EntrepreneurshipAfrica is the next frontier for VCs
According to Clarium Capital founder Peter Thiel, entrepreneurs should look for secrets where no one is looking and turn them into business opportunit…
EntrepreneurshipAfrica’s Angel investing movement picks up momentum in 2017
This past week, the VC4Africa community converged in Johannesburg for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2017. It was the first time the global cong…
InvestingThe African Business Angel – An Early Stage Investment Opportunity
Last year everyone was curious about Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to the African continent, wondering why he was there and what he meant when he
EntrepreneurshipInvesting in Africa: Lessons learnt in 2016 by the African Business Angel Network
The beauty of transitioning between calendar years is that it seems easier than normal to take stock of what has been over the past
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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…
- Entrepreneurship
Diaspora Angel Investor Network: training agribusiness entrepreneurs in Ghana
The Diaspora Angel Investor Network (The DAIN Network) is focused on getting Africans in the Diaspora engaged with entrepreneurship in the agriculture…
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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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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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VC4Africa community comes together for the first Oslo meet up
On February 22nd we hosted the first VC4Africa meetup in Oslo, Norway. This was the second event in the region, with a meet up
- Entrepreneurship
Venture profile BelCash: “We consider ourselves as the Visa card for the poor”
Every other week the VC4Africa team places a new venture in the spotlights. Now we will meet Ethiopian entrepreneur Vince Mountaga Diop, the founder
