We are thrilled to announce that the Catalytic Africa pilot has completed the registration phase and we have now begun the application review process.
We congratulate our nominees for the pilot Cameroun Angel Network (CAN), South South-East Angels Network (SSEAN), ActivSpaces Hub and Technovision (TVC) Labs.
We look forward to significant learning opportunities from this pilot as we work toward the full launch of the Catalytic Africa platform in September.
We held our first Masterclasses of the year on May 25 (French) and June 3 (English). They were facilitated by ABAN Board Member and Country Officer (DRC) & Equity Expert at Proparco, Hannah Subayi Kamuanga. She partnered with Julio Mupemba for the French language session.
Major themes covered were:
Find the session recordings here:
English Session: Conclusion and Q&A
We thank the 275 Business Angels, Early Stage Investors and Angel Investing Enthusiasts who signed up for our Masterclasses from across Africa.
At the Angola Innovation Summit on July 30, TD will speak on “How innovation can promote economic growth and competitiveness in Africa”. He will draw from his experiences as Africa’s foremost business angels and address a broad range of issues around entrepreneurial success factors and solutions to empower Africa’s entrepreneurship ecosystems across both tech and non-tech sectors.
He will join a diversified panel of corporate executives, policy makers and entrepreneurs at the event.
We congratulate our member networks: Viktoria Business Angel Network, Diaspora Angels Network and Lagos Angels Network, for closing their recent syndicate investment of $62,000 in Superfluid Labs, a data analytics company headquartered in Mauritius.
Superfluid has developed a comprehensive no-code intelligence infrastructure software platform that can accurately and instantly assess credit scores more effectively through big data and artificial intelligence. The company’s product supports businesses of all sizes– across financial services, retail, telecoms and technology industries–, helping them understand, grow, score, retain and reward their valuable customers and predict business events.
Read the full press release for the deal here.
Rising Tide Africa, an ABAN member network in Lagos, Nigeria, was recently interviewed by Techcabal. In the interview they speak about their motivation to launch one of Africa’s foremost female-led Angel Investing networks.
We are proud of RTA’s work supporting female-led, tech-enabled startups across Africa and echo their vision of ensuring that more women are equipped to build diversified investment portfolios.
Read the full interview here.
Our partner, European Business Angels Network (EBAN), held its 2021 annual congress from 16-18 June.
Key themes from the EBAN Annual Congress spanned investing in space-tech, trends in sourcing, existing deals, climate action investing, and trends in impact investment.
Special thanks to EBAN for providing fully discounted event tickets to all ABAN Member Angel Investors and Angel Networks.
We are thrilled to partner with the African Angel Academy (AAA) on its first Angel Connect event, which is slated to hold on 22 June, by 5pm SAST.
The theme for the event is “The rise of the African Super Angel – lessons for building and managing large Angel portfolios”.
Angel Investors from across the continent (AAA Alumni, ABAN members) and other early stage investors are welcome to attend.
We are proud to showcase Viktoria Ventures’ July 1st Masterclass on Best Practices in Negotiations. Business Angels, Angel Networks and Venture Capital firms are cordially invited.
Topics to be covered at the webinar include:
Register for the Masterclass here.
Mediterranean Angels will be holding an Investors’ Roundtable session both physically and virtually on June 27, 29 and 30. Panelists include leading Business Angels, Early-stage Investors, VC Investors and more.
Find the Registration link and Agenda here.
The African Angel Academy is looking for a French-speaking Program Manager for a new Francophile investor programme that they will be running later this year.
Read more about the position here: https://lnkd.in/dxXdsfE
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