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Case studies
CESACOPA is the winner of the 2012 Incubator Award
The Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (Hivos), a leading Dutch organisation with a worldwide presence, and its partner organization Ventu…
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Case studies
Investor network comes together to launch African ventures
Africa is full of opportunities. At the same time, investing successfully is never easy. At VC4Africa we work to lower barriers to entry and
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Case studies
5 steps to fundraising on VC4Africa
VC4Africa recently launched new tools that improve the community’s matchmaking capabilities. This is a first for the African space and is part of our …
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Case studies
It’s a Facebook Africa: A map of the world’s most visited websites by country
Webempires, a company that creates apps and visuals on interesting web companies, technology and business, recently published a map of the world’…
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Entrepreneurship
Ugandan techies walk away with awards at PivotEast
At the recent Pivot East competition, an event in which developers pitch their mobile apps to possible investors, Uganda was represented by 4 startups…
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Entrepreneurship
RubyCup: making intimate healthcare products available to woman in East Africa
Good ventures solve real problems. One would expect that the reusable silicon menstrual cup is invented as a product for women in the developing
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Entrepreneurship
Africa Media Ventures Fund: Venture capital for a thriving African media sector
VC4Africa is actively expanding its network of investors. Today we meet Lot Carlier from the Africa Media Ventures Fund (AMVF), an organisation that m…
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Case studies
Lack of market knowledge cited as the number one reason investors fail
At VC4Africa we like to poll our members on different issues in the effort to extract possibly useful insights. Recently we asked, ‘What are
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Case studies
VC4Africa: the founder’s network for the continent’s leading entrepreneurs
As a start-up founder, you probably have more on your plate than you want to think about. So adding more activities to your daily
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Entrepreneurship
GrowthHub Nairobi: “Jobs have to be created, and not only in the ICT-sector”
Another hub for starting entrepreneurs was opened in Nairobi last Thursday. The GrowthHub, situated close to Yaya Centre, aims to support start-ups an…