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Case studies
Crowdsourcing a global movement, an online marketplace for African startups
The Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa) community is dedicated to supporting the growth of Africa’s start up ecosystem. The network building …
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Case studies
VC4Africa launches third generation platform, a global community for African startups
VC4Africa is pleased to present to you its third generation website. Read more about the background of the organization and some of the thinking
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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
Join a global series of VC4Africa meetups as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013
We believe entrepreneurship development in Africa can be accelerated when we connect a global network of knowledge and capital. As part of this year…
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Entrepreneurship
Results of VC4Africa’s 2013 SME Performance Index
The team at VC4Africa recently reached out to entrepreneurs part of the community to find our more about their progress. These are the results
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Case studies
Towards a vibrant venture capital sector in Africa
What needs to be done, by policy-makers of African governments and others, to create a thriving economic environment for emerging entrepreneurs in Afr…
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Entrepreneurship
Connecting innovators with capital, meet 40 investors from the VC4Africa investor network
At VC4Africa our mission is to support the continent’s most promising entrepreneurs and to connect them with the resources (network, knowledge a…
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Case studies
Brain gain: 70% of African Diasporan MBAs will return to work in Africa post-graduation
African Diasporan MBA students from leading Western business schools have affirmed their conviction in Africa’s potential for fostering small-to- medi…
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Case studies
World Bank Research: Technology entrepreneurship is increasingly seen as a driver for development
eTransform Africa: The Transformational Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa, is a joint report by the World Bank and African D…
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Entrepreneurship
Video: VC4Africa Nairobi meetup and the need for Angel Investors in the African startup space
This year’s second VC4Africa meetup in Nairobi that was held last week turned out the be one of the most international editions so far.