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EntrepreneurshipInvesting in Kenya’s mobile disruptors, meet the Safaricom Spark Venture Fund
Safaricom in November 2014 launched a venture fund that invest in late seed to early growth stage support start-ups that use mobile technology as
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EntrepreneurshipOn-demand package delivery, Sendy closes deal with Safaricom Spark Venture Fund
The Safaricom’s USD 1 million Spark Venture Fund launched with great expectations, entrepreneurs eager to read about their first investments to be mad…
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Entrepreneurship
Investor Profile: GroFin opens call for applications Small and Growing Businesses Fund via VC4Africa
Apply now to the GroFin Small and Growing Businesses Fund via VC4Africa. The fund focuses on both start-up and existing small and growing businesses i…
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Case studies
VC4Africa launches open data on African startups
VC4Africa launches an API (application programming interface) to embed public venture data from the startup funding platform on external websites, dis…
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Entrepreneurship
DEMO Africa alumni startup SpacePointe closed Seed and Series A, now finalizing series B
We had a chance to catch up with DEMO Africa 2014 alumna Sayu Abend, founder of Nigerian startup SpacePointe. SpacePointe is an online
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Entrepreneurship
Hotels.ng’s founder Mark Essien talks about raising USD 1.4 million and other aspects of success
A few months ago Hotels.ng raised USD 1.2 million from Omidyar & EchoVC. We had a chance to catch up with Mark Essien to explore
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Entrepreneurship
Live Blog: Top 30 startups launch at DEMO Africa 2015
DEMO Africa is the premier platform for the best and brightest technology companies from across the continent, new innovations ready to be showcased i…
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Entrepreneurship
Impact Investing: Reverse pitching from investors to entrepreneurs at SEED Symposium
Last week VC4Africa co-organized an innovative session at the SEED Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya, where investors pitched in front of entrepreneurs. Whe…
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Entrepreneurship
Being an entrepreneur, being a mentor – Building great companies in Africa
Below entrepreneur Abel Asrat interviews mentor Donald Hagbe. VC4Africa’s Mentorship Marketplace links promising entrepreneurs with experts in various…
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Entrepreneurship
Learnings from the Angel Investor Bootcamp in Lagos, Nigeria [VIDEOS]
On Friday July 31st, Lagos kicked off the Series of Angel Investor Bootcamps leading up to the ABAN Investor Summit at DEMO Africa. The
