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| 20.12.2024 | 77% of African angel investors limit deals to $25,000, ABAN finds | A recent report by the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) reveals that 77% of African angel investors have invested less than $25,000 in startups between 2022 and 2024. The finding points to a cautious, risk-averse approach among investo... |
| 21.11.2024 | Africa's Investment Renaissance: The 11th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit | The Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS) is back, marking its 11th edition in Cape Town. This gathering, scheduled for November 28-29, 2024, promises to be a beacon for investors and entrepreneurs alike. Set against the stunning backd... |
| 20.11.2024 | Africa Early Stage Investor Summit Returns for its 11th Edition, focusing on Capital Mobilization on the Continent | Cape Town, 20th November 2024
The Africa Early Stage Investor Summit, hosted by the Africa Business Angel Network (ABAN) and VC4A, returns for its 11th edition this November. Investors and key ecosystem stakeholders will convene on 28 – 29 ... |
| 19.09.2024 | Cape Town to hold 11th Africa Early-Stage Investor Summit in November | The 11th Africa Early-Stage Investor Summit (AESIS) will be co-hosted by VC4A and the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) during Africa Investor Week in Cape Town on November 28–29.
The Africa Early-Stage Investor Summit is the leading ev... |
| 23.03.2024 | First international investment made by ABAN in Ghanaian startup Legendary Foods | Through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) based in Rwanda, the Africa Business Angel Network (ABAN) has made its first cross-border investment in Ghanaian startup Legendary Foods.
Through the ABAN Climate Smart Agriculture Angel Network, ABAN... |
| 19.12.2023 | Shaping tomorrow’s investments: A triumph of collaboration at the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2023 | The Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2023, concluded with resounding success, bringing together 350+ investors, founders, and industry leaders from across the continent. The two-day summit, organized jointly by VC4A & African Business... |
| 22.12.2022 | How Fadilah Tchoumba is helping African SMEs and startups build investable companies
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | As a girl, Fadilah Tchoumba was certain that she was going to study economics in university, but upon gaining admission into the university she decided to major in economics and minor in philosophy. The decision to minor in philosophy was u... |
| 13.10.2022 | Angel Network Botswana is backing companies to help diversify Botswana’s economy | In 1967, a year after Botswana gained independence, diamond company De Beers discovered the Orapa kimberlite field located about 240km west of Francistown in north-central Botswana, in southern Africa.
The diamond mine discovery triggered a... |
| 17.01.2022 | New African Magazine Selects Tomi Davies as Among 100 Most Influential Africans | London (England), Frankfurt (Germany) January, 2022. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to share that Mr. Tomi Davies (TD), our Chief Investment Officer, was selected to be among those honoured as “The 100 Most Influential Africans of 2021” b... |
| 29.10.2021 | VC4A & ABAN bring together the African Early Stage Investor Community at #AESIS2021 | Welcoming investors to join the 8th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit #AESIS2021 online and offline on November 3-5 2021
The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) and VC4A are pleased to announce the 8th edition of the Afric... |
| 12.07.2021 | GreenTec Capital Chief Investment Officer, Tomi Davies, profiled on TechCabal | London, England & Lagos, Nigeria, July, 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that its Chief Investment Officer, Tomi Davies (TD), is profiled in the June 29th issue of TechCabal. TechCabal’s Staff Writer, Daniel Adeyemi, conducted... |
| 09.06.2021 | 500 Startups Next Ecosystem Hub is Africa | Share this:
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| 26.06.2020 | Aided by a syndicate of angel investors, Nigerian startup Trove Finance is setting up for scale | It wasn’t a proper fundraising play, like a pre-seed or formal seed round.
Trove Finance, a micro-investing startup that allows Nigerians invest in US and Chinese stock exchanges, needed quick access to outside capital. One of their existin... |
| 05.06.2020 | Africa’s top angel Tomi Davies eyes startups and co-investors | When Nigerian angel investor Tomi Davies backed his first company — Strika Entertainment in 2001 — he admits he wasn’t aware of his future role.
“I was just helping out friends. I didn’t know it was angel investing. I didn’t know there was ... |
| 25.02.2020 | Namibia to get its own business angel investors network | The African Business Angel Network (ABAN), in partnership with Greentec Capital Africa Foundation, has announced that it will next week launch the Namibian Business Angel Investor Network (NABAN) in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek.
