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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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EntrepreneurshipOn-demand package delivery, Sendy closes deal with Safaricom Spark Venture Fund
The Safaricom’s USD 1 million Spark Venture Fund launched with great expectations, entrepreneurs eager to read about their first investments to be mad…
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Entrepreneurship
Forget funding; talent and ideas will grow Africa’s startup ecosystem – Mobile West Africa insights
Samuel Okocha reports from the Mobile West Africa 2014 conference in Lagos, Nigeria. “Until we get those valuable ideas that solve real problems…
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Entrepreneurship
Invitation: Calling the world’s leading investors to back Africa’s top innovators
Now is the time. Now is the time to be investing in Africa. A billion consumers, improving political stability, a rising middle class, continued
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Entrepreneurship
Mobile Web West Africa 2013: “Forget method. Think problem”
Budding tech entrepreneurs must focus on problem rather than method while deploying their mobile and web solutions to succeed in the growing web space
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Entrepreneurship
Mobile Web West Africa 2013: Africa’s mobile focused conference is back!
Next week local and international experts in the mobile web space will converge on Lagos for the third edition of West Africa’s leading mobile
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Case studies
Building an ecosystem for Angel investing in Africa
From our extensive conversations with entrepreneurs and investors, and supported again by our own research polls with the VC4Africa community, we know…
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Case studies
Angel investing in Africa (case study part 3): Scouting new opportunities and finding companies to invest
Recently M-Kazi closed their seed round with angel investor Jerome Kisting. This interview is the third installment in a three part series (see part 1…
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Case studies
Angel investing in Africa (case study part 2): Screening and structuring the angel investment
Recently M-Kazi closed their seed round with angel investor Jerome Kisting. This interview is the second installment in a three part series (see part …
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Entrepreneurship
Angel investing in Africa (case study part 1): Canadian investor Jerome Kisting and Kenyan based m-Kazi
Recently M-Kazi closed their seed round with angel investor Jerome Kisting. This interview is the first installment of a three part series and abbrevi…