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In the press

« Financement des PME, les autres sources de financement Â», African Banker, third quarter 2013 
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« L’élimination de la pauvreté absolue est à portée de main Â», interview with Jean-Michel Severino, in Place Publique, september 2013
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Interview with Gabriel Fopa, founder ITG Store (Cameroun, IPAE) on RFI >> Listen 

 
I&P News
   
IPDEV and IPAE General Assemblies took place on September 26th, 2013 in Paris

Launch of an online network, « Club I&P Entrepreneurs Â» with restricted access for I&P partner companies to help them to connect and develop common projects

Training for I&P entrepreneurs partners on 22nd and 23rd October 2013 in Paris on "Issues and challenges to finance your business » 
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A cocktail with our investors will take place on October 23rd at the end of the seminar.
 
Agenda

SOCAP 13 from 2 to 5 September 2013 in San Francisco: attendance of Olivier Lafourcade, IPDEV Chairman 
 
Forum Convergences  from September 17 to 19 in Paris: speech by JM Severino, Convergences President and  CEO of I&P
 
ANDE  from 30th September to 2nd October 2013 in Glen Cove, New York: attendance of Olivier Lafourcade, IPDEV chairman

GIIN Annual Conference Â« GIIN Investor Forum Â» from 10 to 11 October in London: participation of JM Severino, I&P CEO

EVPA â€“ Europhilantopics Conference on November 14th in Brussels: talk of JM Severino

EVPA annual conference â€“ 26th and 27th November 2013 in Geneva: attendance of Olivier Lafourcade, IPDEV chairman
 

Partnerships

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Investisseurs & Partenaires is a member of the Global Impact Investors Network (GIIN) as of September 2013

 
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Erik Orsenna, French novelist and member of the Académie Française, sponsors IPDEV's fundraising 

 

“Today the situation has changed. The continent to our south is growing fast. And a new generation of Africans has appeared: entrepreneurs, true entrepreneurs.

This growth and these entrepreneurs need funding. Substantial funding, of course, but also relevant funding. This is the mission of Investisseurs & Partenaires. That is why I have decided to join.” 

 
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I&P Développement is raising Euros 32 million to set up 10 in-country funds dedicated to early-stage investments in Sub Saharan small businesses


The IPDEV's "intermediation strategy" consists of creating a powerfull sub-regional network of investment funds, investors and their 550 African entrepreneurs 


The objective is to create 10 in-country funds over 10 years, aimed to finance businesses with financial needs between Euros 30.000 to 300.000. The local investment funds will be entirely run by African teams trained by I&P. 
 

IPDEV raises Euros 25 M in equity and other instruments and Euros 7 M in grant funding to set up a technical assistance fund


IPDEV’s new challenge is to bring long term investments to Small Growing Businesses (SGBs) while reducing transaction costs. IPDEV. IPDEV will ensure the preservation of investment capital in the long run while maximizing economic, social, governance and environmental returns. 
 

I&P has already a successful track record in creating in-country investment funds, i.e. Sinergi in Niger. 


A project is currently taking place in Burkina-Fasso and has been awareded by the Challenge AAFD-Argidius 2012.
 
 
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Our entrepreneurs partners



Laiterie du Berger - Bagoré Bathily Portait de Bagoré Bathily, Founder of  Laiterie du Berger au Sénégal


Bagoré Bathily received in 2012 an "African Award for Entrepreneurship" and has also recently been awarded by the media  Jeune Afrique as one of the 25 French-speaking African leaders of tomorrow. The company has proved its business model and recorded for the second year in a row, a good business growth.
 
After graduating as a veterinarian, Bagoré Bathily decided to return to Senegal. There he observed that nearly 90% of the cow milk consumed was imported as powder milk while almost 4 million people traditionally raised livestock and could greatly improve their livelihoods through selling their own milk production.

In 2006 he founded with some friends and Investisseurs & Partenaires’ support, la Laiterie du Berger, a social business of dairy products manufactured ​​with fresh milk. Other investors then joined the company such as Danone Communities, Phitrust, Danone and Grameen Crédit Agricole. La Laiterie du Berger now promotes its products with the tagline "Good for me, good for my country."
 
 
 
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In brief, our partners' news 

 
Bakou Logistics (Burkina Faso) has put in service its first trucks. >> See 

Duopharm (Senegal) obtained a certification rating @ QL COFACE attesting the reliability and solvency of the company.

Carotech Bénin is close to issue a new TV advertising on its businesses and credentials.

PhileoL (Madagascar) organized a new crop in southern Madagascar, collecting seeds prickly pear as an ingredient for the manufacture of cosmetic products with rejuvenating and revitalizing properties. Harvesting takes place in a season other than the castor oil and jatropha collects, and improves the distribution of income throughout the year to the poor people of the region. >> Read

 

I&P Portfolio


UFT just completed a new capital increase, resulting in an investment of IPAE and an output of IPDEV.

Proparco and IPAE have recently invested in Oxus RDC. They both hold 20% stakes in this Congolese microfinance institution which aims to deploy Eastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo to reach vulnerable populations.
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Intelligence & Analysis 

 
”A new economic path for subsaharan African countries through private impact equity” a policy paper by Jean-Michel Severino and Pierrick Barraton for the Brookings / Blum Conference in Aspen, Colorado in August 2013

« Le Forum Convergences, une façon de redéfinir les Objectifs du Millénaire Â», a filmed interview of JM Severino in the magazine L’EXPRESS VIDEO on September16th 2013
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