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Entrepreneurship
Invitation: Calling the world’s leading investors to back Africa’s top innovators
Now is the time. Now is the time to be investing in Africa. A billion consumers, improving political stability, a rising middle class, continued
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Case studies
Facebook Zero and the ‘next billion’ users
Graphic from the BBC and data from SocialBakers On October 4th, 2012, Facebook passed the billion user mark. These users generated some 1.13 trillion
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Case studies
Are Africa’s entrepreneurs an answer to the jobs challenge?
Africa is the world’s second-fastest-growing region. Poverty is falling, and around 90 million of its households have joined the world’s consuming cla…
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Projection of GDP growth in Africa visualized
The Guardian website recently published an African Economic Outlook of 2012. The visualization shows that Africa has emerged as one of the fastest gro…
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Entrepreneurship
GrowthHub Nairobi: “Jobs have to be created, and not only in the ICT-sector”
Another hub for starting entrepreneurs was opened in Nairobi last Thursday. The GrowthHub, situated close to Yaya Centre, aims to support start-ups an…
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Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital (VC): Impact on Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya
Lack of information is one of the key challenges we face in SME development. At VC4Africa we run polls and conduct research from across
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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
Investors are heading ‘Into Africa’, says report
Invest AD Mohammed Al Hashemi, Head of Asset Management, 24 Jan 2012. By viewing this video or reading the following transcript you are agreeing
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Case studies
Recognize the Power of Entrepreneurship, VC4Africa Community Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
At VC4Africa we believe entrepreneurship is the single most powerful agent for progress, whether that be economic, social or environmental. Entreprene…
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Entrepreneurship
Three reasons to take a new look at investing in Africa
A photo like this captures it all. Check out the photo project Middle Class in Africa. Have you had a chance to look through