Blog – VC4A
- Entrepreneurship
Ten African startups selected for Startupbootcamp acceleration program
Economic growth depends on the jobs, innovation, new ideas, and fresh thinking that entrepreneurs and small businesses bring to their societies. Yet A…
- Entrepreneurship
Introducing the GIZ Accelerator Program for Climate Change Innovations
Climate change affects communities globally with extreme weather pattern changes, rising sea levels, and temperatures, and growing greenhouse gas emis…
- Case studies
A year in review at VC4A & a sneak peek at 2022
Another year has almost passed and we are quite proud of what we have achieved. The community has grown, the VC4A platform has improved,
- Case studies
How African startups contribute to tackling the challenge of youth unemployment
The year 2021 has proved exceptionally successful for African startups, drawing more record-breaking fundraising deals than all of 2019 and 2020 combi…
- Mentorship
VC4A Mentor-Driven Capital is getting ready for 2022
VC4A is launching another round of the Mentor-Driven Capital (MDC) programs for 2022 in January in Egypt and Somaliland, with MDC in Nigeria kicking
- Investing
Largest gathering of investors convene at 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
Momentum and capital behind an Africa tech revolution. Investors at the 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit celebrated record-breaking deal-making …
- Case studies
VC4A & ABAN Announce New Partnership with the UK Government While Gearing up to the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2021
The British High Commission’s UK South Africa Tech Hub, and its partners VC4A and the Africa Business Angels Network (ABAN), have come together to
- Case studies
Mentorwise S1E8: Can you outgrow a mentoring relationship?
As we bring this season to a close we ask, “Can you outgrow a mentoring relationship?” and “How do you make a clean break?”.
- Case studies
VC4A & ABAN bring together the African Early Stage Investor Community at #AESIS2021
Welcoming investors to join the 8th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit #AESIS2021 online and offline on November 3-5 2021 VC4A and
- Case studies
Announcing the 8 finalists of the 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase – Seed track
We’re proud to announce the 8 finalists for the 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase Seed track. These companies represent Africa’s best Seed investment o…
- Investing
Announcing the 8 finalists for the 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A
We’re proud to announce the 8 ventures for the 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A track! Since 2017, the VC4A Venture Showcase has