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Events
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Inaugural National Conference - National African Students Association
March 19, 2010 at 5pm to March 21, 2010 at 4pm – Emory University - Main Campus
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Africa Rice Congress 2010
March 22, 2010 at 7am to March 26, 2010 at 7pm – Hotel Laïco Amitié
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3rd Swiss–African Business Exchange
March 24, 2010 at 7am to March 25, 2010 at 7pm – World Trade Center Zürich
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VC4Africa Meetup Kigali
March 25, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – To be determined
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African Economic Forum 2010
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VC4Africa Meetup Atlanta
by Ben Added March 20, 2010 at 2:31pm
VC4Africa Meetup Nairobi
by Bart Lacroix Added March 16, 2010 at 7:25pm
VC4Africa Washington, DC meet-up
by Pete Johnson Added January 14, 2010 at 6:26pm 1 Comment
VC4Africa Meetup in London
by YILKAL Added December 5, 2009 at 5:39pm 1 Comment
VC4Africa Meetup in Kampala
by Ben Added August 4, 2009 at 10:35am 1 Comment
VC4Africa Meetup in Nairobi
by Bart Lacroix Added July 31, 2009 at 8:13am 2 Comments
VC4Africa Meetup Kigali planned for March 25th !
Dear Members,
The VC4Africa meetup in Nairobi was a great success with some 50 investors and entrepreneurs coming together for drinks. New member Erick Cheruiyot mentioned, "This is a great place to be. Had a chance to meet with some MIT MBA students here in University of Nairobi. They were really resourceful and interesting to interact with."
The MIT group is now moving to Kigali and we have our first Rwanda meetup planned for the 25th. If you are in the area please join the program. We still need a location. Usually a friendly and open bar. If you have suggestions, please feel free to contact me at ben@vc4frica.com and as always help us spread the good work:)
Thanks and looking forward to a great meetup!
Time: March 25, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: To be determined
City/Town: Kigali
Event Type: social, networking
Organized By: MIT
Latest Activity: Mar 11
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The Africa's Potential lectures.
(Civilekonomprogrammet) at the Linnaeus University’s School of Management and Economics in Växjö, Sweden.
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