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After COVID-19 outbreak, the African Union in collaboration with UNDP and AfriLabs worked together to implement the first African business simulation that seeks to help Micro/Small/Medium Enterprises MSMEs to overcome the current COVID-19 challenges and the lockdown. More than 400 participants and 10 different partners have been involved in building and participating in the simulation in 2020 from 5 different countries: Cameroon, Egypt, Sudan Senegal, and Zimbabwe.

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e AFRILABS CAPACITY BUILDING

AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP)

PROGRAMME

Impact/Results so far

Description

Features

• 12 Qyarterly Hubs Learning Week, • 30 Physical Workshops in 15 convening African cities. • Funds Disbursement Components: • Capacity Building Awards (of • Virtual Meetup Grants (of 2,000 euros per selected innovation hub/centre). • Hub Management certification course. • Hubs-in-Residence Toolkits on business development and investment management. 15,00 euros per selected innovation hub/centre)

• Afrilabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP), A 2m euro, 36-month intensive capacity building program, being implemented thanks to Agence Frarn:;aise de Developpement (AFD)'s support through the Digital Africa seed fund. • The programme aims to strengthen hubs so that they can attract investments and run local and regional impact-driven programs that will support entrepreneurs and startups and contribute to growing the African innovation ecosystem.

3,029 of Hub managers and staff trained in the past year on relevant topics ranging from financial management, effective mentoring, preparing their startups to be investment ready and other topics relevant to building successful startups 249 Startups supported through business development trainings, funding,mentoring, digital profiling and other capacity building activities. 211 of them are startups. 2,738 Participants trained, 74.8% being female participants trained and supported through series 3 to 5 of the Virtual Meetup grants.

� 21 Hubs that participated in the Capacity '-<.......}-' Building Awards Programme attracted additional funding.

Smart Cities Innovation Programme

Impact/Results so far

Description

Features

31 smart city innovators from across Africa were selected for the programme, culled from over 300 applications. 54 participants from the 31 targeted startups were trained in a 5-day virtual bootcamp by 10 experienced experts with the participation of 4 partner organisations (AWS, Siemens, Angaza Capital and Finca Ventures). 31 startups to be matched with seasoned mentors from within the Afrilabs network and other partner organisations.

• Selection of participating startups in the Smart City Innovation Ecosystem.

The Smart Cities Innovation Programme (SCIP) is a programme that focuses on the development of solutions for the areas of smart housing, smart mobility, and fintech for the affordability of smart cities with the aim of strengthening local innovation in smart cities and communities and to network these innovations with international business partners.

• Virtual Bootcamp

• Physical Bootcamp in Kigali, Rwanda

• Mentoring and coaching support

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The programme has a pan-African orientation, with a strong base in

• Innovation Ecosystem Engagement

Rwanda. This increases the chances of receiving high-quality start-ups, whilst strengthening Rwanda as a hub and home for businesses. Therefore - adopting a long-term approach - the core objective of this measure is to foster local, scalable innovations that will ultimately generate jobs in Rwanda and beyond.

Cl.I 1:1 i:I i l:i AEDIBINET AFRICAN EUROPEAN DIGITAL INNOVATION BRIDGE NETWORK

The African European Digital Innovation Bridge (AEDIB)

Impact/Results so far

Description

Features

Develop policy co-creation tools and skills for start-ups and entrepreneurs and create online policy dialogues in national innovation networks Address the needs of marginalised youth, women and vulnerable groups by enhancing their inclusion and possibilities in entrepreneurship by raising their digital and entrepreneurship capacities. 3 African Digital Innovation Hubs will be established and operated in the areas of Smart Cities, Climate Smart Agriculture and Digital Trade. It will be developed to act as digital and physical one-stop shops for digital innovation activities or start-ups and SMEs New partnerships will be created and fostered among African and European entrepreneurs, start-ups, ICT professionals, investors and diaspora communities.

• Ecosystem mapping & policy framework

AEDIHB has the objective to strengthen a common African European digital innovation ecosystem by supporting local digital innovation and startup ecosystems in Africa and facilitating the collaboration between European and African Digital Innovation Hubs. Afrilabs is a member of the African-European Digital Innovation Hub Bridge, a consortium led by GIZ with 13 ecosystem partners across Europe and Africa, playing a major role in building evidence and sustainability of the Digital and Entrepreneurship Skills (DES) Academy programme, which will specifically target the needs of African vulnerable groups in Uganda and Senegal, thereby

• Digital and

Entrepreneurship Skills (DES) Academy for marginalised groups

• Marketplace for digital innovation in Africa

• Trans-continental cooperation of innovators and DIHs

strengthening the pan-African and African-European digital innovation

partnerships as well as synergies between innovation ecosystems in Africa and Europe to widen sustainable impact.

P ro j ecte d Impact/Results

Description

Features

50,000 Women-led enterprises across 5 African countries are enabled via training, mentoring and capacity-building sessions. Women mentoring networks each in 1 0 African countries will provide strong mentorship and peer-to-peer support amongst female entrepreneurs in Africa.

