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Entrepreneurship
Working towards a Greener Future in Africa – Hivos and VC4Africa join forces
Photo by EDWARD XU At VC4Africa we seek to promote entrepreneurs working to scale green solutions. Large-scale deforestation, water pollution, global …
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Entrepreneurship
2nd VC4Africa meetup in Kampala is a success
Great photos were taken by Edward Echwalu Last night we were pleased to see members come together for the 2nd VC4Africa meetup to be
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Case studies
A rising middle class, urban Africa drives gains in productivity and consumption
A photo like this captures it all. Check out the photo project Middle Class in Africa. Have you had a chance to look through
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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
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Case studies
Google Insight: A growing interest in Private Equity & Venture Capital in Africa
This morning we ran a Google Insight search for ‘Africa Private Equity’ and these were the results. Google on the website explains, ‘…
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Case studies
Africa’s mobile opportunity, a look at Mobile Web Africa 2011
Today we had a chance to connect with Matthew Dawes, the Managing Director of All Amber. Specifically we wanted to talk about the mobile
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Case studies
What can African governments do to support more entrepreneurship?
A recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) finds that in Israel venture capital is relatively easy to obtain.…
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Entrepreneurship
ExtendedBITS: Building a bridge between Somaliland and Europe
Every month the VC4Africa team places a new venture in the spotlights. Now we will meet Hasan Giire, one of the founders of ExtendedBITS.
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Entrepreneurship
Technology entrepreneurs build momentum in Ethiopia
The VC4Africa team just returned from an amazing trip to Ethiopia where we presented at the Making Finance Work in Africa conference, hosted a
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Entrepreneurship
Hard to get to Africa’s SMEs, time to finance the missing middle
Getting finance to small and medium sized enterprises remains a key challenge. Getting the support to the smaller businesses on the SME spectrum is