to start solar equipment distribution. In 2013, 18000 persons were given access to water thanks to CDS.

• Watch Sidi’s interview broadcasted on « Un Monde Solidaire Â»
• Learn more about CDS

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In brief, our partners' news
 

CAT Logistics (transport, Mali) has been for the past few months carrying transportation and logistics missions between Ivory Coast and Mali within the framework of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Mali. Watch the slideshow

Nutrizaza (Agribusiness, Madagascar) went through a rebranding last February when releasing a new packaging for its baby food, Koba Aina

 

Duopharm (Health, Senegal) held on March 7th an official dinner for its Investor’s Club during which Patrice Gomis, investment officer in Dakar, led a debate about “shareholding  & entrepreneurship”
 

FIDES Microfinance Senegal started to develop its first warrantage tests with a dozen village granaries. This product should enable rural producers from North Senegal to sell a part of their crop at better prices during the hunger gap, and favor off-season activities. These stocks will also serve as a strong loan guarantee for Fides.

IPDEV portfolio 

- In January, IPDEV paid in the last third of its participation in SAPHAR’s financing, a Nigerien drug distribution company. In the portfolio since 2006, SAPHAR is now the 3rd pharmaceutical group in Niger.

- Sagex (Agribusiness, Cameroon) merged in December 2013 with Kawtal, its close neighbor. This merger intends to gather technical and human means of both companies and plans on a 1000 ha corn production as soon as the upcoming season. This merge offers good perspectives to process baby food over time. IPDEV now holds 38% of Kawtal.
 

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