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Case studiesMEST Africa and Microsoft announce regional winners for the MEST Africa Challenge 2019
Out of nearly 1000 applicants from across the continent, 10 finalists were chosen to pitch at the regional finals in Accra, Lagos, Nairobi, Cape
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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DEMO Africa alumni startup SpacePointe closed Seed and Series A, now finalizing series B
We had a chance to catch up with DEMO Africa 2014 alumna Sayu Abend, founder of Nigerian startup SpacePointe. SpacePointe is an online
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Hotels.ng’s founder Mark Essien talks about raising USD 1.4 million and other aspects of success
A few months ago Hotels.ng raised USD 1.2 million from Omidyar & EchoVC. We had a chance to catch up with Mark Essien to explore
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How startup incubators in Africa contribute to entrepreneur success
You thought Africa’s startup incubators don’t work? In fact they have a big positive impact on Africa’s innovation ecosystem, writes Michael Oluwagbem…
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Successful exits from Africa’s high-growth SME companies – investors discuss options
This article originally appeared on VentureBurn, a VC4Africa publishing partner, and is published with permission. Below Keet van Zyl of Knife Capital…
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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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Entrepreneurial success in Africa: the key to economic growth and political stability
International economic development organizations agree that entrepreneurial success in the developing world can alleviate many key world problems. Dan…
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Companies on VC4Africa secure more than 12,000,000 USD in funding
By Ben White, Thomas van Halen, Miguel Heilbron Combined, 92 companies listed on venture capital community VC4Africa secured USD $12,000,000 in fundin…
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Working together to support the continent’s most promising entrepreneurs, here is to an entrepreneurial 2013
Looking back: This past year has been an incredible adventure for the VC4Africa community. Here are a few highlights: – One thousand entrepreneu…