The launch ... |
| 25.02.2020 | Namibia to get its own business angel investors network | The African Business Angel Network (ABAN), in partnership with Greentec Capital Africa Foundation, has announced that it will next week launch the Namibian Business Angel Investor Network (NABAN) in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek.
The launch w... |
| 23.01.2020 | Could AfriLab’s Capacity Building Programme be the biggest such initiative of its kind in Africa? | Last month, AfriLabs, a pan-African network of tech and innovation hubs, announced the launch of its AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP).
The 36-month initiative, which is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) to the tune of... |
| 23.01.2020 | Could AfriLab’s Capacity Building Programme be the biggest such initiative of its kind in Africa? | Last month, AfriLabs, a pan-African network of tech and innovation hubs, announced the launch of its AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP).
The 36-month initiative, which is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) to the tune o... |
| 10.01.2020 | Here are the top African tech conferences, summits startups should attend in 2020 | Get your calendars out and diarise these key dates for the most important tech conferences, expos and summits that will take place in Africa in 2020.
Africa Tech Summit Kigali
This year’s edition will comprise three summits, namely: the M... |
| 10.01.2020 | Here are the top African tech conferences, summits startups should attend in 2020 | Get your calendars out and diarise these key dates for the most important tech conferences, expos and summits that will take place in Africa in 2020.
Africa Tech Summit Kigali
This year’s edition will comprise three summits, namely: the Mon... |
| 25.11.2019 | AfriLabs appoints new board at 2019 annual gathering | AfriLabs, a network for technology hubs and innovation centres, has announced that it has appointed a new board.
The announcement was made at its 2019 annual gathering, which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last month.
AfriLabs said in ... |
| 25.11.2019 | AfriLabs appoints new board at 2019 annual gathering | AfriLabs, a network for technology hubs and innovation centres, has announced that it has appointed a new board.
The announcement was made at its 2019 annual gathering, which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last month.
AfriLabs said in a ... |
| 22.11.2019 | Africa’s tech startup sector on brink of significant growth, concludes VC4A from summit | The growing number of startups securing major financial commitments sets the stage for an entirely new era of growth in the African venture capital industry. This is according to ecosystem builder, startup and entrepreneurs platform VC4A.
V... |
| 22.11.2019 | Africa’s tech startup sector on brink of significant growth, concludes VC4A from summit | The growing number of startups securing major financial commitments sets the stage for an entirely new era of growth in the African venture capital industry. This is according to ecosystem builder, startup and entrepreneurs platform VC4A.
... |
| 15.11.2019 | Venture capitalist questions lack of women, role of foreign founders in Africa’s tech sector | Africa’s tech startup ecosystem may be growing, but the sector is far from being an even playing field, argues Africa Business Angel Network’s (ABAN) and Cameroon Angel’s Rebecca Enonchong.
Speaking yesterday during a panel discussion at th... |
| 15.11.2019 | Venture capitalist questions lack of women, role of foreign founders in Africa’s tech sector | Africa’s tech startup ecosystem may be growing, but the sector is far from being an even playing field, argues Africa Business Angel Network’s (ABAN) and Cameroon Angel’s Rebecca Enonchong.
Speaking yesterday during a panel discussion at t... |
| 09.09.2019 | ABAN, AfriLabs initiative Catalyst aims to match funding by angels in startups | The African Business Angels Network (ABAN) and AfriLabs, a network for technology hubs and innovation centres, have launched Catalyst, a co-investment fund that will offer matching funding to investments made by qualifying angel investors i... |
| 09.09.2019 | ABAN, AfriLabs initiative Catalyst aims to match funding by angels in startups | The African Business Angels Network (ABAN) and AfriLabs, a network for technology hubs and innovation centres, have launched Catalyst, a co-investment fund that will offer matching funding to investments made by qualifying angel investors i... |
| 26.08.2019 | ABAN, research firm Briter Bridges partner to map Africa’s investment landscape | The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) has partnered with Briter Bridges, a London-based think-tank and data driven research firm, to map Africa’s investment landscape.
Briter Bridges said in a statement last Thursday (22 August) that th... |
| 26.08.2019 | ABAN, research firm Briter Bridges partner to map Africa’s investment landscape | The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) has partnered with Briter Bridges, a London-based think-tank and data driven research firm, to map Africa’s investment landscape.
