Accra’s RetailTower closes deal with Amazon and goes global
Today we meet the team behind Retail Tower. Co-Founders: From L - R, Rinkart Osei-Asibey, Samuel Tuffour, Isaac Nii Noi Nortey and Blaise Bayuo. They are a Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) incubated startup with global ambitions. We had a chance to connect with Blaise, the ...
The top 5 startup trends in Africa
The The VC4Africa blog is a great information resource for the community and we are fortunate to have writers like Charles Mensah contribute. See his blog and feel free to contact the VC4Africa team (ben@vc4africa.biz) if you would like to join our growing network of writers. "Africa is the next ...
Introducing Enhanced Venture Profiles
At VC4Africa, we're constantly working to improve the way you experience our platform. Central to the VC4Africa community is the ventures section which now counts more than 200 ventures gaining traction in over 25 African markets. There's an equal number of ventures in draft mode still refining their ...
Africa: long on opportunity, short on capital
This photo and article was written by Peter Vlam. See his weblog. Many start up companies in Africa have the right business plans, but lack the funds to actually kick-start their ideas. Recently we have witnessed major events that want to change this reality. They feel the sky ...
Research Report: An inside look at Nairobi’s iHub
As part of a year-long study on various ICT Hubs across Africa, the iHub Research conducted a 3-month study to understand the iHub model, its members and how the iHub impacts the individual members. The study builds on surveys with the 7,011 total members and interviews ...
Zambian venture secures funding from VC4A investor ALTVEST Africa
VC4Africa is pleased to announce that ALTVEST Africa has invested In Yambeeji Honey & Rice Products in Zambia. As a peer-to-peer network many matches are made via the VC4Africa platform, however, this is the first deal to be closed via the VC4Africa Booster program. This is a program that supports a select ...
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Was just curious if there are any vc4africa members planning on attending Solar South Africa in June? Curious if there would be a meet up opportunity…
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We have several members who have discussed hosting a meetup. @Shaun and @Mak were involved for example. We could follow up to see if they have made progress on when/where?
I will keep watching this space for the eventual meet-up on Renewable Energy.