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Entrepreneurship
GrowthHub Nairobi: « Jobs have to be created, and not only in the ICT-sector »
Another hub for starting entrepreneurs was opened in Nairobi last Thursday. The GrowthHub, situated close to Yaya Centre, aims to support start-ups an…
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Case studies
Research Report: An inside look at Nairobi’s iHub
As part of a year-long study on various ICT Hubs across Africa, the iHub Research conducted a 3-month study to understand the iHub model,
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Entrepreneurship
Venture financed Kopo Kopo paves the way for African based startups
Last month the Kopo Kopo team moved into their new office to accommodate their growing number of employees. From this space, situated on the
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Case studies
Strengthening the VC pipeline, take aways from the AVCA panel in Accra
VC4Africa was pleased to host the panel, ‘Strengthening the VC pipeline’ at the 9th Annual Conference for the African Venture Capital Association mee…
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EntrepreneurshipAn inside look at the emerging startup scene in Nairobi
Kenya’s capital Nairobi is on the forefront of Africa’s tech-revolution. With the fast adoption of new mobile money services, and the dropping prices …
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Entrepreneurship
Kenya study, impact of venture capital on small and medium sized enterprise
Venture capital, which is quite prevalent in developed countries, has played a big role in enhancing the growth of SMEs. On one hand they
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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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Entrepreneurship
US based investor seeks to expand seed stage investing in African tech and innovation
VC4Africa has a growing network of accredited investors that have premium access to VC4Africa listed ventures. We like to profile them from time to
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Entrepreneurship
Video: Inuka Kenya winner first Startup Weekend Nairobi
The winning Inuka team with judge Kamal Budabhati (Craft Silicon) celebrating their first price. The first Startup Weekend Nairobi has been won by Inu…
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Entrepreneurship
Mxit, meet Africa’s 800 pound social network
Paul Stemmet of World Of Avatar, an African focused tech investor, gave a presentation at Mobile Web East Africa (Hashtag: #MWEA2012). In addition to