Briter Bridges said in a statement last Thursday (22 August) that t... |
| 21.08.2019 | One-size-fits-all view on Africa and other mistakes VCs make | A one-size-fits-all view of the African market or simply transplanting Silicon Valley startup models on the continent, will doom those looking to invest in Africa, argue venture capitalists active in Africa.
While the African venture capit... |
| 21.08.2019 | One-size-fits-all view on Africa and other mistakes VCs make | A one-size-fits-all view of the African market or simply transplanting Silicon Valley startup models on the continent, will doom those looking to invest in Africa, argue venture capitalists active in Africa.
While the African venture capita... |
| 20.08.2019 | VC is growing in Africa, but sector still hobbled by lack of follow-on and seed funding | Ten years ago when Cape Town venture capitalist Justin Stanford and entrepreneur Vinny Lingham launched Cape Town’s startup initiative Silicon Cape there was hardly an angel or VC fund in sight in South Africa, local or foreign — and barely... |
| 20.08.2019 | VC is growing in Africa, but sector still hobbled by lack of follow-on and seed funding | Ten years ago when Cape Town venture capitalist Justin Stanford and entrepreneur Vinny Lingham launched Cape Town’s startup initiative Silicon Cape there was hardly an angel or VC fund in sight in South Africa, local or foreign — and barely... |
| 22.07.2019 | Here’s whats in store at the sixth edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit | The sixth edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS) will take place between 13 and 15 November at Workshop 17 at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
The summit, which is an initiative of VC4A and the Africa Business Angel ... |
| 22.07.2019 | Here’s whats in store at the sixth edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit | The sixth edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS) will take place between 13 and 15 November at Workshop 17 at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
The summit, which is an initiative of VC4A and the Africa Business Angel N... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup landscape [2019 Update] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup landscape [2019 Update] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 17.07.2019 | Inaugural India Africa angel investors summit to take place next month | The first India Africa Entrepreneurship & Investment Summit will take place next month in Mauritius — with a heavyweight list of speakers already confirmed.
The summit, scheduled to take place from 16 to 18 August, will be hosted by the... |
| 17.07.2019 | Inaugural India Africa angel investors summit to take place next month | The first India Africa Entrepreneurship & Investment Summit will take place next month in Mauritius — with a heavyweight list of speakers already confirmed.
The summit, scheduled to take place from 16 to 18 August, will be hosted by th... |
| 24.06.2019 | All-woman panel to select Seedstars Nairobi winner from these 10 Kenyan startups | Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected 10 Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (28 June).
The sixth edition of Seedstars Nairobi will be hosted by Nailab and the 10 will appear —... |
| 24.06.2019 | All-woman panel to select Seedstars Nairobi winner from these 10 Kenyan startups | Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected 10 Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (28 June).
The sixth edition of Seedstars Nairobi will be hosted by Nailab and the 10 will appear — ... |
| 18.04.2019 | Dakar Network Angels sets sights on making four investments per year | Dakar Network Angels (DNA), which launched last month, aims to make four investments each year in francophone Africa, with investment tickets of between $20 000 and $100 000, the network’s founder Marième Diop has revealed.
Diop (pictured a... |
| 18.04.2019 | Dakar Network Angels sets sights on making four investments per year | Dakar Network Angels (DNA), which launched last month, aims to make four investments each year in francophone Africa, with investment tickets of between $20 000 and $100 000, the network’s founder Marième Diop has revealed.
Diop (pictured ... |
| 01.02.2019 | Here are 14 African tech conferences startups should attend this year | As anyone in the tech sector knows, conferences and expos can often provide the ideal opportunity for those in the scene to network and meet potential investors or clients.
It’s why Ventureburn has put together this list of expos and confer... |
| 01.02.2019 | Here are 14 African tech conferences startups should attend this year | As anyone in the tech sector knows, conferences and expos can often provide the ideal opportunity for those in the scene to network and meet potential investors or clients.
It’s why Ventureburn has put together this list of expos and confe... |
| 23.01.2019 | Egyptian startups increasingly turning to angels to land their first funding | Egyptian entrepreneurs have long had to rely on the usual friends or family or on their own savings when launching a tech startup. But an increasing number are now looking to angel investors, when securing their startup’s first capital. So,... |
| 23.01.2019 | Egyptian startups increasingly turning to angels to land their first funding | Egyptian entrepreneurs have long had to rely on the usual friends or family or on their own savings when launching a tech startup. But an increasing number are now looking to angel investors, when securing their startup’s first capital. So,... |
| 26.11.2018 | Despite global outlook African startup investors can get high returns [Opinion] | The global investor outlook is shifting quickly downward, with many macro approaches underperforming due to risks from trade wars, political uncertainty and inflation.
