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EntrepreneurshipInvesting in Kenya’s mobile disruptors, meet the Safaricom Spark Venture Fund
Safaricom in November 2014 launched a venture fund that invest in late seed to early growth stage support start-ups that use mobile technology as
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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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Case studies
How startup incubators in Africa contribute to entrepreneur success
You thought Africa’s startup incubators don’t work? In fact they have a big positive impact on Africa’s innovation ecosystem, writes Michael Oluwagbem…
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Entrepreneurship
The essential startup starter pack: legal documents you need as a startup founder
What are the legal documents you need to have as a startup founder? Odun Longe, a startup lawyer at The Longe Practice in Lagos, Nigeria, lists
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Entrepreneurship
The 2015 Green Pioneer Accelerator Program launches in Kenya and South Africa
A new acceleration program was announced for green entrepreneurs today at the Seed Africa Symposium 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. This ambitious, continenta…
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Entrepreneurship
How the rise in corporate venture capital can close Africa’s 100 billion US dollar finance gap for SMEs
This article by Tara Sabre Collier originally appeared on NextBillion and is published with permission. If GE, the fourth biggest company in the worl…
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Entrepreneurship
Past DEMO Judge gives 5 key tips for a successful DEMO Africa application!
At the DEMO Africa Innovation Tour session in Zimbabwe, Ali Hussein – one of the DEMO Africa 2013 judges – extensively explained what the …
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Entrepreneurship
Results of VC4Africa’s 2013 SME Performance Index
The team at VC4Africa recently reached out to entrepreneurs part of the community to find our more about their progress. These are the results
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Entrepreneurship
VC4Africa Crash Course: writing a financial plan that will convince investors – Last step: Valuation & deal closing
To support entrepreneurs registered on VC4Africa we have created an easy to use format for the financial plan. In a series of articles on
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Entrepreneurship
VC4Africa Crash Course: writing a financial plan that will convince investors – Step 4: Finance request
To support entrepreneurs registered on VC4Africa we have created an easy to use format for the financial plan. In a series of articles on
