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Connecting Africa's Early Stage Investors
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Dear ABAN Member,

The African startup ecosystem needs angel support now more than ever to fuel economic growth. The world is a different place than what it was just a few months ago.

By connecting individuals, groups and other partners that support early-stage investing, ABAN accelerates a thriving, early-stage investment ecosystem across Africa. It provides intelligence, tools, and resources for its members; facilitates key connections across networks, borders, and industries; and helps inform policy affecting the angel asset-class. 
ABAN SUPPORTS THE "VC4A VENTURE SHOWCASE - SEED EDITION"
ABAN is proud to also this year be a supporting partner of the VC4A Venture Showcase. We are reaching out to Africa’s angel community to help identify 10 innovative technology startups who are currently raising in the range of $150K and $1M. This is an exclusive opportunity to showcase your portfolio companies to 150+ of Africa’s most relevant technology investors. In addition Amazon via their AWS Activate offers selected cohorts AWS credits worth $10,000 as well as additional tools and resources.

For more information about the program, click here or to apply directly, click here
THE MENTORSHIP GATEWAY - A STEPPING STONE TO ANGEL INVESTING
"Everyone has great ideas, all the time! It takes real courage to bring them to life. This is what makes entrepreneurs special; they are crazy enough to try and potentially change the world as we know it. On their own the journey is tough, but with support from the right people, the journey can be eased. A mentor not only walks beside an entrepreneur but also casts a light so their path forward is brighter. As incredible as it is to be a game-changing entrepreneur, it is equally amazing to be the person who helped make it happen!"

A fantastic read from Jozi Angels, Smeetha Singh and Abu Cassim on exploring the aspects of a healthy mentorship and how it can lead to angel investing. [Read Blog]
ABAN CO-FOUNDER REBECCA ENONCHONG ON WHY INVESTING IN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRITICAL TO AFRICA'S RECOVERY
This special broadcast on the topic: Why Investing in Digital Infrastructure Post-COVID-19 is Critical to Africa’s Economic Recovery” brings together prominent speakers from the four corners of Africa including Africa’s lady-of-tech and ABAN co-founder, Rebecca Enonchong next to Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT Rwanda, Yolanda Cuba, MTN and others. [Watch Video]
LAUNCH OF #AFRICANEXT COMMUNITY TO ACCELERATE EARLY-STAGE CO-INVESTING IN AFRICAN COMPANIES 
Finance is both the lifeblood and the enabler of every startup on the continent to scale and succeed. The #AfricaNext platform was launched by Digital Africa and BPI France early last month to accelerate co-investments in high performing companies with the potential to scale internationally.  [Read More
VENTURE CAPITAL AND ANGEL INVESTING WITH ZACHARIAH GEORGE AND RAJ KULASINGAM
A great one-hour long webinar by some of Africa’s most relevant angel investors Zachariah George and Raj Kulasingam. They share some fantastic insights into the fundamentals of angel investing and venture capital in Africa. [Watch Webinar]
ABOUT THE NEWLY LAUNCHED GAMBIA ANGEL INVESTORS NETWORK 
GAIN is the latest West African angel investor and follows those launched in Mali, Benin and Senegal. The network aims to facilitate investments of between $20,000 to $300,000, and helps develop the nascent Gambian start-up and investment ecosystem by empowering hubs, incubators and accelerators, as well as providing an entry point for international investors and diaspora interested in investing in the country. [Read More]
CCHUB HAVE LAUNCED AN ANGEL SYNDICATE TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATION ON THE CONTINENT 
Let's invest in African startups together! Africa’s foremost technology and innovation centre, the CcHub is launching the CcHUB Syndicate, a call for high net worth individuals, institutions and investing groups aimed at plugging the funding gaps in Africa. Through the syndicate, the CcHUB hopes to deploy $20m in funding to highly innovative technology companies with the aim of creating jobs at scale, bridging the huge infrastructure gaps leveraging technology, youth and women empowerment through digital inclusion and changing the African narrative by reducing chasms deepening multidimensional poverty on the continent. [Read More]
ABAN PRESIDENT TOMI DAVIES IN THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF THE NEST
THE NEST connects emerging market entrepreneurs and global business angels. In this episode, you'll hear about Indicina, a unified platform to digitize retail banking, and Shyft, an energy technology company that delivers IoT and software solutions to manage distributed energy resources. [Watch video]
EGYPTIAN FINTECH ELGAMEYA RAISES SIX-FIGURE PRE-SEED TO HELP PEOPLE SAVE MONEY
Good things happen when great people come together. It's wonderful to see AUC Angels, Cairo Angels and Alex Angels jointly invest together - again! [Read More]

We look forward to continue to work with Africa's early stage investor community and build that vibrant innovation ecosystem across the continent.

On behalf of the ABAN team,

David van Dijk .
ABAN, Director General / Cofounder







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