Yet one investment thesis remains relatively intact — technology is emp... |
| 26.11.2018 | Despite global outlook African startup investors can get high returns [Opinion] | The global investor outlook is shifting quickly downward, with many macro approaches underperforming due to risks from trade wars, political uncertainty and inflation.
Yet one investment thesis remains relatively intact — technology is empo... |
| 23.11.2018 | With 32 investments, Lagos Angel Network is tops in Africa finds report | The Lagos Angel Network (LAN) is Africa’s most active angel group by number of investments with about $1.5-million currently invested across 32 investments, according to a report by the African Business Angel Network (ABAN).
The report, ti... |
| 23.11.2018 | With 32 investments, Lagos Angel Network is tops in Africa finds report | The Lagos Angel Network (LAN) is Africa’s most active angel group by number of investments with about $1.5-million currently invested across 32 investments, according to a report by the African Business Angel Network (ABAN).
The report, tit... |
| 23.11.2018 | Forget unicorn hunting and replicating Silicon Valley – this is Africa | Share this:
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| 21.11.2018 | Africa no Silicon Valley and other key takeaways from AESIS 2018 VC summit | Cape Town last week welcomed over 300 active and aspiring investors from Africa’s early stage investing ecosystem for last week’s two-day Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS) organised by online startup funding platform VC4A and the A... |
| 21.11.2018 | Africa no Silicon Valley and other key takeaways from AESIS 2018 VC summit | Cape Town last week welcomed over 300 active and aspiring investors from Africa’s early stage investing ecosystem for last week’s two-day Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS) organised by online startup funding platform VC4A and the A... |
| 14.08.2018 | Debate rages over whether VC investors biased towards expat-founded startups | Concern is brewing over the large number of venture capital (VC) deals in East Africa involving expat founders — with both local and foreign entrepreneurs in the region weighing in in recent months over whether venture capitalists have a cl... |
| 14.08.2018 | Debate rages over whether VC investors biased towards expat-founded startups | Concern is brewing over the large number of venture capital (VC) deals in East Africa involving expat founders — with both local and foreign entrepreneurs in the region weighing in in recent months over whether venture capitalists have a cl... |
| 08.06.2018 | Fifth Africa VC summit to kick off Global Entrepreneurship Week in Cape Town | The fifth edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS 2018) will kick off Global Entrepreneurship Week in Cape Town this year, organisers Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) and the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) have anno... |
| 08.06.2018 | Fifth Africa VC summit to kick off Global Entrepreneurship Week in Cape Town | The fifth edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS 2018) will kick off Global Entrepreneurship Week in Cape Town this year, organisers Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) and the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) have anno... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to the right... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to the right... |
| 18.04.2017 | Where, why and how to invest in African tech? | Share this:
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| 07.02.2017 | Applications are now open for Lagos Angel Network’s first StartUp DealDay for 2017 | The Lagos Angel Network (LAN) has announced that applications are now open for the first DealDay event for 2017.
The Lagos StartUp DealDay is a quarterly angel investment round run by the Lagos Angel Network. This first DealDay pitch event ... |
| 11.01.2017 | ABAN 2016 review: A continent of Angel investors | The beauty of transitioning between calendar years is that it seems easier than normal to take stock of what has been over the past twelve months and what will be over the next year. For angel investing in Africa, 2016 was a firm step in th... |
| 11.01.2017 | The African Business Angel Network’s year in review | Since the launch of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) in 2015, there has been a noticeable growth in the amount of Angel Investors.
“2016 saw the rise of cross-border collaboration of Angel groups across the continent and an increas... |
| 11.01.2017 | The African Business Angel Network’s year in review | Since the launch of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) in 2015, there has been a noticeable growth in the amount of Angel Investors.
“2016 saw the rise of cross-border collaboration of Angel groups across the continent and an increa... |
| 28.09.2016 | Applications are open for LAN’s third Lagos Startup DealDay | The third and final Lagos Startup DealDay pitch event organised by the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) is happening on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 and applications are open until Saturday, October 15, 2016.
