Our Mission
Bring Finance and Support to African entrepreneurs
Our Impact
Maximize and measure the impact of our partner companies

Our mission

Support the emergence of a new generation of African entrepreneurs

Promote African entrepreneurship

I&P is an impact investment group dedicated to SMEs based in Sub-Saharan Africa and in the Indian Ocean, driven by the conviction that these enterprises actively contribute to a sustainable and inclusive growth on the continent.

Bring Financial and Strategic Support

I&P is an active partner bringing its skills in management, strategy and finance to support and foster the growth of its partners. I&P wishes to establish a long-term relationship with the entrepreneurs.

Maximize and Evaluate our Impacts

I&P endeavors to achieve positive impacts through its investments and has developed a set of tools to evaluate these impacts on a company's shareholders: employees, clients, suppliers, local communities, state...

Key figures

20 YEARS

OF EXPERIENCE

130

TEAM MEMBERS

12

OFFICES

400

MILLION € RAISED

OUR BLOG

I&P launched Entreprenante Afrique, A blog to promote entrepreneurial dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa and better understand the context in which African entrepreneurs are working, in partnership with the Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development (FERDI).

The blog gathers research articles, experience sharing and field testimonies on African businesses.

 

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Portfolio companies

Gama Conseils

Mali

Groupe ASAFIN-IFPT

Sénégal

Yarani

Côte d'Ivoire

IASS MDB

Sénégal

Mali Shi

Mali

Habidem

Mauritanie

Al Baraka

Mauritanie

Agro-Emballage

Burkina Faso
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Meet the team

Eléonore Mississo

Junior Investment Officer

Eléonore Mississo

Junior Investment Officer

Eléonore joined I&P in 2023 and holds the position of Junior Investment Officer within the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund program.

Thelma Kodowu

Investment Manager

Thelma Kodowu

Investment Manager

Thelma joined I&P in 2023 and holds the position of Investment Manager within the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund. She is based in Accra. 

Alice Petetin

Program Officer

Alice Petetin

Program Officer

Alice joined the I&P Conseil team in April 2022, to work on the design and implementation of support programs for African entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Djènèba Camara

Office Manager

Djènèba Camara

Office Manager

Djènèba Camara is the Office Manager of Zira Capital in Mali.

Anna Traoré

Investment Manager

Anna Traoré

Investment Manager

Anna Traoré joined the team in June 2021 as Investment Manager for the fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE).

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