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Entrepreneurship
Abidjan gears up for first Startup Weekend
Ever wondered what it takes to be a startup entrepreneur in Ivory Coast (officially Côte d’Ivoire)? The professional and personal challenges, th…
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Entrepreneurship
Business accelerator and Angel seed fund launches in Uganda
Angels Finance Cooperation is a business incubation and financing organization whose aim is to support the growth and commercialization of businesses …
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Case studies
Mapping African Agriculture, wealth of agro data available online
Data of all kinds are notoriously scarce for Sub-Saharan Africa, and geospatial data—that is, maps—on agriculture, poverty, and the environment are no…
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Entrepreneurship
Mbwana Alliy, Savannah Fund: ‘We want to connect the best African startups to Silicon Valley’
The recently launched Savannah Fund is specializing in US$25k to US$500k investments in early-stage high growth technology ventures. The fund aims to …
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Entrepreneurship
FMO and Oikocredit move to support SMEs in Central and Southern Africa
Recently the Dutch development bank FMO and Oikocredit launched a €10 million fund. The facility will invest predominantly in Central and Southern Afr…
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Entrepreneurship
Pure Fuels, transforming the Kenyan transport sector with marine algae
Fuel is the biggest expense for the transport sector. To reduce the operating costs of Kenyan companies, entrepreneur Daniel Mugenga is transforming u…
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Case studies
DEMO and VC4Africa announce inaugural DEMO Africa, Oct 24-26, 2012
DEMO Africa is the launchpad for emerging technology and trends in Africa and is scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 24-26 October
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Entrepreneurship
Introducing the Africa Media Business Exchange, startups pitching to media focused VCs
On July 11th, 2012, Film Biz Africa, in collaboration with AITEC Africa, is organizing the first ever Africa Media Business Exchange. This is a platfo…
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Entrepreneurship
Building a hardware business in Nigeria, meet tablet pioneer Saheed Adepoju
At VC4Africa we are in touch with many entrepreneurs across the continent and we are always interested to learn from their experiences. We recently
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Case studies
London builds a bridge to Africa at VC4Africa Meetup
On Friday the 22nd of June, 2012, members of VC4Africa came together for a London meetup. Today we had a chance to catch up