F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Are venture builders SA’s new VCs?
South Africa doesn’t need more venture capitalists to expand the country’s pool of small businesses: it needs venture builders (VBs), who are prepared to…
Isolation: a problem for current and future African entrepreneurs
Talking with African entrepreneurs, one of the recurring topics is the difficulty of sufficient funding in seed- or early-stage with internationally acknowledged and well-connected…
4 reasons big-time VCs are investing in emerging markets
With technological advancements in developing nations speeding the growth rate of high impact tech start-ups, many American venture capital firms are now looking further…
The hows and the whats — 5 tough questions VCs ask
Over the past six months I have spoken with a wide variety of people who have shown, in varying degrees, interest in investing in…
