- 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…
- Entrepreneurship
“Only way to know more about this space is to actually do deals” – Pule Taukobong, founder of the Africa Angels Network
Africa Angels Network has recently joined the VC4Africa investor network. VC4Africa followed up with Pule Taukobong, the founder of the initiative (pr…
- Entrepreneurship
Results of VC4Africa’s 2013 SME Performance Index
The team at VC4Africa recently reached out to entrepreneurs part of the community to find our more about their progress. These are the results
- Case studies
Towards a vibrant venture capital sector in Africa
What needs to be done, by policy-makers of African governments and others, to create a thriving economic environment for emerging entrepreneurs in Afr…
- Entrepreneurship
Do’s and don’ts for entrepreneurs: VC intro emails – 10 lessons from a venture capitalist
This article by Keet van Zyl originally appeared on Ventureburn, a VC4Africa publishing partner. About the author: Keet van Zyl is a dynamic investmen…
- Case studies
Making television social, Djoss.tv wins the Cameroon Startup Challenge 2012
Djoss.tv is an innovative startup well on their way to revolutionizing the television experience in Cameroon, the continent and beyond. They are the w…
- Entrepreneurship
EzPaySlip: Cloud based payroll system built to fit the reality of East African SMEs
On a regular basis we put ventures in the spotlight that have registered on our platform. Today we talk to Danish entrepreneur Michael Pedersen,
- Entrepreneurship
Ross Baird, Village Capital: ‘We are putting power over resources in the hands of innovators’
After successful events in the US, Brazil, India, China and the UK, Village Capital has now landed in Africa – Kenya to be precise. In partnersh…
- Case studies
Understanding VC4Africa – building connections between Entrepreneurs and Investors
In the last year VC4Africa has made many changes to the website, and in our continued quest to build a robust support system for
- Entrepreneurship
Vivus Limited: A holistic approach to accomplish energy and food security in Ghana
Vivus Limited has developed a rural transportation system that enables the efficient collection of crops and agricultural waste. They then market crop…