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Case studies
Mapping startup ecosystems across Africa: How to facilitate entrepreneurial success
Below Daniel Evans & Louis Boguchwal, researchers from the Network Science Center at West Point (US), explain how they map networks of entrepreneu…
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Entrepreneurship
VC4Africa community calls on leaders to invest in entrepreneurial ecosystem at 5th EU-Africa Business Forum
It is clear Small Medium Sized Enterprises are the backbone of every economy: they are the engines of employment, income generation and economic growt…
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Case studies
Entrepreneurial success in Africa: the key to economic growth and political stability
International economic development organizations agree that entrepreneurial success in the developing world can alleviate many key world problems. Dan…
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Entrepreneurship
Invitation: Calling the world’s leading investors to back Africa’s top innovators
Now is the time. Now is the time to be investing in Africa. A billion consumers, improving political stability, a rising middle class, continued
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Entrepreneurship
To a new year full of African success stories! The VC4Africa community in 2013 & the year ahead
What started as a conversation between like-minded professionals continues to grow as a thriving community dedicated to African venture finance. VC4Af…
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Entrepreneurship
South Africa’s teaching and learning tool platform Rethink Education rapidly expanding
This article by Tom Jackson originally appeared on HumanIPO, a VC4Africa publishing partner, and is published with permission. Cape Town-based firm Re…
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Case studies
Companies on VC4Africa secure more than 12,000,000 USD in funding
By Ben White, Thomas van Halen, Miguel Heilbron Combined, 92 companies listed on venture capital community VC4Africa secured USD $12,000,000 in fundin…
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Entrepreneurship
Nigerian savings payment platform Save & Buy launched, now in talks with investors
This article by Gabriella Mulligan originally appeared on HumanIPO, a VC4Africa publishing partner, and is published with permission. Nigerian web and…
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Entrepreneurship
Live Blog: Top 40 startups launch at DEMO Africa 2013
DEMO Africa is the premier platform for the best and brightest companies throughout Africa seeking to launch their products in front of a global
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Entrepreneurship
«Only way to know more about this space is to actually do deals» – Pule Taukobong, founder of the Africa Angels Network
Africa Angels Network has recently joined the VC4Africa investor network. VC4Africa followed up with Pule Taukobong, the founder of the initiative (pr…
