Investisseurs & Partenaires
Investisseurs & Partenaires is an impact investment group focused on supporting African Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Established in 2002 by Patrice Hoppenot and currently led by Jean-Michel Severino, I&P has invested in over 90 companies across 16 African countries, spanning various sectors such as health, transport, and microfinance. The organization aims to foster local economic development by providing capital, technical assistance, and strategic support to enhance the growth of its portfolio companies. I&P manages four pan-African funds and sponsors five additional impact funds, with a total of €135 million under management. The team, comprising approximately forty professionals, operates from Paris and seven African offices located in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Niger, and Senegal. Through its investments, I&P seeks to create long-term employment opportunities and generate significant social, environmental, and governance impacts across the continent.
Ed Partners Africa is a non-banking financial institution that transforms the education sector through working with school owners of affordable schools by providing financial solutions.
StarNews Mobile is a network of mobile video channels that allows celebrities and brands to monetize their fan bases in Africa. It works with popular local and international stars such as Davido (Nigeria – 12.7M followers), Fally Ipupa (Congo – 3M followers), or Sauti Sol (Kenya – 2.2M followers) to create exclusive and addictive short videos that fans are eager to pay for.
It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
The African Management Initiative (AMI) aims to reach 1 million managers by 2023 by delivering practical, affordable learning tools and development, online and offline. AMI is a social enterprise. Their partners include the Assocation of African Business Schools (AABS), the Global Business School Network (GBSN), the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Lundin Foundation.
Afribon is a producer and marketer of flavour-based taste compounds created for food and beverage market segments.The company's variety of compounds combines all of the key components to manufacturers of beverages, biscuits and dairy products, enabling clients to get the best customer experience in terms of the development of new product ideas to the formulation, recipe adjustment and initial production set up.