Blog – VC4A
EntrepreneurshipAfrica is the next frontier for VCs
According to Clarium Capital founder Peter Thiel, entrepreneurs should look for secrets where no one is looking and turn them into business opportunit…
Case studiesInnovate Ventures re-runs successful tech accelerator for Somali startups
Innovate Ventures is running for a second year their highly successful tech start-up accelerator – The Innovate Accelerator. Launched in partnership w…
Case studiesLaunching XL Africa, a program to position top digital scale-ups for global growth
In partnership with The World Bank Group, VC4A is pleased to announce the launch of XL Africa, a five-month post-acceleration program designed to supp…
EntrepreneurshipAfrica’s Angel investing movement picks up momentum in 2017
This past week, the VC4Africa community converged in Johannesburg for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2017. It was the first time the global cong…
EntrepreneurshipGreenFingers Mobile Secures Seed Capital from The Hivos Food & Lifestyle Fund
GreenFingers Mobile, a technology platform provider for managing and financing smallholder farmers in Africa, recently launched out of beta stage and …
Entrepreneurship5 Trends in the African tech funding space
The second edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report, published by Disrupt Africa, finds African tech startups raised almost US$130 m…
InvestingThe African Business Angel – An Early Stage Investment Opportunity
Last year everyone was curious about Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to the African continent, wondering why he was there and what he meant when he
EntrepreneurshipFour takeaways on synergies between mobile operators and African startups
Today in Africa, there are opportunities for mobile operators and startups to collaborate. A new report by GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator programme dives …
EntrepreneurshipTraction Camp partners with East African hubs to support digital entrepreneurs
The m:Lab East Africa programme Traction Camp, now open for applications via VC4A, announced a partnership with tech hubs that support entrepreneurs a…
EntrepreneurshipMeet the 18 African startups pitching at the Seedstars Summit in Lausanne
Another year has passed in which the Seedstars World teams traveled to over 70 countries around the world, and 18 of them on the
EntrepreneurshipInvesting in Africa: Lessons learnt in 2016 by the African Business Angel Network
The beauty of transitioning between calendar years is that it seems easier than normal to take stock of what has been over the past
