Background/ Introduction
The AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP) has since 2019 continued to uphold its mandate to build the capacity of hubs and their members within the African Ecosystem, which has contributed to the improvement of the African innovation ecosystem via the input of AfriLabs trained successful & investment-ready startups. Since 2019, the programme has supported over 500 African hubs and entrepreneurs through the AFD fund to increase their capacity, innovation, and result-focused. Several activities have occurred t and an impact evaluation is necessary to document success stories, lessons learned, and next steps. The Impact assessment exercise is aimed at evaluating the activities of the AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme to see the extent to which implemented components have contributed to the proposed impact associated with the project’s Theory of Change (ToC). The immediate impacts which include; Effective management of Innovation hubs, the Creation of jobs, and Improvement in the investment-readiness of start-ups in Africa will be evaluated based on the associated inputs of the project. The impact assessment (IA) provides a reality check to the Theory of Change and reveals definite changes or improvements that have occurred owing to the introduction of the ACBP to innovation hubs and entrepreneurs. As outlined in the ToC, the Impact Assessment will provide checks on the outcomes and secondary impact which include; increased capacity in Hub management, improved networking capacity. Increased investment inflow, financial autonomy, and more diverse portfolio of startups, etc. Comparisons between the baseline state (former situation) of these beneficiaries and the current situation (post-ACBP benefits) will be analyzed and measured against the inputs of the project activities. The Impact assessment covers the period of implemented activities on the programmes from the inception to the present stage.
Basically, the impact assessment tool incorporated questions that would allow participants and beneficiaries to talk about:
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ACBP Impact Assessment Report
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