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Join us at the next VC4Africa meetup!
The new year is getting off to a great start and the VC4Africa community is growing faster than ever. Clearly it’s time to do business on the continent and connect with promising entrepreneurs! If you...
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What do Tech Startups in Africa need to do to attract VC’s and Angel investors?
Cover from the book Futures of Technology in Africa Its a challenge for any emerging market or sector. Reality is people are always interested in investing in something that already works and has a...
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Another African startup secures funding on VC4Africa.biz
Today I jumped out of my chair when I got this e-mail from Rick. He writes, “Hi Ben, We finally finished our investment round and once again, thank you for the great platform. It really is the best...
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VC4Africa helps African startups secure finance and grow their business
Connecting Africa's entrepreneurs with startup capital VC4Africa.com is a fast growing social network of entrepreneurs and investors dedicated to building sustainable businesses in Africa. Our mission...
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African ventures to watch in 2011
VC4Africa.biz now has 91 ventures registered from more than 20 African countries and a surprising number of sectors. It is a nice representation of the sheer diversity in opportunities currently found...
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Unlocking social capital in Europe
Unlocking social capital in Europe From my experience at Africa Interactive I know how hard it is to build a business with a social mission. In Dutch law you are either a business or a non-profit...
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AfroPioneer launches Kmerblagues, the Comedy Central of Cameroon
Today Cameroon witnessed the launch of Kmerblagues (Cameroonian jokes in French). The founder, Mohamed Ahmed Felata, a Facebook developer from Garoua in Northern Cameroon, describes his efforts as the...
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Nairobi’s Pivot25 ignites East Africa – interview with Ryan Delk
Recently I had the chance to speak with Ryan Delk to find out more about the upcoming Pivot25, an mlab initiative to bring focus on the Mobile developer and entrepreneur community in East Africa....
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Pitfalls for the African startup, why do they fail?
Building a successful business is one of the hardest things to do. For many entrepreneurs building companies in different parts of Africa assumes extra challenges. But from all of the different...
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VC4Africa and the emergence of an African startup culture
Want to know more about VC4Africa and our work to support starting entrepreneurs? Here is a presentation we recently recorded. I outline some of the recent trends and developments we are witnessing in...
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