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Entrepreneurship
Discover the entrepreneurial spirit of Liberia – Investor’s Guide
Letter from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Republic of Liberia, June 2011 Welcome to Liberia! One of the most admirable qualities of entrepreneurs …
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Case studies
Does VC4Africa create success stories? – Survey results are in!
People ask the question, does VC4Africa produce success stories? First off, this is the wrong question. VC4Africa doesn’t ‘produce’ …
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Case studies
Check out the top ranked ventures in Uganda
Here is a list of the top ten ventures from Uganda as ranked by the VC4Africa community. 1) Yo! Payments Uganda Yo! Payments is
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Case studies
How to get investors to notice your venture in 5 easy steps
Congratulations your venture has been published to VC4Africa! So now what? To be honest … the process has just started :) Given the current
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Entrepreneurship
Use the Business Model Canvas to visualize your business model
Are you an entrepreneur working hard to build a great new company? Have you already worked through all of the possible business models and
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Entrepreneurship
Is private equity investment what your business needs?
If you want to attract capital you need to make sure your business is ready for investment. You also need to understand how investors
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Entrepreneurship
Meet the entrepreneurs solving problems with green solutions
We love entrepreneurs solving problems with green solutions. Meet the greenest VC4A entrepreneurs currently registered on the site. Here is a top ten …
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Case studies
Barefoot Lighting, a social enterprise that focuses on providing affordable lighting
We’re experimenting with embedded video on the VC4Africa site. My feeling is that, while YouTube and Vimeo are great places to host video, they
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Entrepreneurship
Follow Friday: Investors in Africa on Twitter
Twitter is our main source of news and updates and we like the ‘who to follow’ lists. That inspired us to start a new
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Entrepreneurship
SEED Award winner Kwaku Yamoah Kyei: ‘Social entrepreneurship is the future’
The annual international SEED Awards recognize inspiring social and environmental entrepreneurs. Last month Ghanaian entrepreneur Kwaku Yamoah Kyei fr…