Taking early stage tech startups global w/@imecistart | Previously in East Africa. Keen on all things international expansion and growth related.
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The market entry dilemma: Capital cities or tier 2 cities – Which way to go? 🤔 With four simple questions, @aherweg helps you evaluate which way is more advantageous for you and your team ✨
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We’re delighted to announce that Managing Partner, @aherweg is part of the judges for the Africa Business Heroes 2023 Prize Competition.
@africa_heroes is @foundation_ma's flagship philanthropic program in Africa to support entrepreneurs.
#Africa #business #entrepreneurs
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Our Managing Partner, @aherweg is running an #investor readiness workshop for 6 companies in the Ignite Food Systems challenge implemented by @ImpactHubKigali
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Our managing partner @aherweg, in the upcoming week, will conduct three workshops for the Women #Entrepreneurship for Africa (WE4A) Growth Programme.
The themes of the workshops are Growth Analytics, Managing Growth, and Organic Growth and #Scalability.
#women #Africa
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Catalytic Africa is a matching fund, co-investing with angel investors in high growth and innovative startups to increase the investment made by angel investors in African start-ups. This is how it works.
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. @Kigali_IFC as announced the debut of a $50m fund that will focus on financial technology (FinTech) companies with proven technology operating in Africa.
The new fund is expected to support capitalization of FinTech companies operating in Africa.
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📢Join us for @DeepDiveAfrica’s Investor Fireside Series to hear stories from the frontlines of Investing in #Kigali, #Accra, #Lagos, and #Nairobi from Feb 8th to the 11th 2022. Join the conversation in📍Kigali on Wed, Feb 9th from 5pm CAT. Register here: linktr.ee/DeepDiveAfrica
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JUST IN: EU-backed women entrepreneurship program for Africa WE4A has announced 120 women-led startups that will take part in a high impact acceleration program to receive €10,000 in grant funding and given 3 months of technical support through a virtual acceleration program.
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Last week, we were at @AfricaTechSMT in London #ATSLDN. It was brilliant to meet, catch-up and learn from leading entrepreneurs, investors and other ecosystem players from across #Africa.
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Last week, we were pleased to host a delegation of investors from @OndernemersNZ @RDBrwanda where our WSH Entrepreneurship program participants @UmuravaWork and @SmartClassRw got a chance to pitch their innovative solutions to different investors.
@Make_IT_Africa
#RwOT #Rwanda
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Second day of #accessforimpact, where investors and entrepreneurs from #Belgium and #Rwanda meet to share innovative ideas and technology on how to move products #MadeinRwanda up the value chain.
With support from @EnabelinRwanda and @RwandaIndustry.
🐖🐓🎋🧱 – at Rwanda
FEATURED: Local entrepreneurs eye opportunities at Rwanda, Belgium business meet
Targeted industries at the meeting include poultry, piggery and those in the production of animal feeds, as well as businesses in the stone and clay value chain.
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Closing advice - it's a rollercoaster ride. Work hard today, reap the results tomorrow. Take a long-term view of 3-5 years and have confidence. Keep the faith. Andrew Herweg, SusTech4Rwanda Programme Lead of OVO at the African Entrepreneurship Forum. #SharedValueAfrica
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Don't worry! We've got you covered! Education for all! #Learnfromhome! Join us today at smartclass.rw!
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STARTUPS: African ventures raised $757.29 million in 2020 in over 450 deals, according to @weetracker data. #startupdata #africa #startups
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This is the last chance to apply to the Recovery and Resilience Innovation Challenge. If you are addressing gaps observed during the COVID-19 crisis through innovation and contributing to make businesses resilient to future crisis, apply before Dec 31st ➡ seedsta.rs/37jS7OL
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How do we unlock alternative funding in #Uganda, #Africa towards #entrepreneurship? How do we prepare #startup and #SMEs to attract #funding? What can we learn from other ecosystems? Join @sklegesi and others @StartupUganda_ #KIW2020 as we learn more #investinafrica
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“Unfortunately we don’t have many African investors" techcrunch.com/2020/11/10/ni…
