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Case studies
VC4Africa 2015 Report: Venture Finance in Africa – progress in Africa’s startup space
New research by startup funding platform VC4Africa shows considerable progress made by early-stage growth companies across Africa. Leave your details …
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Entrepreneurship
Tech hub sustainability in Africa: a complex challenge that requires a systemic solution
Across Africa up to 200 young tech hub organizations exist, important but without a clear path to long-term survival, writes Tayo Akinyemi, Director o…
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Investing
African Business Angels Network (ABAN) launches at EBAN 2014
African investor network group establishes pan-African association to promote Angel investing and accelerate early stage entrepreneurship. In the past…
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Case studies
VC4Africa announces new partnership: The Inclusive Business Accelerator
VC4Africa has formed a partnership with the BoP Innovation Center and international development organisation SNV to support entrepreneurs who are sett…
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Case studies
“Building partnerships sounds nice, but it is hard work”
Many conferences on business opportunities in Africa are held both inside and outside the continent. Last week VC4Africa joined the ‘AfricaWorks!’ eve…
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Entrepreneurship
How the rise in corporate venture capital can close Africa’s 100 billion US dollar finance gap for SMEs
This article by Tara Sabre Collier originally appeared on NextBillion and is published with permission. If GE, the fourth biggest company in the worl…
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Entrepreneurship
The start-up ecosystem in Mozambique
By Tara Sabre Collier & Domingos Mazivila Tara Sabre is an impact investing specialist at GroFin Capital, part of VC4Africa’s investor network. Do…
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Case studies
Africa’s early stage investor network on the rise, breaking down the numbers
At VC4Africa we have been busy building a leading network of investors actively investing in early stage companies. There are more than 600 investors
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Entrepreneurship
Announcement: DEMO Africa Investor Package
VC4Africa is pleased to offer a special package for Investors who will attend DEMO Africa 2014, otherwise the leading launchpad for emerging technolog…
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Entrepreneurship
Investors & entrepreneurs: how to get more startup investment deals across Africa
This article by Tom Jackson originally appeared on HumanIPO and is published with permission When a company gets funding, it is generally big news.