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Entrepreneurship
Investor Profile: 4Di Capital exits Motribe, raises new capital and expands African horizons
This past week we had a chance to catch up with Laurie Olivier, Senior Partner at South African based 4Di Capital. We spoke about
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Case studiesAngel investor network launches in Lagos, Nigeria
The Lagos Innovation Hotspots is an initiative of the Co-creation Hub aimed at mapping hotspots representing clusters of emerging high growth and comp…
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Entrepreneurship
Ross Baird, Village Capital: ‘We are putting power over resources in the hands of innovators’
After successful events in the US, Brazil, India, China and the UK, Village Capital has now landed in Africa – Kenya to be precise. In partnersh…
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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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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
Africa Media Ventures Fund: Venture capital for a thriving African media sector
VC4Africa is actively expanding its network of investors. Today we meet Lot Carlier from the Africa Media Ventures Fund (AMVF), an organisation that m…
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Case studies
Investor profile GroFin: Why 30% of SMEs survive their first three years of operation
The photo is of La Decouverte, a Rwanda based venture in Healthcare/Retail. If you require between USD $50.000 to $1.5 million in finance there are
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Case studies
Zambian venture secures funding from ALTVEST Africa
VC4Africa is pleased to announce that ALTVEST Africa has invested In Yambeeji Honey & Rice Products in Zambia. As a peer-to-peer network many matc…
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Case studies
Strengthening the VC pipeline, take aways from the AVCA panel in Accra
VC4Africa was pleased to host the panel, ‘Strengthening the VC pipeline’ at the 9th Annual Conference for the African Venture Capital Association mee…