I&P Investisseurs & Partenaires

Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is a pioneering impact investment group entirely dedicated to financing and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Since its creation in 2002, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is dedicated to promoting sustainable and profitable small and medium sized African companies with high local added value. I&P has developed different approaches combining financing and support to serve this mission and meet the needs of African SMEs, according to their maturity, size and financing requirements.

I&P was launched by Patrice Hoppenot, co-founder of BC Partners and a Private Equity expert. In 2011, Patrice Hoppenot hands over the reins of the business to Jean-Michel Severino, previously Managing Director of Agence Française de Développement (2001-2010) and World Bank Vice President for Asia (1996-2000).

The team currently comprises around 130 people, based in ten African offices (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Ouganda and Senegal), in Paris and in Washington D.C.