On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
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…
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You have a great idea, now you want to get funding for your startup. Do VCs prefer investing in teams or in single founder…
Silicon Valley VC model doesn’t work in Africa, argues Silvertree Holdings man
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Weetracker African VC report raises questions on definition of tech startups
Did the first half of 2018 really see African startups net over $168-million in 118 disclosed deals, as a new report claims? The African startups and VC ecosystem report released this…
