VC4Africa, Zamgoat, and Fledge

In Africa, Fledglings
September 18, 2015
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Investors and entrepreneurs in Africa increasingly find each other online. Zambia based startup company Zamgoat recently secured a 20K investment deal from the US based accelerator Fledge, who found them via the online VC4Africa platform. We had a chance to catch up with both the entrepreneur and the investor.

Read the story of entrepreneur Paul Nyambe.
https://vc4africa.biz/blog/2015/09/18/zamgoat-in-zambia-secures-investment-deal-via-vc4africa-meet-the-entrepreneur/

And the story of how Fledge found Zamgoat.
https://vc4africa.biz/blog/2015/09/18/zambias-zamgoat-secures-investment-and-acceleration-from-fledge-via-vc4africa-meet-the-investor/

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