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EntrepreneurshipCalling Africa’s scale-ups: Apply for the MEST Africa Challenge
Announcing the MEST Africa scale-up pitch competition: Accra, Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town. For 10 years, MEST has trained aspiring entrepreneurs and …
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Case studiesSendy closes Series A to grow its on-demand delivery services platform
Sendy Limited, East Africa’s on-demand delivery services platform closes Series A. The investment will be used to broaden Sendy’s service offeri…
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EntrepreneurshipCcHub and Nailab announce cohorts of the first Make-IT Accelerator
The Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) in Lagos, Nigeria, and NaiLab in Nairobi, Kenya, have announced the startups that will take part in the Make-IT Accelerato…
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EntrepreneurshipMake-IT Africa: Accelerating digital startups with social impact in Kenya and Nigeria
The Make-IT Africa programme is looking for up to 30 digital startups that have a social impact to run through a nine months acceleration
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EntrepreneurshipHow consumer data can improve your investment decision in Africa
Recently we released a white-paper report for investors and fund managers looking at emerging markets entitled Improve Investment Decision in Africa. …
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Entrepreneurship5 Trends in the African tech funding space
The second edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report, published by Disrupt Africa, finds African tech startups raised almost US$130 m…
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EntrepreneurshipTraction Camp partners with East African hubs to support digital entrepreneurs
The m:Lab East Africa programme Traction Camp, now open for applications via VC4A, announced a partnership with tech hubs that support entrepreneurs a…
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EntrepreneurshipFarmDrive wins the Thomson Reuters Africa Startups Challenge
Earlier this year Thomson Reuters, in partnership with Venture Capital For Africa (VC4A), launched an initiative to find the best new companies coming…
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EntrepreneurshipMeet the finalists of the PIVOT East 2016 startup competition
25 exceptional startups from across the East Africa region will compete to win market recognition and investor interest during the PIVOT East pitching…
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EntrepreneurshipThe Kenyan startup ‘Egosystem’ is broken and should focus on adding real value
The Kenyan startup system is broken. We can invest millions into a few company’s, but the focus is wrong and too many egos stand
