Blog – VC4A
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Entrepreneurship
Announcing the startups in Village Capital’s Fintech Africa 2018 program
Village Capital is excited to collaborate with PayPal to support twelve early-stage startups working to improve financial health in sub-Saharan Africa…
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Entrepreneurship
What do you need to get started as an Angel Investor?
Angel Investing may conjure images of people in business suits with wings and halos to match. However, it is far less supernatural and quite
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Case studies
Sendy closes Series A to grow its on-demand delivery services platform
Sendy Limited, East Africa’s on-demand delivery services platform closes Series A. The investment will be used to broaden Sendy’s service offeri…
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Entrepreneurship
Power-as-a-service leader Rensource raises $3.5M for expansion in Nigeria
Rensource Energy, a Lagos-based distributed energy provider, has raised $3.5 million USD in bridge financing to grow its power-as-a-service renewable …
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Entrepreneurship
African angel investors are moving to the heart of the continent’s future
Africa has developed from a continent once viewed as a lost cause to a land of vibrant opportunity, particularly when it comes to business
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Entrepreneurship
CcHub and Nailab announce cohorts of the first Make-IT Accelerator
The Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) in Lagos, Nigeria, and NaiLab in Nairobi, Kenya, have announced the startups that will take part in the Make-IT Accelerato…
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Case studies
Unlocking new chapters of growth for the African startup community
VC4A is looking back on a productive year and gearing up again for 2018! As the year comes to a close, we are so
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Entrepreneurship
Meet the 16 Startups Pitching at Seedstars Africa 2017
After another year where the Seedstars World team traveled to 20 African countries with the mission to find the best tech startups in emerging
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Case studies
Celebrating early-stage investing in Africa at Annual Angel Investor Summit #AAIS2017
Last week the early-stage investor community convened in Cape Town for the 4th annual African Angel Investor Summit 2017 hosted by ABAN, VC4A and
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Case studies
Save the African startup gazelle and forget the lesser-spotted unicorn
With entrepreneurship conference season at it’s peak in Cape Town (AfricaCom, AfricArena and last week’s AAIS2017), coffee-infused convers…
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Case studies
Somali Accelerator Innovate Ventures invests $30,000 at Demo Day in Hargeisa
Innovate Ventures, the leading Somali tech and business startup accelerator launched in partnership with VC4A, Telesom and the Work in Progress! Allia…