Venture Capital for Africa

20 Nigerian entrepreneurs selected for She Leads Africa 2017 Accelerator

She Leads Africa has announced twenty early stage businesses accepted into the 2017 SLA Accelerator. This year, the program will be held in Lagos, ..

Show me the money: A quick guide to Africa’s early stage tech capital

Over the last 6 years, our team at TLcom met dozens of African entrepreneurs. While there are many challenges facing most of these founders ..

Investing 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 enthusiasts to discuss ..

Future of African tech: Educating an army of coders

From the rooftop lounge of Andela’s appropriately named EPIC Towers, the skyline of Nigeria’s coastal economic hub Lagos is littered with telecommunication pylons stretching ..

5 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 million in ..

Announcing the companies identified by the Thomson Reuters Africa Startups Challenge

Using smart data tools, teams from across Thomson Reuters have developed sophisticated assessment models to identify Africa’s up and coming ventures on VC4A.com. Here ..

8 tips for building investor traction for your startup

Congratulations, your venture has been published to VC4Africa! So now what? To be honest the process has just started:) The road to funding is ..

Goodwell invests in Musoni, East Africa’s cloud-based core banking software for microfinance institutions (MFI)

Goodwell Investments has acquired a significant minority stake in Musoni Services, a provider of affordable, innovative, cloud-based core banking software for microfinance institutions. Musoni ..

5 Megatrends driving the second wave of inclusive digital innovation

Technological innovations, particularly in digital and mobile platforms, have boosted inclusive growth in developing African markets over the past several years. Inclusive growth is ..

Upcoming Africa Business Angel Forum in London offers investors and start-ups a chance to understand African opportunities

African diaspora links and networks are increasing in scale and effectiveness. At the beginning of March the African Business Angel Forum will bring together ..