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Entrepreneurship
Building a hardware business in Nigeria, meet tablet pioneer Saheed Adepoju
At VC4Africa we are in touch with many entrepreneurs across the continent and we are always interested to learn from their experiences. We recently
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Entrepreneurship
PassCo Africa: Using technology to boost student performance
In today’s hyper-connected world, it is hard to believe that only 11 percent of Africans have access to the Internet through a computer or
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Case studies
Find top talent and recruit your team with VC4Africa’s new tool
At VC4Africa we see a lot of ventures, talk to a lot of entrepreneurs and read many business plans. We know that putting together
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Case studies
CESACOPA is the winner of the 2012 Incubator Award
The Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (Hivos), a leading Dutch organisation with a worldwide presence, and its partner organization Ventu…
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Case studies
It’s a Facebook Africa: A map of the world’s most visited websites by country
Webempires, a company that creates apps and visuals on interesting web companies, technology and business, recently published a map of the world&rsquo…
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Entrepreneurship
Ugandan techies walk away with awards at PivotEast
At the recent Pivot East competition, an event in which developers pitch their mobile apps to possible investors, Uganda was represented by 4 startups…
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Entrepreneurship
MyOws: ‘My Original Works’ is the ‘BaseCamp’ for freelancer’s copyright
The newest member of the VC4Africa Booster Programme is the South African venture MyOws. Working in the creative sector Max Guedy, co-founder of MyOws
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Entrepreneurship
First Venture Capital firm in Uganda investing in start-up & early-stage companies
Mara Launchpad is an entrepreneurship centre/ accelerator in Kampala, Uganda. It exists to provide young businesses in Kampala a professional office s…
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Case studies
Introducing Enhanced Venture Profiles
At VC4Africa, we’re constantly working to improve the way you experience our platform. Central to the VC4Africa community is the ventures sectio…
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Case studies
Research Report: An inside look at Nairobi’s iHub
As part of a year-long study on various ICT Hubs across Africa, the iHub Research conducted a 3-month study to understand the iHub model,