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Case studies
What are investors looking for in African start-ups
What are Investors Looking for in African Start-Ups from Jonathan Marks on Vimeo. This is the first in a series of pilot videos made
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Hacking Startups in 48 hours – Interview with Ragnar Sass, the Co-founder of Garage 48
Many people are afraid to start their own business. Common issues include lack of know-how and co-founders, lack of seed money, afraid of the risks, e…
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Entrepreneurship
Messaging platform Dropifi winner Startup Weekend Accra
This article was written by Mac-Jordan. Twitter: @MacJordaN This past weekend, Startup Weekend Accra took place at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial Schoo…
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Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs find success for their startup on VC4Africa
VC4Africa exists to support entrepreneurs – whether it’s about improving the formulation of an idea, gaining some media exposure, making a meani…
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Recognize the Power of Entrepreneurship, VC4Africa Community Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
At VC4Africa we believe entrepreneurship is the single most powerful agent for progress, whether that be economic, social or environmental. Entreprene…
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Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs harness the power of mobile in Africa, startups abound
What do Gerald Begumisa, Nick Hargreaves, Matt Toplis, Silas Okwoche, Churchill Nanje Mambe and Vince Diop have in common? They are all mobile entrepr…
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Entrepreneurship
Andrew Mugoya: ‘African app developers have to forge a niche in the global marketplace’
Although the newly published E-book ‘African Apps in a Global Marketplace’ by Andrew Mugoya is aimed at software developers, it contains useful advice…
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Entrepreneurship
Cameroon’s tech hub ActivSpaces connects with European Investors
Cameroon’s serial entrepreneur Churchill Nanje Mambe at Barcamp Cameroon Recent research done at VC4Africa showed that access to finance re…
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Entrepreneurship
Technology entrepreneurs build momentum in Ethiopia
The VC4Africa team just returned from an amazing trip to Ethiopia where we presented at the Making Finance Work in Africa conference, hosted a
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VC4Africa and Cameroon’s startup Entrepreneurs [video]
We are pleased to share this video from our recent trip to Cameroon and our time spent with the team at the African Center