Lagos Startup DealDay is a quarterly i... |
| 25.08.2016 | Is the South African Business Angel Network going to fill a key gap? | Right now in the South African funding landscape, there is a gap between the ‘friends, fools and family’ money at the base of the funding pyramid and the post revenue, typical venture capital (VC) stage of funding. This week’s launch of SAB... |
| 03.08.2016 | ABAN’s 2016 Investor Masterclass series starts in Nairobi on August 11 | The African Angel Business Network (ABAN) has announced they’ll be kicking off their 2016 series of Angel Investor Bootcamps and Masterclasses in Kenya on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Best Western Premier, Nairobi from 2 pm to 5 pm.
The ser... |
| 08.07.2016 | LAN syndicates are investing in three ventures from the Second Lagos Startup DealDay | Lagos Angel Network (LAN) syndicates have picked 3 ventures that pitched at the Second Lagos Startup DealDay that held on June 30, 2016. The ventures will receive funding from four syndicates that participated in the DealDay after a few fin... |
| 14.06.2016 | 5 powerful women in African tech you probably never heard of | Share this article:
A few months back, I penned a rather controversial list of Nigerian women in tech. The inclusion of the almighty Linda Ikeji sparked a heated debate across social media platforms. But whether we think Linda Ikeji is a fe... |
| 27.05.2016 | Submissions are now open for LAN’s Second Lagos StartUp DealDay | Applications for the second Lagos StartUp DealDay, organised by the Lagos Angel Network (LAN), are now open to the public.
Taking place on Thursday, June 30, 2016, the Startup DealDay will feature startups across all sectors pitch to LAN me... |
| 04.04.2016 | Two startups get N50m at the first Lagos StartUp DealDay | Following the Lagos Angel Network’s (LAN) March 2nd announcement of its intention to raise N100 million for Lagos-based startups, the first Lagos StartUp Dealday event kicked off in March.
The final pitch evening held on the 31st and N50m w... |
| 18.11.2015 | Africa Business Angel Network partners Gust to finance African startups | Share this article:
ABAN’s goal is to promote a vibrant business angel investment community and culture through the endorsement of best practices, fostering the development of angel investor groups, providing continuing education for angel ... |
| 18.11.2015 | Gust, Africa Business Angel Network partner to support early-stage investment | One of the world’s largest global match-making platforms for high-growth entrepreneurs and early-stage investors, Gust, and the Africa Business Angel Network (ABAN) have partnered to optimise investment activities across Africa.
ABAN repres... |
| 18.11.2015 | Gust, Africa Business Angel Network partner to support early-stage investment | One of the world’s largest global match-making platforms for high-growth entrepreneurs and early-stage investors, Gust, and the Africa Business Angel Network (ABAN) have partnered to optimise investment activities across Africa.
ABAN repre... |
| 28.10.2015 | What we learned from building a pan-African network of angels | Innovative early stage ventures that have the potential to yield high social impact, but require less than US$1-million in capital, are the most difficult segment of the small business pipeline to reach. Often times they have a minimal trac... |
| 28.10.2015 | What we learned from building a pan-African network of angels | Innovative early stage ventures that have the potential to yield high social impact, but require less than US$1-million in capital, are the most difficult segment of the small business pipeline to reach. Often times they have a minimal trac... |
| 31.08.2015 | Lessons learned from Angel Investor Bootcamp in South Africa | On 27 August the third session in a series of Angel Investor Bootcamps leading up to the ABAN Investor Summit at DEMO Africa was hosted in Cape Town. The Bootcamps are organised by the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) in partnership wi... |
| 31.08.2015 | Lessons learned from Angel Investor Bootcamp in South Africa | On 27 August the third session in a series of Angel Investor Bootcamps leading up to the ABAN Investor Summit at DEMO Africa was hosted in Cape Town. The Bootcamps are organised by the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) in partnership wi... |
| 18.08.2015 | Lessons learned on building a pan-African network of angel investors | The following article is by David van Dijk who is part of the team behind African Business Angels Network (ABAN), a pan-African association that seeks to promote a culture of Angel investing across Africa.
On 13 August, the second in a ser... |
| 18.08.2015 | Lessons learned on building a pan-African network of angel investors | The following article is by David van Dijk who is part of the team behind African Business Angels Network (ABAN), a pan-African association that seeks to promote a culture of Angel investing across Africa.
On 13 August, the second in a seri... |