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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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Case studies
Zambian venture secures funding from ALTVEST Africa
VC4Africa is pleased to announce that ALTVEST Africa has invested In Yambeeji Honey & Rice Products in Zambia. As a peer-to-peer network many matc…
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Entrepreneurship
Mobile Web West Africa 2012: ‘Local content, simplicity and accessibility are the key to success’
Budding entrepreneurs must make their products easy to use and accessible in order to make an impact in the growing mobile ecosystem in Nigeria
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Entrepreneurship
Startup Weekend Kampala: Giving a boost to starting entrepreneurs in Uganda
Startup Weekends are organised everywhere across our globe, and there have been a number of editions in Sub Saharan Africa in the past year.
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Entrepreneurship
Top 5 mistakes made by investors in Africa
As investors ramp up their activities, and we welcome new investors to the table, what are some of the mistakes being made and how
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Entrepreneurship
Startup Weekend Dakar connects Francophone Africa to international startup scene
This is a guest post written by Yann Le Beux, @CTICDakar – Incubator and Accelerator In recent years, Africa as a whole has experienced an
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Case studies
VC4Africa members come together for the second Abuja Meetup
Recently, member Silas Okwoche took the initiative to organize and host the second VC4Africa meet up in Abuja, Nigeria. We had a chance to
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Entrepreneurship
The first technology focused Venture Capital company in Zimbabwe
Today we had a chance to connect with Geoff Goss, the founder of Matamba Anonaka Technology Holdings (MATHs), the first technology focused Venture Cap…
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Entrepreneurship
Follow Friday: Technology hubs in Africa on Twitter
Twitter is our main source of news and updates and we like the many ‘who to follow’ lists. Every third Friday of the month
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Entrepreneurship
M-Kazi: Mobile job-search on basic phones in Kenya
Finding seed funding is one of the major problems African entrepreneurs face when they want to start a company. Nancy Wang and Lino Carcoforo
