- 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
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Christof Henz, VerySol: “Solar energy solution for high fuel prices in Nigeria”
Recently we started the ‘VC4Africa Booster Program,’ a unique opportunity for a select number of VC4Africa registered ventures. As part of this progra…
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VC4Africa community comes together for the first Oslo meet up
On February 22nd we hosted the first VC4Africa meetup in Oslo, Norway. This was the second event in the region, with a meet up
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Education apps get seedfunding after ‘Tech in’ event CcHub Nigeria
Three out of six teams won seed funding to further develop their ideas that were pitched on Sunday 19 February at the ‘Tech in
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Startup Weekend Nairobi: ‘No talk, all action!’
‘No talk, all action!’ That’s the pay-off for the first Startup Weekend Nairobi which will take place in Kenyans capital this coming…
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CcHub Nigeria aims to support 30 social tech-ventures in the next two years
The Co-Creation Hub Nigeria, a technology innovations center in Lagos, is working to start 30 profitable social tech ventures in the next two years.
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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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Follow Friday: Investors in Africa on Twitter
Twitter is our main source of news and updates and we like the ‘who to follow’ lists. That inspired us to start a new
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Tips for building social traction for your venture on VC4Africa
Congratulations your venture has been published to VC4Africa! So now what? To be honest the process has just started :) The road to funding
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VC4Africa and the emergence of an African startup culture
VC4Africa was started in 2008 and has since grown into a healthy and thriving network of entrepreneurs and investors. After experimenting with free co…
