Venture Capital for Africa

Meet the portfolio for 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A

We are proud to announce the 8 ventures selected for the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A. These companies represent a new class… read more

VC4A and ABAN announce 2018 Africa Early Stage Investor Summit to kick off Global Entrepreneurship Week in Cape Town

Africa’s early stage investor community will convene on November 11th and 12th, 2018 for the 5th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2018). This exclusive… read more

CoinAfrique raises € 2.5 million and boosts its development in French-speaking Africa

CoinAfrique, the most downloaded classifieds app in French-speaking Africa, aims to exceed 10 million monthly users by 2022. The classifieds ads platform CoinAfrique has raised €… read more

Growing start-ups in Tanzania: Are angel investors a missing link?

Tanzania has been experiencing incredible GDP growth rate averaging at 6% over the past 10 years, this has led to the transformation of many… read more

Celebrating early-stage investing in Africa at Annual Angel Investor Summit #AAIS2017

Last week the early-stage investor community convened in Cape Town for the 4th annual African Angel Investor Summit 2017 hosted by ABAN, VC4A and… read more

Save the African startup gazelle and forget the lesser-spotted unicorn

With entrepreneurship conference season at it’s peak in Cape Town (AfricaCom, AfricArena and last week’s AAIS2017), coffee-infused conversations about the lesser-spotted African Unicorn are… read more

African early-stage investor community shaping the future at #AAIS2017

The 4th annual African Angel Investor Summit – #AAIS2017 – is set to be the next meeting point for Africa’s early-stage investor community. The… read more

VC4A Startup Academy: Learning resource for Africa’s rockstar entrepreneurs

We are excited to launch the VC4A Startup Academy, offering direct access to expertise proven to work for successful entrepreneurs and investors operating across… read more

Announcing the 2017 African Early Stage Investor Summit: Start-Scale-Exit

Africa’s early-stage investor community comes together in November for the 4th annual African Angel Investor Summit #AAIS2017 and a bonus ‘Cape Town Innovation Tour’.… read more

How to raise capital globally: Keep a clean ‘dealroom’ and know who to target

Last month I shared my story on how I started BitPesa, a payments company headquartered in Kenya with operations in Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, the UK,… read more