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EntrepreneurshipFresh Direct NG, DeliveryBros and Medsaf win 2016 She Leads Africa Demo Day
A container farming company, a motorbike delivery service and an online medical procurement platform went home as the winners at the 2016 She Leads
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EntrepreneurshipFarmDrive wins the Thomson Reuters Africa Startups Challenge
Earlier this year Thomson Reuters, in partnership with Venture Capital For Africa (VC4A), launched an initiative to find the best new companies coming…
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EntrepreneurshipMeet the finalists of the PIVOT East 2016 startup competition
25 exceptional startups from across the East Africa region will compete to win market recognition and investor interest during the PIVOT East pitching…
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Case studiesFirst ever Somali Tech Accelerator announces inaugural cohort
Innovate Ventures has announced the 12 early stage Somali startups to be accepted into the 2016 Innovate Accelerator in Hargeisa, Somaliland. In partn…
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EntrepreneurshipAnnouncing the companies identified by the Thomson Reuters Africa Startups Challenge
Using smart data tools, teams from across Thomson Reuters have developed sophisticated assessment models to identify Africa’s up and coming vent…
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EntrepreneurshipBienvenue au Cameroon! Join our Angel Investor Masterclass
ABAN is hosting a series of Angel Investor Masterclasses across the continent under the theme ‘Unlocking capital for early stage innovation.’ Cameroon…
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Case studiesAfriLabs city meetups in Nairobi, Lagos, Dakar, Johannesburg and Cairo
AfriLabs is currently undertaking a series of city meet-ups in 5 countries in different African regions prior to the Annual Gathering slated for 25th-…
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Case studiesTalking Early Stage Investing at the Somaliland Investment Forum
Since the outbreak of civil war in the early nineties the Somali region has been affected by decades of political and economical instability. This
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EntrepreneurshipThe Kenyan startup ‘Egosystem’ is broken and should focus on adding real value
The Kenyan startup system is broken. We can invest millions into a few company’s, but the focus is wrong and too many egos stand
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EntrepreneurshipZoona raises $15-million in Series B funding round
Zambian fintech startup Zoona has announced a series B funding round of US $15-million. This is the next step in their mission to fuel
