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📢 Call for mentors now open: Are you a passionate business leader, successful entrepreneur, investor or business coach who wants to make a difference? Join the She Wins Africa 2024 program as a mentor and help unlock the potential of more women-led businesses in Africa! 🙋🏾♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏿♀️ The She Wins Africa 2024 program is supporting over 100 female founders with access to early-stage financing through investment readiness interventions and connections with investors. Be a part of the opportunity by offering your time and experience to support the female founders along their entrepreneurial journey. Benefits of joining as a mentor include: 🔹 Recognition as an official She Wins Africa Program mentor from the IFC and VC4A, 🔹 Additional visibility in the VC4A Mentorship Marketplace to engage with other companies, 🔹 Help decrease the existing gap in funding opportunities between women entrepreneurs and male entrepreneurs, 🔹 Discover new investment opportunities, and 🔹 Expand your network and connect with like-minded mentors across Africa. For more information and to register as a mentor, fill the form and submit before the deadline on 19th August, 2024: https://lnkd.in/djqqyhN3 Re-share this post to your network of professionals in business and tech! French- and English-speaking mentors are welcome to apply. 🗣 The She Wins Africa 2024 program is sponsored by the IFC - International Finance Corporation and implemented in partnership with VC4A. #SheWinsAfrica #CallforMentors

Connect with high-potential startups and be the first to invest in the future. The next VC4A Deal Room takes place on July 30th (tomorrow) at 4PM SAST. ⏰ Limited spots available, register now: https://lnkd.in/duWWbsDX #VC4A #DealRoom #Investment #Fundraising #Newopportunities #Africanstartups

This week's VC4A mentor spotlight is on Seif Bahgat, a Marketing & Brand building expert with a focus on #FinTech, #ICT, #Retail & #Wholesale. 🏋🏽♀️ Seif has helped over 750 startups across Africa and is eager to support more founders in MENA - including Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE) to achieve sustainable business growth. With his professional background, Seif can offer you: ▪️ Strategic partnership building to scale your venture. ▪️ Expert guidance on engaging the entrepreneurial community and ▪️ Proven marketing expertise to build a strong brand for your business. 🌐 Connect with Seif now for free: https://lnkd.in/dDQhvBdf #VC4A #MentorshipMarketplace #Mentoroftheweek #Startups #Africa #MENA

Mark your calendars! The European Angel Investment Summit is taking place in Brussels on October 15 - 16 and in the lineup of incredible speakers, is Ben White, founder of VC4A. 🎉 Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the best in the industry. See main post for more details ℹ️

Starting now! Join the roundtable discussion to kick off the 11th edition of #AESIS2024 : https://lnkd.in/dSjJuEym See you there

Exciting update 👏 – the VC4A Mentorship Marketplace is officially out of beta! We saw amazing momentum with over 500 mentors joining and facilitating 800 successful matches during the beta period. This platform, which was built on countless hours of testing and iterating based on your valuable feedback, is here to stay! Enjoy a fresh new view and connect with experienced global mentors and amazing entrepreneurs building transformational solutions that change lives. 📈 A simple but powerful quote to remember why mentorship is crucial for a startup's growth "If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before." - J Loren Norris 🆕 See what’s new : https://lnkd.in/dN-rtxpD 🌐 Explore the new mentee landing page : https://mentors.vc4a.com/ #VC4A #MentorshipMarketplace #Updates #Mentorshipworks #Featurelaunch #Mentors #Mentees #Entrepreneurship

See you at the first #AESIS2024 roundtable discussion on "Pioneering Pathways: Innovating Investment Mobilization in Africa” happening today. Have you registered? Join us for the exciting conversation this evening at 4 PM WAT / 5 PM CAT / 6 PM EAT ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/dgeY5KjB It's an opportunity for the investor community to have a discussion on capital mobilization in Africa 🌍, keeping in mind the continent’s unique challenges and opportunities. Hosted by Africa Early Stage Investor Summit and brought to you by VC4A and ABAN.

Program managers experience real stress managing startup program applications collected through clunky inflexible online forms. 👩🏽💻 If this is you, make the easy switch and optimise your startup program management process using VC4A's tools. 💼 Using the VC4A application tools, you can build custom forms to gather exactly the data you need, collect, funnel, review applications and produce a final cohort all in one place. Discover how to get started in the latest article on the blog: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dsG9cy6M or request a demo via https://vc4a.com/contact/ #VC4A #Startups #Programmanagement #Applicationmanagement #Entrepreneursupportorganizations #Acceleratorprograms

🌍 What are the next steps for capital mobilization in Africa? 🌍 Having hosted Africa Early Stage Investor Summit alongside ABAN for 10 years, each summit brings new opportunities and insights for investors by investors. The theme for 2024 and the 11th edition - "Pioneering Pathways: Innovating Investment Mobilization in Africa," is set to deliver even more. Secure your early bird ticket and join us in Cape Town on November 28-29, 2024. Network with top investors, learn from industry leaders and stakeholders, and be part of the dialogue actively shaping Africa’s investment landscape. 🎟️ Secure Your Spot - https://lnkd.in/dDude6y6 #AESIS2024 #AfricaInvestorWeek

This week's #VC4A mentor spotlight is on Dr. Mariam MINHAJ, a scientist with expertise in natural product development! She has focused her career on developing local resources as a consultant, promoting local products in Morocco. 🇲🇦 Mariam is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs and believes mentoring can help overcome challenges, build confidence, and leverage strong networks. Are you an #Agritech #naturalproducts or #sustainability focused entrepreneur who is at the product development stage of your business? No better time than now to reach out to Mariam for valuable mentorship: https://lnkd.in/gzhT7Pii #VC4A #Mentorshipworks