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Case studies
VC4Africa nominated for the Accenture Innovation Award
Today Accenture published the nominations for their annual Innovation Awards. VC4Africa is proud to announce that our community was selected out of hu…
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Entrepreneurship
StorySpaces: Sharing stories to re-imagine Africa
Many new ideas are coming in every week via the VC4Africa website. On a regular basis the VC4Africa team places a new venture in
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Entrepreneurship
2nd VC4Africa meetup being organized in Kampala
The first VC4Africa meetup was organized in Kampala, Uganda @ Katch the Sun. In true VC4Africa fashion, local members have taken it upon themselv…
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Entrepreneurship
Technology entrepreneurs build momentum in Ethiopia
The VC4Africa team just returned from an amazing trip to Ethiopia where we presented at the Making Finance Work in Africa conference, hosted a
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Case studies
VC4Africa announces the launch of groups
Today VC4Africa officially launches groups. These are dedicated sites for VC4Africa community members to further explore their interests in specific c…
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Entrepreneurship
Making SME finance work in Africa
Today was the first day of the Making FInance Work in Africa conference here in Addis Ababa. This was a unique opportunity for the
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Case studies
VC4Africa and Cameroon’s startup Entrepreneurs [video]
We are pleased to share this video from our recent trip to Cameroon and our time spent with the team at the African Center
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Entrepreneurship
Why do African startups fail?
This week’s poll was possibly our most controversial to date. We saw extensive and heated discussions cross the VC4Africa community, Linkedin, T…
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Entrepreneurship
Dorkin Dairies, Building a Successful Business in Zimbabwe
Today we had a chance to catch up with Ian King, the entrepreneurial mind behind Dorkin Dairies. A leading Dairy Production business he gives
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Entrepreneurship
Right management team makes the difference in African business
It is not easy finding good investments and almost every team, idea or business has a number of weaknesses that need to be carefully