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Entrepreneurship
Three reasons to take a new look at investing in Africa
A photo like this captures it all. Check out the photo project Middle Class in Africa. Have you had a chance to look through
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Case studies
Google Insight: A growing interest in Private Equity & Venture Capital in Africa
This morning we ran a Google Insight search for ‘Africa Private Equity’ and these were the results. Google on the website explains, ‘…
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Case studies
VC4Africa nominated for the Accenture Innovation Award
Today Accenture published the nominations for their annual Innovation Awards. VC4Africa is proud to announce that our community was selected out of hu…
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Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs should conduct due diligence on investors
“Due diligence” is a term used for a number of concepts involving either an investigation of a business or person prior to conducting business.
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Entrepreneurship
Mobile apps tackle climate change in Africa [Interview Jon Gosier]
Today we had a chance to catch up with Jon Gosier, the founder of Appfrica and HiveColab in Kampala, Uganda. This time we wanted
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Entrepreneurship
StorySpaces: Sharing stories to re-imagine Africa
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
2nd VC4Africa meetup being organized in Kampala
The first VC4Africa meetup was organized in Kampala, Uganda @ Katch the Sun. In true VC4Africa fashion, local members have taken it upon themselv…
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Entrepreneurship
ExtendedBITS: Building a bridge between Somaliland and Europe
Every month the VC4Africa team places a new venture in the spotlights. Now we will meet Hasan Giire, one of the founders of ExtendedBITS.
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Entrepreneurship
Technology entrepreneurs build momentum in Ethiopia
The VC4Africa team just returned from an amazing trip to Ethiopia where we presented at the Making Finance Work in Africa conference, hosted a
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Case studies
VC4Africa announces the launch of groups
Today VC4Africa officially launches groups. These are dedicated sites for VC4Africa community members to further explore their interests in specific c…