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VC4AFRICA is the largest online community of investors and entrepreneurs working to build businesses on the African continent.In the Q&A below,Ben White,founder of VC4Africa,shares his vision for African entrepreneurs and discusses the challenges faced by Africa's Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) sector.How do you achieve online success in a continent which still has to Brow In terms of Internet access and even access to basic electricity? Internet and Mobile penetration rates are increasing in Africa at an amazing clip.There are nearly 1 billion people in Africa and,according to the International Telecommunication Union,9.6 percent of the population already has access to the Internet.In some countries,the penetration rates are increasing at hundreds if not thousands of percent a year.It is simply a matter of time before the bulk of Africa's population is connected to the web via either PC or mobile phone.