Venture Capital for Africa

Announcing 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 ventures on VC4A.com. Here… read more

The Kenyan startup ‘Egosystem’ is broken and should focus on adding real value

The Kenyan startup system is broken. We can invest millions into a few company’s, but the focus is wrong and too many egos stand… read more

Why ‘venture builders’ are changing the startup model – and how they are connected with Africa

What do South Africa’s Springlab, SPARK in Nigeria and Dakar-based JokkoLabs and CTIC have in common? Ali Diallo, VC4Africa Pro Account user and member… read more

Co-working vs Incubation spaces in Africa

This article by Hilda Moraa was originally published at AfriHive and is published with permission. Is it time for coworking spaces to start thinking… read more

What makes technology hubs successful and are they a platform for innovation?

See a digital map of African Tech Hubs, Innovation Hubs & Hackerspaces by BongoHive As Africa gears itself for an IT revolution, a number… read more

Business accelerator and Angel seed fund launches in Uganda

Angels Finance Cooperation is a business incubation and financing organization whose aim is to support the growth and commercialization of businesses in Africa, and then… read more