Rotating Group Officers - Join VC4Africa and help us build this community!

Great to see the community grow into the thousands!

One of the members has suggested doing "rotating Group Officers", so I thought I'd check and see who was interested. Seemed like a cool idea. We'll keep the numbers down to three or four, so if you'd like to be included drop me a message.

What do officers do?

- Help to manage the growth of the VC4Africa community. This includes the network on LinkedIn, Ning, Facebook and Twitter.

- Assist members (mostly a focus on our entrepreneurs) to make use of the community and tools available. i.e. help promote projects with great potential.

- Work to give the community direction / add to its content and promotion.

- Monitor content and help to delete any spam or unwanted messages.


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Officer: Eyembe Elango

E-mail: eyembe@gmail.com
LinkedIn Profile: To be added
Ning Profile: http://www.vc4africa.com/profile/EyembeElango

Specialty: Eyembe is master of the incubator platforms on VC4Africa.com. He has built up an incredible database of information on each country and has created a real info-resource for other members doing research on market opportunities. Eyembe was one of the first members to get involved and it has been a pleasure working with him.


Officer: Joel Patenaude

E-mail: joel.patenaude@j2partnersinc.com
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joelpatenaude
Ning Profile: http://www.vc4africa.com/profile/Joel

Specialty: Joel has been one of our most active members from early on and has played an invaluable role in building the network. He is also a great sparring partner. He also helps to manage and grow the VC4Africa LinkedIn account and welcomes new members to the network.


Officer: Ed Dodds

E-mail: dodds@conmergence.com
Linkedin Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/eddodds
Ning Profile: http://www.vc4africa.com/profile/EdDodds

Specialty: I contacted Ed to see if he could help in managing the group on Facebook. This is a new addition to the VC4Africa 'Ecosphere.' However, given the platforms popularity in Africa, I believe this group has a lot of growth potential. There are 60,000 users in Uganda alone and the FB Group could serve as a valuable tool for linking with local entrepreneurs. Hope to work with Ed on building this out further!


Officer: Peter Johnson

E-mail: peterjohnson10@gmail.com
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjohnson
Ning Profile: To be added

Specialty: Peter has offered to help manage and grow the VC4Africa Twitter account. As you know, the Twitter account builds on the VC4Africa RSS feed. Twitter has quickly grown to over 2000 followers and become the community’s third source of traffic. Needless to say, there is a lot of growth potential in this system. I look forward to working with Peter, when he gets back from a needed vacation, to developing this further.


Officer: Femi Animashaun (Larez)

E-mail: larez@architecturaldefinitions.com
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/femianimashaun
Ning Profile: http://www.vc4africa.com/profile/FemiAnimashaunLarez

Specialty: Larez has offered to help us develop the VC4Africa network on Ning. I will work with Larez to figure out how we can cooperate and where and how he would like to contribute. He has indicated he enjoys networking with new members and we will hopefully find our focus here.


Officer: James Jones

E-mail: jonesconsulting27@gmail.com
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-jones/2/243/957
Ning Profile: http://www.vc4africa.com/profile/JamesJones

Specialty: James has offered to help manage the forum on LinkedIn. This will help to spur activity and engage the interest of new members. I look forward to working with James on this process.

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If you are interested in joining in this effort or getting involved, let me know!
You can contact me at b.white@vc4africa.com.

Regards and thanks,

Ben