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Entrepreneurship
Impact Investing: Reverse pitching from investors to entrepreneurs at SEED Symposium
Last week VC4Africa co-organized an innovative session at the SEED Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya, where investors pitched in front of entrepreneurs. Whe…
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Entrepreneurship
Being an entrepreneur, being a mentor – Building great companies in Africa
Below entrepreneur Abel Asrat interviews mentor Donald Hagbe. VC4Africa’s Mentorship Marketplace links promising entrepreneurs with experts in various…
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Entrepreneurship
Learnings from the Angel Investor Bootcamp in Lagos, Nigeria [VIDEOS]
On Friday July 31st, Lagos kicked off the Series of Angel Investor Bootcamps leading up to the ABAN Investor Summit at DEMO Africa. The
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Entrepreneurship
Performing due diligence on startups in Africa: analyzing investment opportunities
What does it take to build a fruitful partnership between an early-stage entrepreneur and an equity investor in Africa? VC4Africa members and investor…
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Case studies
Your tool for Angel investing in startups across Africa
With the VC4Africa Pro Account we make it easier than ever to engage high potential high growth entrepreneurs from across the continent. VC4Africa inv…
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Entrepreneurship
South Africa’s startup iKubu exits to GPS giant Garmin – Read what makes this deal special
The year starts off with a bang as Garmin, a pioneer in GPS navigation, announces it has acquired the assets of South African based
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Investing
African Business Angels Network (ABAN) launches at EBAN 2014
African investor network group establishes pan-African association to promote Angel investing and accelerate early stage entrepreneurship. In the past…
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Entrepreneurship
Pitching the Africa opportunity to international investors at EBAN Winter University
For the first time ever, early-stage investors from Africa and the Middle East will join their European colleagues as they gather to exchange best
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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
Successful exits from Africa’s high-growth SME companies – investors discuss options
This article originally appeared on VentureBurn, a VC4Africa publishing partner, and is published with permission. Below Keet van Zyl of Knife Capital…