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Strengthening the VC pipeline, take aways from the AVCA panel in Accra
VC4Africa was pleased to host the panel, ‘Strengthening the VC pipeline’ at the 9th Annual Conference for the African Venture Capital Association mee…
- Entrepreneurship
Insights Africa, Explore the media habits of consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa
InsightsAfrica is an interactive tool providing critical data about the online behavior of urban consumers in five key African markets: Ghana, Kenya, …
- Entrepreneurship
Accion launches $10 million seed fund, a new catalyst for East Africa
Access to seed or early stage funding for African startups remains a challenge. With little track record, lack of collateral and questionable exit opp…
- Entrepreneurship
Why do Banks have a hard time supporting entrepreneurs? Need for innovation in SME finance
Why do banks have a hard time supporting entrepreneurs? What kind of innovations are underway and what might we expect in the future? It’s
- 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
- Case studies
Does VC4Africa create success stories? – Survey results are in!
People ask the question, does VC4Africa produce success stories? First off, this is the wrong question. VC4Africa doesn’t ‘produce’ …
- Entrepreneurship
Impact Investing: Passing Buzz or Paradigm Shift?
Photography from Middle Class in Africa By: Bart Meijs – founder and CFO of InReturn Capital and the InReturn East Africa Fund. Bart will
- Entrepreneurship
What can entrepreneurs do to secure venture finance for their African startup?
As reported by the World Bank, 43 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa’s population is between the ages of 0 and 14. This growing population