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EntrepreneurshipBuilding a continent of angel investors
Innovative early stage ventures that have the potential to yield high social impact, but require less than USD 1 million in capital, are the
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Entrepreneurship
Kenya, Africa’s Silicon Valley, Epicentre of Innovation
Technology has and still continues to play a vital role in the development and advancement of African economies at large. Technology is constantly rei…
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Case studiesCrowdsourcing 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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Case studiesVC4Africa launches third generation platform, a global community for African startups
VC4Africa is pleased to present to you its third generation website. Read more about the background of the organization and some of the thinking
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Case studiesHelping you invest in Africa’s top startups, deal sourcing to deal closing with VC4Africa
VC4Africa is a platform for African venture finance. We now have 27,500 members from 159 countries and connect thousands of promising startups from ac…
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EntrepreneurshipInvesting in Kenya’s mobile disruptors, meet the Safaricom Spark Venture Fund
Safaricom in November 2014 launched a venture fund that invest in late seed to early growth stage support start-ups that use mobile technology as
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Entrepreneurship
Impact Investing: Reverse pitching from investors to entrepreneurs at SEED Symposium
Last week VC4Africa co-organized an innovative session at the SEED Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya, where investors pitched in front of entrepreneurs. Whe…
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Entrepreneurship
Cobitech Solar: Affordable energy solutions for Kenya’s 70% off-grid
We had a chance to catch up with Samson Gichia, the founder and entrepreneur behind Cobitech Solar. Part of the Hivos sponsored Green Pioneer Accelera…
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Investing
African Business Angels Network (ABAN) launches at EBAN 2014
African investor network group establishes pan-African association to promote Angel investing and accelerate early stage entrepreneurship. In the past…
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Entrepreneurship
To a new year full of African success stories! The VC4Africa community in 2013 & the year ahead
What started as a conversation between like-minded professionals continues to grow as a thriving community dedicated to African venture finance. VC4Af…
