The African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) is a not-for-profit entity founded to promote, develop and stimulate private equity and venture capital in Africa. At the 2011 Making Finance Work for Africa conference, VC4Africa had the chance to catch up with Tshepidi Moremong, the co-Chair of the AVCA board and a principal at 8 Miles, a pan-African private equity fund. VC4Africa also followed up with AVCA’s new director, Michelle Essomé, to talk about AVCA’s ambitions moving forward and this years conference, ‘Africa, the Rising Giant.’ The conference will be held on the 22nd and 24th of April in Accra. See our video report with Tshepidi and written interview with Michelle.

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