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Entrepreneurship
Insights Africa, Explore the media habits of consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa
InsightsAfrica is an interactive tool providing critical data about the online behavior of urban consumers in five key African markets: Ghana, Kenya, …
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Entrepreneurship
Meet Rasello, the Foursquare SMS disruptor from Tanzania
The Tanzanian startup Rasello is aiming to become the platform where businesses can interact with their clients – via their mobile phones. When …
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Entrepreneurship
Senegal host to first Startup Weekend in Francophone Africa
During the presidential elections of last weekend the world was looking at Senegal and many observers were surprised when Wade handed over the power
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Entrepreneurship
VC4A ventures make the Forbes list of ‘Africa’s Hottest Startups’
In the February issue of Forbes Africa they publish their list of the ‘Top 20 Start-ups in Africa.’ Criteria for selection included 1) eac…
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Case studies
Check out the top ranked ventures in Uganda
Here is a list of the top ten ventures from Uganda as ranked by the VC4Africa community. 1) Yo! Payments Uganda Yo! Payments is
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Entrepreneurship
Follow Friday: Investors in Africa on Twitter
Twitter is our main source of news and updates and we like the ‘who to follow’ lists. That inspired us to start a new
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Entrepreneurship
Info160: Location based advertising via SMS in Kenya
Also in the new year new ideas are coming in via the VC4Africa website. Let’s now meet the young Kenyan entrepreneur Nick Hargreaves Onyango,
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Entrepreneurship
Meet the Dropifi team: winners of the Startup Weekend Accra
From left to right: Kamil Nabong, David Osei and Effah Philips Mensah Dropifi won the recent Startup Weekend Accra competition. Let’s get personal and
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Entrepreneurship
Mekina: Cutting out the car salesman in Addis Ababa
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
Messaging platform Dropifi winner Startup Weekend Accra
This article was written by Mac-Jordan. Twitter: @MacJordaN This past weekend, Startup Weekend Accra took place at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial Schoo…