The Landscape of Angel Investing in Africa - Perspectives From Entrepreneurs

The Landscape of Angel Investing in Africa - Perspectives From Entrepreneurs

Author: Africa Business Radio November 20, 2017 Duration: 26:36
Africa’s early stage investor community came together from 15th to 16th Nov. 2017, for the 4th annual African Early Stage Investor Summit – #AAIS2017. This exclusive investor-only event, hosted at Workshop17 in Cape Town, South Africa, unites key stakeholders in the ecosystem from across the continent to exchange best practices, share lessons learned and plot the roadmap for the future.

This theme ‘START-SCALE-EXIT' F(o)unding Great Startup Teams Poised For Global Success’ focuses on the role investors play in working with startup teams to scale internationally and ultimately exit. Topics key to this year’s event will for example be:

expanding from Africa to the world;
building international syndicates;
taking startup teams from idea to exit;
angels exiting to VC’s.

The World bank Digital Accelerator, XL Africa, Showcase 5 out of 20 entrepreneurs.

We are in conversation with Benjamin Meltze, Natalie mend, Abubakr Abdullah, Joan Mneney.

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