Increased support towards hub’s community including startups
As a result of the lessons from participation in ACBP activities, it is expected that hubs should derive insight into the design of impactful activities that support their community better. Hubs’ support to the community can include training, sponsorship, business development, legal, grants disbursement, etc. The data revealed additional 8 hubs that have added startup grants as a current activity to support their community. There was an increase in hubs that introduced sponsorship, mentorship, business development, and legal support. Some hubs reported the Covid-19 pandemic as a deterrent to achieving some activities initially planned including training but will pick up soon.
Hub’s activities to support their community? 2yrs vs Current
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Traininig
Startup Grant
Sponsorship
Mentorship
Bus. Dev. support
Hackathon
Legal support
The physical workshop delivers sessions of capacity-building knowledge aimed at improving the hub’s personnel skills in hub management, investment readiness, and collaborations. KII participants were asked what major lessons they learned from the physical workshop. Over 80% of KII participants who attended the physical workshop chose “collaboration” as one of the major lessons from the event, this includes both theoretical knowledge and practical networking outcomes. Followed by 64% who mentioned increased knowledge in hub operations. 40% mentioned fundraising as a major lesson from the workshop. Out of 25 participants that attended the Physical workshop, 22 learned effective collaboration techniques, 16 mentioned lessons on hub operation, and 10 hubs reported fundraising techniques. Other lessons include improvement in proposal development techniques. As shown below in the chart, the outcome of the application of these lessons Physical Workshop as a platform for Collaboration and Improved networking capacity
ACBP Impact Assessment Report
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