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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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Accelerating entrepreneurship in Africa, understanding the barriers and challenges
The photo was taken by Felix Masi. See his photo blog. Entrepreneurship is gaining credibility as a vocation in Africa, but it continues to
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Perhaps not all investors are ready for Africa, but Africa is ready for investors
Avanz Capital Partners, in association with the African Venture Capital Association, recently published a report titled,’The Private Equity Clim…
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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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Are Africa’s entrepreneurs an answer to the jobs challenge?
Africa is the world’s second-fastest-growing region. Poverty is falling, and around 90 million of its households have joined the world’s consuming cla…
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6 steps for starting as an angel investor in Africa
Not a day goes by that we don’t see an article highlighting various resources entrepreneurs can tap into building their business. On the contrary,
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Projection of GDP growth in Africa visualized
The Guardian website recently published an African Economic Outlook of 2012. The visualization shows that Africa has emerged as one of the fastest gro…
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Mapping African Agriculture, wealth of agro data available online
Data of all kinds are notoriously scarce for Sub-Saharan Africa, and geospatial data—that is, maps—on agriculture, poverty, and the environment are no…
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Entrepreneurship
FMO and Oikocredit move to support SMEs in Central and Southern Africa
Recently the Dutch development bank FMO and Oikocredit launched a €10 million fund. The facility will invest predominantly in Central and Southern Afr…
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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