Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded, recently gave an interesting indictment of Silicon Valley explaining the problems with VC culture. One accusation is that venture capitalists rely too heavily on their network of friends, not including enough ‘outsider’ talent. Another is that more money is being invested into venture firms than those same VC firms [...]

Everyday there seems to be new speculative articles about African progress and investment opportunities. Today is no different, here’s an excerpt from a report by Forbes commentator John Christy that suggests the same:
“In 1989, there were just five sub-Saharan stock exchanges; now there are 16.
Granted, these are still immature markets in many respects. Stock-market [...]

With it’s stock markets up and trade booming like never before, Africa as a whole is actually doing quite well. Meanwhile, much of the world seems to be suffering from mortgage crises and collapsing housing markets.
It used to be that when the U.S. economy sneezed, the rest of the world caught a cold. Today, with [...]

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The relationship between Coca-Cola and the African continent is nothing new, the company entered in the late 1920’s and has, for the most-part, found a great deal of success there. Despite sporadic wars, unrest and crime, the Coke has manged to protect and nurture it’s vested projects in the region, focusing on [...]

There’s only so much business in the West, especially where players like Apple, BlackBerry and TMobile and Nokia dominate the mobile market. If you have any questions about this, just ask Helio. Thus, the latest trend in mobile is spurring growth by entering emerging economies. There’s a proven need but how is [...]

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is a US$50-100m private sector fund, backed by some of the biggest names in development finance and hosted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Their aim is to encourage private sector companies to compete for like-for-like investment support for their new and innovative business ideas.
The [...]