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African Innovation Ecosystem Roundtables
There have been some signs of good potential in DRC whilst Chad and Gabon have not yet adopted these methodologies.
Considering open source software, the region indicated that it uses the software to cut on its costs for transitioning from stage 1 to stage 2 innovations. They do not contribute much to open source as the innovators cannot find ways to monetise such contributions.
Support
The region indicated that their priorities around support would be access to finance, access to tools and exposure to opportunities.
Mentorships and technical skills were not seen as a priority as thesewere available online/digitally.
2.4 Eastern Region
Participating countries
The Eastern region roundtable was held on the30thof September 2020withparticipants representing the following countries:
● Uganda, ● Tanzania, ● Rwanda, and ● Kenya.
Ecosystem
The Tanzanian ecosystem has been evolving since its inception with 2 Hubs to now having more than 40 hubs in the country. They have been doing well in a number of key areas including their
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