Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa’s portfolio of companies

Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Carel

Filed under Business, Carel's Conversations, Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology, Venture Capital

Hasso Plattner’s African Venture fund was launched in early 2008. In February 2009 I attended the fund’s Emerging Market Africa conference in South Africa. HPVA has invested ZAR80mm of ZAR350mm in 5 companies to date and expect to invest in at least 5 more. HPVA doesn’t disclose investments and shareholding, although they did indicate that [...]

What a historic day and free Starbucks!

Posted on January 20th, 2009 by Carel

Filed under Carel's Conversations, Charity, Leadership

It doesn’t matter if you agree with Obama’s policies or not, today is a historic day in world history. The next four years will be very interesting — both from an economic and a world political perspective.

 
I received an email from Starbucks this morning offering a free tall brew if you volunteer for 5 hours. [...]