Blog – VC4A
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Entrepreneurship
Ross Baird, Village Capital: ‘We are putting power over resources in the hands of innovators’
After successful events in the US, Brazil, India, China and the UK, Village Capital has now landed in Africa – Kenya to be precise. In partnersh…
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Case studies
150 Start-ups make the DEMO Africa Shortlist
It is clear there are innovators working on promising ventures across the continent. If anyone doubts that, DEMO Africa will change their mind for
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Entrepreneurship
Register for the GIST Tech-I Competition before September 24th, 2012
Photo: Team Cyan Girls at the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in New York, July 9, 2011. A key of ushering in the new era
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Case studies
Are Africa’s entrepreneurs an answer to the jobs challenge?
Africa is the world’s second-fastest-growing region. Poverty is falling, and around 90 million of its households have joined the world’s consuming cla…
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Entrepreneurship
mPawa: Mobile job matching for blue-collar recruitment in Africa
On a regular basis we put ventures in the spotlight who have registered on our platform. Today we talk to Ghanaian entrepreneur Maxwell Donkor of
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Case studies
Study looks at the rise of the Venture Capital industry in Nigeria
With the establishment of the Small and Medium-Scale Industries Equity Investment Scheme (SMEIS) in 2001, and the liberalization of the telecom…
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Case studies
6 steps for starting as an angel investor in Africa
Not a day goes by that we don’t see an article highlighting various resources entrepreneurs can tap into building their business. On the contrary,
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Case studies
Understanding VC4Africa – building connections between Entrepreneurs and Investors
In the last year VC4Africa has made many changes to the website, and in our continued quest to build a robust support system for
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Case studies
Deadline for DEMO Africa applications is August 31st, do it now!
DEMO Africa is shaping up to be a world class event and a welcomed addition to the African tech innovation space. The event builds
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Entrepreneurship
Vivus Limited: A holistic approach to accomplish energy and food security in Ghana
Vivus Limited has developed a rural transportation system that enables the efficient collection of crops and agricultural waste. They then market crop…
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Entrepreneurship
Infographic: Innovation centres in Africa
A lot has been written about the boom of innovation centres in Africa, but recently mHealth Africa published a great infographic that shows all