About this course
- Commitment
- 4 hours.
- Language
- English
- Transcripts
- French, Arabic, Somalia
- How to pass
- View all insights and complete each quiz
- Requirements
- Log in with VC4A account
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Start your business
The ‘Start your business’ course is aimed at founders who are in the phase of developing ideas and testing product-market fit.
The first module focuses on how to build a great team, the second module on the environment you operate in and the third module discusses the importance of knowing your target market.
Each module has a number of learning resources, which include:
- Theoretical breakdowns where concepts are introduced – relevant to the African context
- Videos of leading business professionals, entrepreneurs and investors, sharing expert advice
- Quizzes where you’ll be challenged to apply what you have learnt
- Useful downloadable templates and documents
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Creators of the course
The theoretical content (intro videos of each module) is produced by:
Andrew Sekandi
KPMG
United Kingdom
Andrew Sekandi is an Associate Director at KPMG where he leads the Corporate Intelligence team’s Africa practice. With a background in law and risk analysis, he has 10 years’ experience conducting non-financial due diligence and provides market intelligence for investors looking to acquire stakes in African tech companies and other sectors.
Anneke Evers
Consultant
Rwanda
Anneke Evers has experience in the area of SME finance, preparing emerging market entrepreneurs in the final stages for finance and connecting them to financiers. As an overall SME advisor she worked with different support centers in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, capacitating their staff and enhancing their business services to SMEs.
Andile Masuku
African Tech Roundup
South Africa
Andile Masuku is a Zimbabwean broadcaster and entrepreneur based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He produces and presents a portfolio of popular audio podcasts — including ‘the African Tech Round-up’, as well as developing and executing content strategy and tactical media plays for leading companies.
Expert insights
The following experts are sharing their insights in this course:
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Ndidi Nnoli Edozien
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Rebecca Enonchong
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Chinedu Enekwe
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Chams Diagne
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Brett Commaille
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Ibanga Umanah
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Aaron Fu
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Viola Llewellyn
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Fabian Guhl
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Charlene Chen
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Stephen Haggard
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Simeon Ononobi
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Aurelien Duval-Delort
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Stephan Breban
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Yemi Keri
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Fatoumata Ba
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Justin Spratt
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Emeka Afigbo
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Russell Southwood
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Andrea Böhmert