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Case studies
“Building partnerships sounds nice, but it is hard work”
Many conferences on business opportunities in Africa are held both inside and outside the continent. Last week VC4Africa joined the ‘AfricaWorks!’ eve…
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Entrepreneurship
Top business minds confirm attendance to DEMO Africa & Investor Summit in Lagos
A sneak preview into the list of expected guests for DEMO Africa and associated African angel investor summit has revealed the names of some
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Entrepreneurship
The 2015 Green Pioneer Accelerator Program launches in Kenya and South Africa
A new acceleration program was announced for green entrepreneurs today at the Seed Africa Symposium 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. This ambitious, continenta…
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Case studies
MEST & Hub Accra: two interesting tech hub models from Ghana
Dan Evans of the Network Science Center at West Point (US) discusses insights from his trips to collect data on entrepreneurial ecosystems in various
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Entrepreneurship
Mentor turned investor: Meet the diaspora angel who invested in startups Njorku & Kiro’o Games in Cameroon
Cameroon is not an ‘investor favorite’ and few non Cameroonian investors consider supporting entrepreneurs building companies there. What is the value…
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Entrepreneurship
How the rise in corporate venture capital can close Africa’s 100 billion US dollar finance gap for SMEs
This article by Tara Sabre Collier originally appeared on NextBillion and is published with permission. If GE, the fourth biggest company in the worl…
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Entrepreneurship
The start-up ecosystem in Mozambique
By Tara Sabre Collier & Domingos Mazivila Tara Sabre is an impact investing specialist at GroFin Capital, part of VC4Africa’s investor network. Do…
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Entrepreneurship
Flat6Labs – Accelerating Entrepreneurship Across the MENA Region
VC4Africa connects partners running physical tech hubs and accelerators across the African continent. When visiting a country, doing market research, …
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Case studies
Africa’s early stage investor network on the rise, breaking down the numbers
At VC4Africa we have been busy building a leading network of investors actively investing in early stage companies. There are more than 600 investors
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Entrepreneurship
Announcement: DEMO Africa Investor Package
VC4Africa is pleased to offer a special package for Investors who will attend DEMO Africa 2014, otherwise the leading launchpad for emerging technolog…