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Entrepreneurship
Video: VC4Africa Nairobi meetup and the need for Angel Investors in the African startup space
This year’s second VC4Africa meetup in Nairobi that was held last week turned out the be one of the most international editions so far.
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Case studies
Growing investor support for Africa’s innovation sector
This past week was one of the most exciting for the VC4Africa community so far. Forty innovators from across the continent convened in Nairobi
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Entrepreneurship
Startup Knight Competition: on the hunt for a new generation of startups
Startup Knight is a competition for software based tech startups that are getting ready to start a viable business in South Africa. Byte Orbit,
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Entrepreneurship
The Lean LaunchPad – Taking Familiar Course Material to a new level.
I’m very impressed by this new video series just launched by Steve Blank. If you have enough broadband access to video in your part
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Entrepreneurship
EzPaySlip: Cloud based payroll system built to fit the reality of East African SMEs
On a regular basis we put ventures in the spotlight that have registered on our platform. Today we talk to Danish entrepreneur Michael Pedersen,
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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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Entrepreneurship
mPawa: Mobile job matching for blue-collar recruitment in Africa
On a regular basis we put ventures in the spotlight who have registered on our platform. Today we talk to Ghanaian entrepreneur Maxwell Donkor of
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Case studies
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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Entrepreneurship
Vivus Limited: A holistic approach to accomplish energy and food security in Ghana
Vivus Limited has developed a rural transportation system that enables the efficient collection of crops and agricultural waste. They then market crop…
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Entrepreneurship
Infographic: Innovation centres in Africa
A lot has been written about the boom of innovation centres in Africa, but recently mHealth Africa published a great infographic that shows all