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Case studiesInnovate Ventures announces 2017 cohort of Somali startups
Innovate Ventures has announced the ten early stage startups for this year’s Innovate Accelerator in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Innovate Ventures is the le…
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Case studiesAnnouncing the 2017 African Early Stage Investor Summit: Start-Scale-Exit
Africa’s early-stage investor community comes together in November for the 4th annual African Angel Investor Summit #AAIS2017 and a bonus ‘Cape Town I…
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Case studiesVC4A research proves founder teams are key to startup success in Africa
Data from VC4A’s new ‘2017 Venture Finance in Africa’ research proves that a strong team of founders is the key driver of startup success
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EntrepreneurshipInvesting in Africa Tech? Be less Silicon and more Savannah
Recently I chaired two panels at the annual Africa Technology Business Forum in London which brings together entrepreneurs, investors, advisors and en…
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Case studiesHow start-ups should approach mobile operators for partnership
A new guide by the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator programme helps African start-ups approach mobile operators for partnership. The guide comes after this …
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EntrepreneurshipShe Leads Africa launches 2017 accelerator for women-run businesses
She Leads Africa has opened applications for the 2017 She Leads Africa Accelerator, a 3-month program designed to identify, support and fund the next
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Case studiesInnovate Ventures re-runs successful tech accelerator for Somali startups
Innovate Ventures is running for a second year their highly successful tech start-up accelerator – The Innovate Accelerator. Launched in partnership w…
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Entrepreneurship5 Trends in the African tech funding space
The second edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report, published by Disrupt Africa, finds African tech startups raised almost US$130 m…
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InvestingThe African Business Angel – An Early Stage Investment Opportunity
Last year everyone was curious about Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to the African continent, wondering why he was there and what he meant when he
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EntrepreneurshipSomali accelerator graduates receive $15,000 investment at Hargeisa Demo Day
Innovate Ventures, the first Somali tech startup accelerator launched in partnership with VC4A, Telesom and the Work in Progress! Alliance, had their …
