VC4Africa is an online community for investors and entrepreneurs dedicated to connecting African SME projects and businesses. Despite its name, VC4Africa is focused on both venture capital and private equity in Africa. The site which has over 1000 members, has developed into a powerful network of individuals dedicated to the promoting African businesses.
One of the great things I like about VC4Africa is the incubator sites created for each country which helps narrow the focus for those looking for just that.
The VC4Africa forum continues to seek innovative ways to harness the full potential of its network. Last week, VC4Africa formed a strategic partnership with Appfrica “to promote social entrepreneurship by making it easier for the entrepreneurs to find the investors”. The partnership hopes to capitalise on business aggregator, Afridex by crowdsourcing funds from potential investors for investment. The details around this should become clearer as the partnership develops.
VC4Africa was founded by Ben White, a freelance consultant currently working through a Master degree at the University of Amsterdam and focusing on ICT as an empowering agent for entrepreneurship
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