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Case studies
Are you ready to secure funding for your business?
At VC4Africa we want to see entrepreneurs realize their potential. As a network we seek to mobilize knowledge and resources needed to see the
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Entrepreneurship
Ethamco: Bringing organic fruit and vegetables to market in Ethiopia
In September VC4Africa visited Ethiopia and there we met with Kebede Gashaw, a very inspiring entrepreneur who is moving back to Ethiopia from the
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Entrepreneurship
Interview with Vincent Kouwenhoven, founder eVentures Africa Fund (eVA Fund)
eVentures Africa Fund (eVA Fund) is an exciting entrant to the African startup scene. In a short period of time they have been able
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Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs find success for their startup on VC4Africa
VC4Africa exists to support entrepreneurs – whether it’s about improving the formulation of an idea, gaining some media exposure, making a meani…
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Entrepreneurship
Yo! Payments: Making mobile money transfer work for businesses
Many new ideas are coming in every week via the VC4Africa website. On a regular basis the VC4Africa team places a new venture in
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Entrepreneurship
Startup Weekend Accra: Setting up a business in 54 hours
The first Accra Startup Weekend is scheduled to take place from November 18 to 20 at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Ghana’s
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Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs harness the power of mobile in Africa, startups abound
What do Gerald Begumisa, Nick Hargreaves, Matt Toplis, Silas Okwoche, Churchill Nanje Mambe and Vince Diop have in common? They are all mobile entrepr…
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Entrepreneurship
Working towards a Greener Future in Africa – Hivos and VC4Africa join forces
Photo by EDWARD XU At VC4Africa we seek to promote entrepreneurs working to scale green solutions. Large-scale deforestation, water pollution, global …
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Entrepreneurship
Andrew Mugoya: ‘African app developers have to forge a niche in the global marketplace’
Although the newly published E-book ‘African Apps in a Global Marketplace’ by Andrew Mugoya is aimed at software developers, it contains useful advice…
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Entrepreneurship
TakeAwayGh: Ordering food online in Accra
Many new ideas are coming in every week via the VC4Africa website. On a regular basis the VC4Africa team places a new venture in