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Entrepreneurship
Africa’s Angel investing movement picks up momentum in 2017
This past week, the VC4Africa community converged in Johannesburg for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2017. It was the first time the global cong…
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Case studies
AfriLabs city meetups in Nairobi, Lagos, Dakar, Johannesburg and Cairo
AfriLabs is currently undertaking a series of city meet-ups in 5 countries in different African regions prior to the Annual Gathering slated for 25th-…
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Crowdsourcing a global movement, an online marketplace for African startups
The Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa) community is dedicated to supporting the growth of Africa’s start up ecosystem. The network building …
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5 recommendations needed to promote early-stage VC funding in South Africa
This paper was written by Morgan Jones, from the Investment Banking Division at Merrill Lynch South Africa and Chipo Mlambo of the UCT Graduate School…
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Hacking Startups in 48 hours – Interview with Ragnar Sass, the Co-founder of Garage 48
Many people are afraid to start their own business. Common issues include lack of know-how and co-founders, lack of seed money, afraid of the risks, e…
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[Video] A Global VC4Africa Meetup, connecting entrepreneurs and investors
Second to networking online, VC4Africa makes use of the Barcamp model for events and organizes its own VC4Africa Meetups, otherwise informal networkin…