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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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Entrepreneurship
An 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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Entrepreneurship
10 entrepreneurs disrupting the African energy business
Africa’s strong economic performance over the past ten years, as well as its projected economic growth, mean ever-increasing energy demands across the…
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Entrepreneurship
Insights Africa, Explore the media habits of consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa
InsightsAfrica is an interactive tool providing critical data about the online behavior of urban consumers in five key African markets: Ghana, Kenya, …
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Entrepreneurship
Meet Rasello, the Foursquare SMS disruptor from Tanzania
The Tanzanian startup Rasello is aiming to become the platform where businesses can interact with their clients – via their mobile phones. When …
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Entrepreneurship
Nurodeli: A mobile listing of services in Mauritius
Mauritius always comes up in the top spots for best governed countries in Afric, but we don’t often hear about entrepreneurs from the island
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Entrepreneurship
Follow Friday: Technology hubs in Africa on Twitter
Twitter is our main source of news and updates and we like the many ‘who to follow’ lists. Every third Friday of the month
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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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Entrepreneurship
Village Telco: A WiFi-based mesh network that offers voice and data services anywhere
There is a thriving network of ventures on the VC4Africa website. From these exciting businesses we make a selection and we approach the entrepreneurs