Blog – VC4A
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World Bank Research: Technology entrepreneurship is increasingly seen as a driver for development
eTransform Africa: The Transformational Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa, is a joint report by the World Bank and African D…
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Angel investing in Africa (case study part 3): Scouting new opportunities and finding companies to invest
Recently M-Kazi closed their seed round with angel investor Jerome Kisting. This interview is the third installment in a three part series (see part 1…
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Angel investing in Africa (case study part 2): Screening and structuring the angel investment
Recently M-Kazi closed their seed round with angel investor Jerome Kisting. This interview is the second installment in a three part series (see part …
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Entrepreneurship
Angel investing in Africa (case study part 1): Canadian investor Jerome Kisting and Kenyan based m-Kazi
Recently M-Kazi closed their seed round with angel investor Jerome Kisting. This interview is the first installment of a three part series and abbrevi…
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Case studies5 recommendations needed to promote early-stage VC funding in South Africa
This paper was written by Morgan Jones, from the Investment Banking Division at Merrill Lynch South Africa and Chipo Mlambo of the UCT Graduate School…
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Help! I’m going into due diligence with an investor, where is my checklist?
Are you prepared for due diligence with your investors and what can you do to make the process go as smoothly and fast as
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Entrepreneurship
Investor Profile: 4Di Capital exits Motribe, raises new capital and expands African horizons
This past week we had a chance to catch up with Laurie Olivier, Senior Partner at South African based 4Di Capital. We spoke about
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Entrepreneurship
Broadband pioneer Oxygen aims to connect Nigeria via Wi-Fi hotspots
Getting access to a fast and affordable internet connection in Nigeria is still problematic. To solve this, internet provider Oxygen Broadband is pion…
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Entrepreneurs rising, research shows 72% of African students consider starting a company
The Association of Business Executives (ABE) is a British qualifications body, which provides a range of business management qualifications to more th…
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Entrepreneurship
Follow Friday: Women entrepreneurs in Africa
Twitter is our main source of news and we like the many ‘who to follow’ lists. Every third Friday of the month we
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Entrepreneurship
The latest from the Kauffman Sketchbook – ‘Go be an Entrepreneur’
The problems and challenges in this world are really big. If we have any chance of leaving a better world for our children, we