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Startup Weekend Accra: Setting up a business in 54 hours
The first Accra Startup Weekend is scheduled to take place from November 18 to 20 at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Ghana’s
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Recognize the Power of Entrepreneurship, VC4Africa Community Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
At VC4Africa we believe entrepreneurship is the single most powerful agent for progress, whether that be economic, social or environmental. Entreprene…
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Entrepreneurs harness the power of mobile in Africa, startups abound
What do Gerald Begumisa, Nick Hargreaves, Matt Toplis, Silas Okwoche, Churchill Nanje Mambe and Vince Diop have in common? They are all mobile entrepr…
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Working towards a Greener Future in Africa – Hivos and VC4Africa join forces
Photo by EDWARD XU At VC4Africa we seek to promote entrepreneurs working to scale green solutions. Large-scale deforestation, water pollution, global …
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Andrew Mugoya: ‘African app developers have to forge a niche in the global marketplace’
Although the newly published E-book ‘African Apps in a Global Marketplace’ by Andrew Mugoya is aimed at software developers, it contains useful advice…
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TakeAwayGh: Ordering food online in Accra
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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Female entrepreneurs a driving force in African SMEs
The rate of female entrepreneurship is higher in Africa than in any other region of the world. Nomsa Daniels, the Executive Director of New
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VC4Africa pitches for your vote in 1 minute [video]
If you are a member of VC4Africa (and like our video:) vote for our pitch! We are entering the final days of the Accenture
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2nd VC4Africa meetup in Kampala is a success
Great photos were taken by Edward Echwalu Last night we were pleased to see members come together for the 2nd VC4Africa meetup to be
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Information Africa: Reducing dependency on foreign ICT consultants in Ghana
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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European Investors take a serious look at African startups
Presentation at Barcamp Cameroon Today we had a chance to connect with Dariu Trueb, a representative of Ringier AG, one of Europe’s largest medi…