Data from VC4A’s new ‘2017 Venture Finance in Africa’ research proves that a strong team of founders is the key driver of startup success ..
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Over the last 6 years, our team at TLcom met dozens of African entrepreneurs. While there are many challenges facing most of these founders ..
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Recently I chaired two panels at the annual Africa Technology Business Forum in London which brings together entrepreneurs, investors, advisors and enthusiasts to discuss ..
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From the rooftop lounge of Andela’s appropriately named EPIC Towers, the skyline of Nigeria’s coastal economic hub Lagos is littered with telecommunication pylons stretching ..
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A new guide by the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator programme helps African start-ups approach mobile operators for partnership. The guide comes after this report which ..
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Last month I shared my story on how I started BitPesa, a payments company headquartered in Kenya with operations in Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, the UK, ..
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According to Clarium Capital founder Peter Thiel, entrepreneurs should look for secrets where no one is looking and turn them into business opportunities. Thiel ..
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The second edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report, published by Disrupt Africa, finds African tech startups raised almost US$130 million in ..
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Last year everyone was curious about Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to the African continent, wondering why he was there and what he meant when he ..
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“Opportunity Knocks”. It was only twenty months ago that an article about Nigeria’s (under this title) growing tech scene was featured in the Economist. The ..
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