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Case studies
Connecting innovators and capital, excitement builds to DEMO Africa 2012
This photo is from Picture Perfect. Check out their blog! If I take a step back, I realize things are moving faster than ever
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Entrepreneurship
Djoss.tv: Africa’s first to make TV-watching a social media experience
To Djoss means to comment or share opinion during a discussion. That is exactly what you can do on Djoss.tv, an online platform aimed
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Entrepreneurship
Ross Baird, Village Capital: ‘We are putting power over resources in the hands of innovators’
After successful events in the US, Brazil, India, China and the UK, Village Capital has now landed in Africa – Kenya to be precise. In partnersh…
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Entrepreneurship
Vivus Limited: A holistic approach to accomplish energy and food security in Ghana
Vivus Limited has developed a rural transportation system that enables the efficient collection of crops and agricultural waste. They then market crop…
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Entrepreneurship
Maliyo Games: “We see a huge opportunity for mobile gaming in Africa”
We see many Nigerian ventures sign up to the VC4Africa platform. Maliyo Games is among some of these outstanding initiatives, as they are creating
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Entrepreneurship
Mbwana Alliy, Savannah Fund: ‘We want to connect the best African startups to Silicon Valley’
The recently launched Savannah Fund is specializing in US$25k to US$500k investments in early-stage high growth technology ventures. The fund aims to …
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Entrepreneurship
Pure Fuels, transforming the Kenyan transport sector with marine algae
Fuel is the biggest expense for the transport sector. To reduce the operating costs of Kenyan companies, entrepreneur Daniel Mugenga is transforming u…
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Case studies
DEMO and VC4Africa announce inaugural DEMO Africa, Oct 24-26, 2012
DEMO Africa is the launchpad for emerging technology and trends in Africa and is scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 24-26 October
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Case studies
London builds a bridge to Africa at VC4Africa Meetup
On Friday the 22nd of June, 2012, members of VC4Africa came together for a London meetup. Today we had a chance to catch up
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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