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Case studiesVC4A announces 2020 ‘Venture Showcase Series A’ in collaboration with AWS Activate
VC4A is calling for disruptive African scale-ups looking to raise between $500K and $10M. In proud collaboration with technical partner AWS Activate, …
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InvestingBridging the gap between local and expat founder funding
Over the years, the inflow of startup funding capital in Africa has been rapidly growing, as investors have started paying more attention to investmen…
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InvestingABAN and VC4A put knowledge transfer first at annual Investor Summit
As organizers of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit we, at ABAN and VC4A, are committed to increasing the knowledge exchange around angel investin…
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InvestingMeet the portfolio for the 2019 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A
We’re proud to announce the 12 ventures (11 Series A and 1 Seed+) for the 2019 VC4A Venture Showcase. These companies represent the best
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InvestingFanning Africa’s glowing embers of angel investment opportunities
‘Angel investing is on the rise across Africa.’ This is a commonly heard phrase for those of us active in the early-stage investment space
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Case studiesMeet 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
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Case studiesVC4A 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…
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EntrepreneurshipCoinAfrique 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 platf…
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Case studiesCelebrating 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
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Case studiesSave 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 convers…
