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Case studies
Africa’s early stage investor network on the rise, breaking down the numbers
At VC4Africa we have been busy building a leading network of investors actively investing in early stage companies. There are more than 600 investors
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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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Case studies
Welcome to the Silicon Savannah – Researching Africa’s startup ecosystems
Dan Evans, Network Science Center at West Point (US), discusses insights from his trips to collect data on entrepreneur ecosystems in various cities i…
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Case studies
Mapping startup ecosystems across Africa: How to facilitate entrepreneurial success
Below Daniel Evans & Louis Boguchwal, researchers from the Network Science Center at West Point (US), explain how they map networks of entrepreneu…
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Entrepreneurship
VC4Africa community calls on leaders to invest in entrepreneurial ecosystem at 5th EU-Africa Business Forum
It is clear Small Medium Sized Enterprises are the backbone of every economy: they are the engines of employment, income generation and economic growt…
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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
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…
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Case studiesOnline retail becomes a reality in Africa’s biggest market – behind the scenes with Nigerian Internet startup Jumia
The next global e-commerce company might come from Nigeria rather than Silicon Valley. And why not? With 160 million people, Nigeria is a rising
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Entrepreneurship
VC4Africa introduces VC4A Talent, a free recruitment service for African startups
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve launched a new recruitment function for ventures listed on VC4Africa, the first steps in creating a o…
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Case studies
Towards a vibrant venture capital sector in Africa
What needs to be done, by policy-makers of African governments and others, to create a thriving economic environment for emerging entrepreneurs in Afr…
