ABAN CO-FOUNDER REBECCA ENONCHONG ON WHY INVESTING IN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRITICAL TO AFRICA'S RECOVERY
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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]
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LAUNCH OF #AFRICANEXT COMMUNITY TO ACCELERATE EARLY-STAGE CO-INVESTING IN AFRICAN COMPANIES
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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]
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VENTURE CAPITAL AND ANGEL INVESTING WITH ZACHARIAH GEORGE AND RAJ KULASINGAM
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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]
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ABOUT THE NEWLY LAUNCHED GAMBIA ANGEL INVESTORS NETWORK
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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]
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CCHUB HAVE LAUNCED AN ANGEL SYNDICATE TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATION ON THE CONTINENT
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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]
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ABAN PRESIDENT TOMI DAVIES IN THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF THE NEST
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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]
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EGYPTIAN FINTECH ELGAMEYA RAISES SIX-FIGURE PRE-SEED TO HELP PEOPLE SAVE MONEY
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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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