Mentorship8 qualities of an entrepreneur to consider before mentoring
Building a successful mentoring relationship as a mentor requires more than just a desire to share the knowledge and experience you’ve gained ov…
Case studiesSeed stage investing and why it matters for Africa’s startup and innovation community
Startup entrepreneurs are working to harness Africa’s potential. Together they represent a critical pipeline of innovation that is driving high growth…
Case studiesVC4A announces 2020 ‘Venture Showcase – Seed’ in partnership with AWS Activate, AfriLabs and ABAN
VC4A is calling for African startups looking to raise between $150K and $1M. In proud collaboration with technical partner AWS Activate, and network p…
Case studiesCounting Down to Africa’s Biggest Early Stage Investor Summit
Africa’s early stage investor community will convene on November 11th and 12th, 2018 for the 5th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2018), host…
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Learnings from the Angel Investor Bootcamp in Lagos, Nigeria [VIDEOS]
On Friday July 31st, Lagos kicked off the Series of Angel Investor Bootcamps leading up to the ABAN Investor Summit at DEMO Africa. The
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Mentor turned investor: Meet the diaspora angel who invested in startups Njorku & Kiro’o Games in Cameroon
Cameroon is not an ‘investor favorite’ and few non Cameroonian investors consider supporting entrepreneurs building companies there. What is the value…
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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
Case studies5 recommendations needed to promote early-stage VC funding in South Africa
This paper was written by Morgan Jones, from the Investment Banking Division at Merrill Lynch South Africa and Chipo Mlambo of the UCT Graduate School…
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Growing investor support for Africa’s innovation sector
This past week was one of the most exciting for the VC4Africa community so far. Forty innovators from across the continent convened in Nairobi
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VC4Africa offers due diligence support and matchmaking service
VC4Africa is pleased to announce the launch of its ‘Booster Program,’ a unique opportunity for a select number of VC4Africa registered ven…