Blog – VC4A
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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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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…
- 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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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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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
- 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…
- 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…
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Companies on VC4Africa secure more than 12,000,000 USD in funding
By Ben White, Thomas van Halen, Miguel Heilbron Combined, 92 companies listed on venture capital community VC4Africa secured USD $12,000,000 in fundin…
- Entrepreneurship
Nigerian savings payment platform Save & Buy launched, now in talks with investors
This article by Gabriella Mulligan originally appeared on HumanIPO, a VC4Africa publishing partner, and is published with permission. Nigerian web and…
- Entrepreneurship
Live Blog: Top 40 startups launch at DEMO Africa 2013
DEMO Africa is the premier platform for the best and brightest companies throughout Africa seeking to launch their products in front of a global
- Entrepreneurship
“Only way to know more about this space is to actually do deals” – Pule Taukobong, founder of the Africa Angels Network
Africa Angels Network has recently joined the VC4Africa investor network. VC4Africa followed up with Pule Taukobong, the founder of the initiative (pr…
