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Entrepreneurship
Mbwana Alliy, Savannah Fund: ‘We want to connect the best African startups to Silicon Valley’
The recently launched Savannah Fund is specializing in US$25k to US$500k investments in early-stage high growth technology ventures. The fund aims to …
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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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Entrepreneurship
Pure Fuels, transforming the Kenyan transport sector with marine algae
Fuel is the biggest expense for the transport sector. To reduce the operating costs of Kenyan companies, entrepreneur Daniel Mugenga is transforming u…
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Case studies
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
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Entrepreneurship
Building a hardware business in Nigeria, meet tablet pioneer Saheed Adepoju
At VC4Africa we are in touch with many entrepreneurs across the continent and we are always interested to learn from their experiences. We recently
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Entrepreneurship
PassCo Africa: Using technology to boost student performance
In today’s hyper-connected world, it is hard to believe that only 11 percent of Africans have access to the Internet through a computer or
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Entrepreneurship
RubyCup: making intimate healthcare products available to woman in East Africa
Good ventures solve real problems. One would expect that the reusable silicon menstrual cup is invented as a product for women in the developing
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Entrepreneurship
Africa Media Ventures Fund: Venture capital for a thriving African media sector
VC4Africa is actively expanding its network of investors. Today we meet Lot Carlier from the Africa Media Ventures Fund (AMVF), an organisation that m…
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Case studies
VC4Africa launches secure network for private investing
VC4Africa is pleased to announce new tools that make private investment easy, secure and social. This is a first for the African space and
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Case studies
VC4Africa: the founder’s network for the continent’s leading entrepreneurs
As a start-up founder, you probably have more on your plate than you want to think about. So adding more activities to your daily
