Blog – VC4A
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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…
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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…
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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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Case studies
Welcome to the Silicon Savannah – Researching Africa’s startup ecosystems
Dan Evans, Network Science Center at West Point (US), discusses insights from his trips to collect data on entrepreneur ecosystems in various cities i…
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Case studies
Mapping startup ecosystems across Africa: How to facilitate entrepreneurial success
Below Daniel Evans & Louis Boguchwal, researchers from the Network Science Center at West Point (US), explain how they map networks of entrepreneu…
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Entrepreneurship
VC4Africa community calls on leaders to invest in entrepreneurial ecosystem at 5th EU-Africa Business Forum
It is clear Small Medium Sized Enterprises are the backbone of every economy: they are the engines of employment, income generation and economic growt…
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Case studies
Entrepreneurial success in Africa: the key to economic growth and political stability
International economic development organizations agree that entrepreneurial success in the developing world can alleviate many key world problems. Dan…
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Entrepreneurship
Invitation: Calling the world’s leading investors to back Africa’s top innovators
Now is the time. Now is the time to be investing in Africa. A billion consumers, improving political stability, a rising middle class, continued
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Entrepreneurship
To a new year full of African success stories! The VC4Africa community in 2013 & the year ahead
What started as a conversation between like-minded professionals continues to grow as a thriving community dedicated to African venture finance. VC4Af…
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Entrepreneurship
South Africa’s teaching and learning tool platform Rethink Education rapidly expanding
This article by Tom Jackson originally appeared on HumanIPO, a VC4Africa publishing partner, and is published with permission. Cape Town-based firm Re…