startup
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Mentorship
8 qualities of an entrepreneur to consider before mentoring
Building a successful mentoring relationship as a mentor requires more than just a desire to share the knowledge and experience you’ve gained ov…
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Entrepreneurship
10 agribusinesses picked as first cohort for Food Systems Accelerator
The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Kick-off event took place in Kigali, Rwanda on 22 February 2023 to unveil its first cohort of agribusinesses from
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Entrepreneurship
Picking the next generation of changemakers in the Moroccan startup ecosystem
Friday 20th of January was an important day for the Moroccan accelerator organization LaStartupStation. Not only did the most successful women founder…
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Entrepreneurship
Senegal’s Kwely emerges winner of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge
The female-founded startup emerged as the winner out of four other startup finalists from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.
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Case studies
What we learned from running female founder-focused accelerator programs
The growth of startups is a critical driver for economic growth. Under the Oxfam-led project “Work in Progress!” (WiP) active in Nigeria, Egypt and
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Case studies
Meet the top 12 Finalists of the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize 2022
Kigali, Rwanda – After impressive on-stage pitches to an expert panel of judges earlier this week, Esther Kimani founder of FarmerLifeLine Technologie…
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Mentorship
Mentor-Driven Capital in Nigeria: how mentors and startups can strengthen each other’s growth
Any individual tasked with the responsibility of steering people and organizations on the path to success and sustainability is inevitably going to re…
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Entrepreneurship
MDC Egypt 2022: Connecting collaborators and igniting the power of mentorship
On Saturday 18th of June, after an engaging hybrid four months of matchmaking, training meetings, and workshops, the 2022 edition of the VC4A Mentor-D…
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Partners only
Educall (Education For All) – The story of Yassine Ettayal
Yassine Ettayal dreamt of becoming an engineer. Being a social entrepreneur wasn’t his objective at the beginning. The course of his life events led
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Investing
Largest gathering of investors convene at 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
Momentum and capital behind an Africa tech revolution. Investors at the 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit celebrated record-breaking deal-making …