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Entrepreneurship
Do angel investors exist in Africa?
In my professional walk, I have come across a number of issues that concern me. As a Financier working in Europe and Africa, I
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Entrepreneurship
Rick Harington’s MarketFleas secures funding
Today I jumped out of my chair when I got this e-mail from Rick. He writes, « Hi Ben, We finally finished our investment round
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Case studies
VC4Africa reflects on 2010
Dear Members, We hope this e-mail finds you, your colleagues and families well and together for the holidays. We have taken some key steps
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Entrepreneurship
Craft Silicon Limited wins Legatum 2010 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship
The Gala Awards evening was held in Nairobi on December 6th and the winners have been announced. The 2010 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship Grand
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Entrepreneurship
Rise of the African Entrepreneur
Recently the World Bank reported that 43 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa’s population is between the ages of 0 and 14. That African countries
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Entrepreneurship
Apply for a spot at the Unreasonable Institute – November 30th Deadline!
Want to apply? The second annual Unreasonable Institute will unite 25 exceptional, young entrepreneurs for 8 weeks in the summer of 2011 in the
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Case studies
Press Release: VC4Africa matches entrepreneurs and investors in Africa
Today VC4Africa starts the first African online venture capital matchmaking platform. Many investors are looking for businesses to get involved with b…
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Entrepreneurship
The team behind VC4Africa – meet our visual specialist Joshua Wanyama
On Monday November 1st VC4Africa will launch its new matchmaking platform. Hard to believe knowing we started with only a Linkedin Group and later
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Entrepreneurship
You want change? Time to focus on Africa’s entrepreneurs
Africa faces the challenge to provide better economic opportunities to its citizens, through sustained growth led by the private sector and to allevia…
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Entrepreneurship
VC4Africa works to crowdsource the due diligence process
Due diligence is one of the limiting factors for those interested in investing in Africa. It simply costs too much to find genuine entrepreneurs