Entrepreneurs find success for their startup on VC4Africa

PARTNERSHIPS, JOINT VENTURES AND INVESTMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SECURED BY MEMBERS IN CAMEROON, SOUTH AFRICA, THE UNITED STATES, KENYA, NIGERIA, THE NETHERLANDS AND SOMALILAND VC4A MEETUPS HAVE BEEN HOSTED IN KIGALI, KAMPALA, NAIROBI, JOHANNESBURG, BUEA, DOUALA, LAGOS, ABUJA, ACCRA, DAKAR, ALEXANDRIA, TUNIS, ADDIS, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, LEUVEN, BRUSSELS, PARIS, AMSTERDAM, LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, ATLANTA, RICHMOND, 4300 SANTA MONICA AND WASHINGTON DC VC4A MEMBERS IN 159 COUNTRIES TUNIS ALEXANDRIA VC4A AFRICAN MEETUPS DAKAR ABUJA OFFICES IN ACCRA LAGOS ADDIS BUEA DOUALA BUEA AND KAMPALA AMSTERDAM NAIROBI VC4AFRICA ENTREPRENEURS KIGALI HAVE BEEN PROFILED BY GLOBAL MEDIA CHANNELS 30 LIKE FORBES AND BBC WORLD 200 AFRICAN VENTURES MARKETS VC4AFRICA TEAM IN CAMEROON, NETHERLANDS, SOMALILAND, ETHIOPIA, JOHANNESBURG UGANDA, KENYA AND THE UNITED STATES VC4AFRICA 2012: THE YEAR OF THE ENTREPRENEUR RECOGNIZE THE NEW REALITY MEDIAN MEDIAN PERCENTAGE OF AFRICANS LIVING IN CITIES AFRICA HAS THE FASTEST AGE AGE GROWING MIDDLE CLASS 2010 2040 30 40 50 40 EUROPE 2011 i 60 MILLION $ 3000 30 ASIA 2015 100 MILLION $ 3000 %3. 20 AFRICA 2000 2011 2025 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WILL PRODUCE SEVEN PRODUCTIVITY IS GROWING 3% A YEAR, HALF OF THE INCREASE IN GLOBAL OF THE 10 FASTEST-GROWING ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS POPULATION OVER THE NEX 40 YEARS WILL BE IN AFRICA COMPARED TO 2.3% IN AMERICA · AFRICA IS EXPECTED TO GROW 6% IN 2012 (IMF) · AFRICA HAS 600 MILLION MOBILE PHONE USERS - MORE THAN AMERICA AND EUROPE (ECONOMIST) - TRADE BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS INCREASED 200% SINCE 2000 (ECONOMIST) - INFLATION DROPPED FROM 22% IN THE 1990'S TO 8% IN 2000S (ECONOMIST) · AFRICA IS ON THE BRINK OF AN ECONOMIC TAKE-OFF, MUCH LIKE CHINA WAS 30 YEARS AGO AND INDIA 20 YEARS AGO (VC4AFRICA) ITS TIME TO START CONNECTING RESOURCES LOW INCOME COUNTRIES HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES AFRICA HAS A HIGHER PROPORTION OF MICRO-ENTERPRISES THAN NUMBER OF MICRO- ANY OTHER REGION ENTERPRISES SMES LARGE MICRO LOW INCOME COUNTRIES DENSITY 2 THE NUMBER MISSING SUB-SHARAN AFRICA OF MICRO- MIDDLE SIZE EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA ENTERPRISES LOG OF EAST ASIA & PACIFIC EMPLOYEES LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MICRO SMES LARGE VC4A IS A COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS AND INVESTORS DEDICATED TO BUILDING GREAT COMPANIES WHAT DO WE DO? IDEAS NURTURE PEOPLE WITH IDEAS PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, NETWORK, LEARN AND IDEAS TAKE OFF! PEOPLE CONNECT WITH SHARE IDEAS PARTNERS AND INVESTORS 2012 IS THE YEAR ENTREPRENEURSHIP WILL TAKE OFF AS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT TREND AND PROMISING JOIN THE DEVELOPMENT MOVING FORWARD. MOVEMENT AT "COMMUNITY POWERED VC4AFRICA.BIZ PROGRESS' VC4A