Blog – VC4A
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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
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
The start-up ecosystem in Mozambique
By Tara Sabre Collier & Domingos Mazivila Tara Sabre is an impact investing specialist at GroFin Capital, part of VC4Africa’s investor network. Do…
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Entrepreneurship
Flat6Labs – Accelerating Entrepreneurship Across the MENA Region
VC4Africa connects partners running physical tech hubs and accelerators across the African continent. When visiting a country, doing market research, …
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Case studies
Africa’s early stage investor network on the rise, breaking down the numbers
At VC4Africa we have been busy building a leading network of investors actively investing in early stage companies. There are more than 600 investors
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Entrepreneurship
Announcement: DEMO Africa Investor Package
VC4Africa is pleased to offer a special package for Investors who will attend DEMO Africa 2014, otherwise the leading launchpad for emerging technolog…
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Entrepreneurship
Investors & entrepreneurs: how to get more startup investment deals across Africa
This article by Tom Jackson originally appeared on HumanIPO and is published with permission When a company gets funding, it is generally big news.
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Entrepreneurship
The amazing spirit amongst Africa’s tech entrepreneurs
You think you have seen them all until you see more of them. Solutions that you thought had been long employed. Innovations that you
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Case studies
The technology ecosystem in Kampala, Uganda
Dan Evans of the Network Science Center at West Point (US) continues to discuss insights from his trips where he collects data on entrepreneurial
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Entrepreneurship
Is there a new tech innovation boom in Zimbabwe? Insights from the DEMO Africa Innovation Tour
Harry Hare of DEMO Africa shares insights from the DEMO Africa Innovation Tour trail. Only a few weeks left to apply for DEMO Africa.
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Entrepreneurship
Forget funding; talent and ideas will grow Africa’s startup ecosystem – Mobile West Africa insights
Samuel Okocha reports from the Mobile West Africa 2014 conference in Lagos, Nigeria. “Until we get those valuable ideas that solve real problems…
