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Africa produces the next Facebook, Groupon, Zynga or Google
What will these lists look like 5 years from now? This infographic was produced by Ivan Colic. Located in South Africa, he started a
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VC4Africa entrepreneurs to watch in 2011
VC4Africa.biz now has 91 ventures registered from more than 20 African countries and a surprising number of sectors. It is a nice representation of
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Rick Harington’s MarketFleas secures funding
Today I jumped out of my chair when I got this e-mail from Rick. He writes, “Hi Ben, We finally finished our investment round
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Venture profile: Students Circle Network
Every month the VC4Africa team places a new venture in the spotlights. Now we will meet Gossy Ukanwoke who started the Students Circle Network.How
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VC4Africa history and update current operations
VC4Africa was started as a LinkedIn group in the spring of 2008 and has grown organically into what is now the largest online community
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VC4Africa reflects on 2010
Dear Members, We hope this e-mail finds you, your colleagues and families well and together for the holidays. We have taken some key steps
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Rise of the African Entrepreneur
Recently the World Bank reported that 43 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa’s population is between the ages of 0 and 14. That African countries
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The 2010 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship Finalists
The judges have now concluded on-site business reviews for the 2010 Legatum Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship and selected the final 10 small and med…
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Press Release: VC4Africa matches entrepreneurs and investors in Africa
Today VC4Africa starts the first African online venture capital matchmaking platform. Many investors are looking for businesses to get involved with b…
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The team behind VC4Africa – meet our visual specialist Joshua Wanyama
On Monday November 1st VC4Africa will launch its new matchmaking platform. Hard to believe knowing we started with only a Linkedin Group and later