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MentorshipUnlocking mentor-driven capital for founders in Ghana, Morocco and Tanzania
VC4A believes Mentor-Driven Capital is core to unlocking the continent’s potential. Not only is the pool of entrepreneurial talent coming up across Af…
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EntrepreneurshipTackling hidden hunger in Tanzania with biofortified foods
The United Nations Best Small Business: Good Food for All competition is welcoming applications from small and medium-sized food businesses. The organ…
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EntrepreneurshipTraction Camp partners with East African hubs to support digital entrepreneurs
The m:Lab East Africa programme Traction Camp, now open for applications via VC4A, announced a partnership with tech hubs that support entrepreneurs a…
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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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Entrepreneurship
Growing the VC4Africa community in Tanzania
‘I decided to host the first Dar es Salaam meet up because nothing ever happens in Dar.’ These are the words of Nadine Kapya,
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Case studies
Investor profile GroFin: Why 30% of SMEs survive their first three years of operation
The photo is of La Decouverte, a Rwanda based venture in Healthcare/Retail. If you require between USD $50.000 to $1.5 million in finance there are
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Entrepreneurship
Meet Rasello, the Foursquare SMS disruptor from Tanzania
The Tanzanian startup Rasello is aiming to become the platform where businesses can interact with their clients – via their mobile phones. When …
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Entrepreneurship
Afrwood Wakulima Market: Online auction of agricultural products in East Africa
Many new ideas are coming in every week via the VC4Africa website. Let’s meet entrepreneur David Amakobe who was born and raised in Kenya.
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Entrepreneurship
Interview with Ryan Delk of Nairobi’s Pivot25
Today VC4Africa speaks with Ryan Delk to find out more about the upcoming Pivot25, an mlab initiative to bring focus on the Mobile developer
