Africa: Monaco and Investisseurs & Partenaires launch an Education Fund for Africa

Monaco, January 15, 2019 - Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) and the Government of Monaco signed a partnership agreement to create the first impact fund dedicated to… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Eranove signs a new concession for a power plant in Côte d'Ivoire

Abidjan, December 20, 2018 - The Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies, Mr Abdourahmane Cissé, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Mr Adama Koné, the… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Oragroup's IPO on the Abidjan Stock Exchange - 100% subscription to the public offering

With 100% subscriptions at the end of the public offering, Oragroup is preparing the biggest introduction at the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) Read more »

Kenya: ECP invests in leading Kenyan restaurant chain, Artcaffé Group

 Nairobi, Kenya, December 19, 2018 – Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) announces an investment to acquire a substantial majority in Artcaffé Group… Read more »

Africa: Total and CFAO Team Up to Offer Close-to-the-Customer, Premium Car Care Solutions

Paris, December 17, 2018 – Total and CFAO are joining forces to offer premium, professional car care services to customers in Africa. Under their agreement,… Read more »

Africa: London School of Economics and HEC Paris join forces for Leadership 2030 program

Paris & London, 11th of December 2018 - Leadership 2030: Navigating the tensions, contradictions and opportunities is a senior executive certificate program offered jointly… Read more »

West Africa: Three subsidiaries of Pan-African banking group Oragroup win The Banker "Bank of the year award"

The three subsidiaries of the Oragroup Banking Group, in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Togo won the award for best bank in their respective countries. This award is presented by The… Read more »

Guinea: The SMB-Winning Consortium signs three agreements for a total investment of three billion US dollars

Conakry, Republic of Guinea, November 26, 2018 - Following a Memorandum of Understanding signed on March 21, 2018, the SMB-Winning Consortium, represented by… Read more »

West Africa: HEC Paris launches its first office for West and Central Africa in Abidjan

22 November 2018 - HEC Paris celebrates the opening of its first office for West and Central Africa, in Abidjan. Read more »

West Africa: CFAO Retail and Carrefour enter in partnership with JUMIA

26 November 2018: Adialea, the joint venture between CFAO and Carrefour, has announced the signature of memorandum of understanding with Jumia, Africa's leading name in… Read more »

Africa: Retail in Africa - CFAO Retail pursues its business development plan with the opening of Carrefour Market in the Abidjan borough of Yopougon

Abidjan, 22 November 2018: CFAO Retail today celebrated the inauguration of its third store in Côte d’Ivoire and its fourth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new Carrefour Market… Read more »

Africa: Canal + Launches B2B Distribution In Africa

Johannesburg, november 16th - THE CANAL+ Group announces the launch of THEMA DISTRIBUTION, a new business activity of CANAL+ INTERNATIONAL, in charge of the distribution and sale… Read more »

Africa: Investisseurs & Partenaires launches the blog "Entreprenante Afrique" in partnership with the FERDI and the African Club of Entrepreneurs

Initiated by Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), the Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development (Ferdi) and the African Club of Entrepreneurs, the blog… Read more »

Africa: Emerging Capital Partners raises over US $640 million and closes fourth Pan-African fund

The largest private equity fund for African investment since September 2016, ECP Africa Fund IV attracted a broad range of public and corporate investors based in Africa, Europe,… Read more »

Senegal: Jokkolabs organizes the 4th edition of Global Entrepreneurship Week in France

Paris, November 6th 2018 - Jokkolabs, the social innovation hubs network, is pleased to announce that it has been chosen by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) to be its… Read more »

Togo: Eranove, Siemens and TSK sign an agreement in Berlin (G20 Investment Summit) for the next Kékéli power plant

At the time of the G20 Investment Summit on 30 October 2018 in Berlin, Siemens, Eranove and TSK have signed a Memorandum for working together in the framework of a gas-fired… Read more »

Africa: Hon. Raila Odinga's optimism for Africa's infrastructure

Johannesburg, October 29, 2018 - “As an afro-optimist and not pessimist, my message to Africans is that Africa needs to tap into its own potential. The number one issue that… Read more »

Gabon: The Gabonese Strategic Investment Fund (FGIS) and the Eranove Group sign three contracts with the Republic of Gabon

Libreville, 26 October 2018 - The Gabonese Strategic Investment Fund (FGIS) and the Pan-African industrial Group Eranove have signed, with the Government of the Gabonese Republic,… Read more »

Togo: Signature of the concession agreement for the Kékéli power plant between the Togolese Republic and the Eranove Group

Lomé, 23 October 2018 - Under the high patronage of His Excellency Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic, the Minister of Mines and… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Oragroup announces the largest IPO ever made on the Abidjan Stock Exchange (BRVM)

With a fundraising target of CFAF 56.9 billion (€86 million), Oragroup’s IPO will be the biggest listing on the BRVM, Abidjan’s stock exchange since its creation… Read more »

Africa: Investisseurs & Partenaires announces 3 new investments

Paris, October 9, 2018 — The fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2, launched in December 2017 with a first closing at €50 million, made its first investments.… Read more »

Africa: Phatisa Food Fund 2 First Closes At Us$ 121.5 Million

October 3, 2018. Phatisa is pleased to announce the first close of its successor fund to the African Agriculture Fund (AAF) — Phatisa Food Fund 2 (PFF 2), which has… Read more »

Africa: AFR100 initiative celebrates 111 million hectares of commitments

African Landscape Forest Restoration 100 (AFR100) initiative celebrates 111 million hectares of commitments, signalling the continuing drive across Africa to bring back… Read more »

Africa: IPDEV 2 reaches its final closing and accelerates the launch of 10 impacts funds in Sub-Saharan Africa

The investment company I&P Développement 2 (IPDEV 2), managed by Investisseurs & Partenaires, an experienced fund manager dedicated to African SMEs, reached its… Read more »

Africa: Nairobi hosts the first Africa Environment Partnership Platform (AEPP)

The theme for the AEPP meeting was “50 years of Environmental Governance and Sustainability in Africa”, marking this important milestone in the annals of Africa’s… Read more »