finance
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Case studiesInnovative African startups in the battle against COVID-19
Innovative African startups in the battle against COVID-19. Please help share and promote these companies! In the last two weeks, the number of affect…
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Case studiesAnnouncing the VC4A Index and Fundraising Trends for Developers
VC4A releases first of its kind visual Index of venture finance data, powered by VC4A Trends—an industry leading source of open data—together with a
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EntrepreneurshipCoinAfrique raises € 2.5 million and boosts its development in French-speaking Africa
CoinAfrique, the most downloaded classifieds app in French-speaking Africa, aims to exceed 10 million monthly users by 2022. The classifieds ads platf…
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EntrepreneurshipAnnouncing the startups in Village Capital’s Fintech Africa 2018 program
Village Capital is excited to collaborate with PayPal to support twelve early-stage startups working to improve financial health in sub-Saharan Africa…
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Case studiesVC4A Startup Academy: Learning resource for Africa’s rockstar entrepreneurs
We are excited to launch the VC4A Startup Academy, offering direct access to expertise proven to work for successful entrepreneurs and investors opera…
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EntrepreneurshipY Combinator-backed Nigerian fintech startup Paystack closes $1.3M seed round
Nigerian fintech startup Paystack today announces it has closed a Seed Investment of $1.3M from international investors Tencent, Comcast Ventures and …
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EntrepreneurshipFarmDrive wins the Thomson Reuters Africa Startups Challenge
Earlier this year Thomson Reuters, in partnership with Venture Capital For Africa (VC4A), launched an initiative to find the best new companies coming…
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EntrepreneurshipAnnouncing the companies identified by the Thomson Reuters Africa Startups Challenge
Using smart data tools, teams from across Thomson Reuters have developed sophisticated assessment models to identify Africa’s up and coming vent…
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Case studiesNew data shows growing investor appetite in African early stage startups
Data from the newly published 2016 Venture Finance in Africa research, conducted by VC4Africa, shows that the growing international and local angel in…
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Case studiesCrowdsourcing a global movement, an online marketplace for African startups
The Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa) community is dedicated to supporting the growth of Africa’s start up ecosystem. The network building …