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Kauffman Sketchbook: Where Do Entrepreneurs Get Their Money?
Paul Kedrosky – who spends some of his time as a Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation – has a thoughtful short video (as
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Vuka Trust, models for tapping into collective economic potential
Vuka Trustee Hamilton Madlala showing off the new bank card delivery vehicle delivering low-cost Wizzit Bank cards to Savings Union Members. In the US
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Promoting a new generation of women leaders in Africa
The Leading Women of Africa initiative is a pan-African forum for promoting a new generation of women leaders. The organization seeks to promote unity…
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Ideacentric: Making the Nigerian curriculum available on tablets
Many new ideas are coming in every week via the VC4Africa website. On a regular basis the VC4Africa team places a new venture in
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What are investors looking for in African start-ups
What are Investors Looking for in African Start-Ups from Jonathan Marks on Vimeo. This is the first in a series of pilot videos made
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Check out upcoming VC4Africa meetups in Accra, Oslo and London
Second to networking online, VC4Africa makes use of the Barcamp model (an international network of user generated conferences – open, participatory wo…
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Interview with Stephen Dawson, co-Founder of Jacana Ventures
At VC4Africa we are always looking to profile investors in the space. Especially the individuals and organizations that target the SME (small and medi…
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Nomad: Connected without connection in Togo
Many new ideas are coming in every week via the VC4Africa website. On a regular basis the VC4Africa team places a new venture in
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Meet the Dropifi team: winners of the Startup Weekend Accra
From left to right: Kamil Nabong, David Osei and Effah Philips Mensah Dropifi won the recent Startup Weekend Accra competition. Let’s get personal and
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VC4Africa launches new tools for entrepreneurs
We believe that the peer-to-peer structure of VC4Africa is what differentiates our platform and gives it a unique strength. The potential for VC4Afric…
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Mekina: Cutting out the car salesman in Addis Ababa
Many new ideas are coming in every week via the VC4Africa website. On a regular basis the VC4Africa team places a new venture in