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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…
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Entrepreneurship
MyOws: ‘My Original Works’ is the ‘BaseCamp’ for freelancer’s copyright
The newest member of the VC4Africa Booster Programme is the South African venture MyOws. Working in the creative sector Max Guedy, co-founder of MyOws
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Entrepreneurship
Penda Health sets out to disrupt Kenyan healthcare system
Recently Penda Health officially opened their first clinic in Kitengela, half an hour drive from Nairobi, Kenya. As this startup of Stephanie Kozcela,…
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Entrepreneurship
Mobile Web West Africa 2012: ‘Local content, simplicity and accessibility are the key to success’
Budding entrepreneurs must make their products easy to use and accessible in order to make an impact in the growing mobile ecosystem in Nigeria
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Case studies
Take a look at the VC4Africa peer to peer mentorship program
VC4Africa’s strength is in its member base. We strongly believe in a peer-to-peer approach and foster an open culture of learning and sharing. M…
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EntrepreneurshipAn inside look at the emerging startup scene in Nairobi
Kenya’s capital Nairobi is on the forefront of Africa’s tech-revolution. With the fast adoption of new mobile money services, and the dropping prices …
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Entrepreneurship
Startup Weekend Dakar connects Francophone Africa to international startup scene
This is a guest post written by Yann Le Beux, @CTICDakar – Incubator and Accelerator In recent years, Africa as a whole has experienced an
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Case studies
VC4Africa members come together for the second Abuja Meetup
Recently, member Silas Okwoche took the initiative to organize and host the second VC4Africa meet up in Abuja, Nigeria. We had a chance to
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Entrepreneurship
M-Kazi: Mobile job-search on basic phones in Kenya
Finding seed funding is one of the major problems African entrepreneurs face when they want to start a company. Nancy Wang and Lino Carcoforo
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Case studies
Africa the rising giant, A profile on the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA)
The African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) is a not-for-profit entity founded to promote, develop and stimulate private equity and venture capital…
