Bolstering innovators in Africa

underexplored ecosystems and develop them from scratch. Although resources in these locations remain scarce and we are yet to witness significant success stories emerging from them, a number of notable examples are Arusha, Kumasi, Durban, Mombasa and Abuja.

Hubs are concentrated in key cities but nascent ecosystem support structures in non-capital cities are emerging. Innovation hubs tend to be concen- trated in capital cities or economic centres, but a growing number of organisations are targeting secondary and tertiary urban centres to tap into

FIGURE 2: HUB CATEGORY BY SERVICES OFFERED, BY COUNTRY

Hubs running support programmes

Hubs o ff ering mainly co-working and community services

200

150

100

50

0

Country

FIGURE 3: BREAKDOWN OF HUBS IN AFRICA BASED ON BRITER INTELLIGENCE

Other 0.5%

Makerspace

1.2%

Hub Network

2.0%

Accelerator

11.4%

Incubator

32.9%

Innovation Hub

23.5%

Co-working Space

28.5%

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