Entries Tagged to 'Investment'
Toro Orero, Managing Partner, DraperDarkFlow talks about: three African start-ups DDD has invested in; how African start-ups can succeed; challenges with the dealflow; and issues of scale.
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June 20, 2018
Ido Sum, Partner, TLcom talks about: its first three investments (Terragon, mSurvey and Andela); and a fourth investment in East Africa that it will announce shortly.
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June 6, 2018
Eghosa Omiogui, Managing Partner, EchoVC talks about: three investments it has made; three things it looks for in start-ups it invests in; international investors not understanding African start-ups; and start-ups needing to avoid sources of money that may be suspect.
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June 6, 2018
Will Tindall, co-founder Emerging Crowd talks about: what the Emerging Crowd platform aims to do and and who it's aimed at; how it does "due diligence" on the companies that go on the platform; the two African companies - Bozza and Neo - that are first on the platform; its creteria for choosing companies to go on the platform; and its future plans.
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June 22, 2015
Pim de Wit, Partner, African Media Venture Fund talks about: what the Fund has invested in and why; the size of its investments; lessons from the first round of investments; and what he looks for in companies he invests in.
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October 18, 2014
Andrea Bohnstedt, Co-Founder, Africa Assets talks about: the challenges facing those wanting to invest in African SMEs; the performance of SMEs; what type of SMEs investors look for; why the tech sector under-performs in terms of SME investment; and the issues the African tech sector faces.
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June 30, 2014
Jerome Booth, Research Manager, Ashmore argues that half of your investments should be in emerging markets because over 50% of economic activity globally is in emerging markets and they have high growth rates. He also talks about changing the global reserve currency system
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June 24, 2012