Rev U p Women is an enterprise development intervention for early-stage women-led African startups and SMEs. It is designed to accelerate female-led businesses into profitable & sustainable ventures that can stimulate the creation of j obs on the continent. At the end of the pilot stage, 500 women business owners would have received capacity-building training and mentoring while 1 0 women business owners will be funded with 1 0 , 000 dollars grant each through the Catalytic Africa matching fund to grow their businesses. The initiative is funded by The Visa Foundation and aligns with AfriLabs ’ inclusion strategy.

• Enterprise Development Training

• Mentorship

• Peer-To-Peer Learning Workshops

• Funding through Catalytic Africa

$ 1 00 m worth of investment unlocked through investors.

At least 1 5 2, 000 j obs will be created by women in the countries where the pro j ect is implemented.

AU DigitalAnd Innovation Fellowship

AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship Program

Impact/Results so far

Description

Features

Internal Capacity: Internal capacity enhanced within the African Union and its organs. Closer Ecosystem Relationship: A closer relationship between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Innovation Ecosystem with at least three projects/partnerships established. Process: At least one policy and/or participation process enhanced within the context of good governance. Products: New products co-created and (at least 3) built to enhance the work of the AU and its organs with the engagement of citizens.

• Selection of 10 fellows on the program.

The African Union Digital and Innovation Fellowship Program is a 12-month program targeted at identifying and deploying 10 highly competent tech innovators from the African continent to units and organs within the African Union headquarters as resident fellows to understand the system within those units, identify data

• Capacity Building and Support

• Mentoring &

Peer-to-peer Learning

management challenges within the systems and solve the challenges identified.

• Learning Tour (in partnership with Tech4Germany)

• Events and Networking.

• All-expense-paid Trips

• Certification.

LEAP-RE

LEAP-RE Programme

Description

Features

Impact/Results so far

Mobilisation: Mobilise the relevant African Union (AU) & European Union (EU) knowledge communities and other stakeholders to address key renewable energy challenges for AU-EU. New Knowledge: Contribute to the production of new knowledge, innovations, technology, products, and/or services in renewable energy topics of strategic relevance to AU-EU collaboration.

• Pillar 1: External Research Funding and Capacity Building Activities. • Pillar 2: 8 Key Projects - Internal Consortium Research and Innovation Projects and Capacity Building Activities.

LEAP-RE programme seeks to create a long-term partnership of African and European stakeholders in a quadruple helix approach: government (programme owners and funding agencies), research and academia, private sector, and civil society. Impact will be sought by creating a framework, methodology, and cooperation model. The aim is to reduce fragmentation by aligning existing bilateral and multilateral frameworks. LEAP-RE will establish and jointly implement research, innovation, and capacity-building activities in the renewable energy sector.

• Pillar 3: Management, Coordination, Monitoring

and Evaluation and Development of the Future Long-term Partnership.

Transition to Renewable Energy: Accelerate the inclusive transition to reliable and affordable renewable energy.

The Africa Reimagine Open Innovation Project

Impact/Results so far

Description

Features

• Potential startups to be funded by Mozilla identified through 5 regional webinars.

• Pillar 1: External Research Funding and Capacity Building Activities. • Pillar 2: 8 Key Projects - Internal Consortium Research and Innovation Projects and Capacity Building Activities.

The project seeks to convene a broad group of innovators, thinkers, builders and influencers from the public and private sector to engage and take action through listening, creating a knowledge base, making policy recommendations and surfacing new product ideas from across the Africa continent: Some of the partners in this conference include: Thomas Reuters Foundation, Smart Africa, Lawyers Hub, Hasgeek, AUDA/NEPAD.

• Innovation hubs, startups and entrepreneurs within the ecosystem trained on on Lean Data Practices.

• Innovative and Tech ideas identified for potential funding through 3 Mentoring sessions held

• Collaborate on designing an innovation portal that will include a body of knowledge and information about the innovation/startup ecosystem in the region in collaboration with Mozilla and other partners.

• Pillar 3: Management,

Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation and Development of the Future Long-term Partnership.

• Publications and blog posts addressing and proffering solutions to the needs identified within the ecosystem.

• Policy papers addressing issues relating to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in collaboration with Africa Mradi partners. • African Continental Free Trade Area ( AfCFTA) extracts translated into at least 2 African languages (including Kiswahili and one other language).

Civil Society and Media- Strengthened Together and Advancing in New Directions (CSM -STAND):

Impact/Results so far

Description

Features

Build civil society and independent media capacity and leadership to constructively engage in civic space

• Awards

The aim of CSM-STAND is to identify and foster effective approaches to strengthen civic engagement and independent media and increase the use of these approaches by USAID Missions, civil society, and independent media actors in support of DRG-related and other development results. The ceiling for this program is up to $452,500,000 ($2,500,000 for the Leader Award and up to $450,000,000 for Associate Awards and buy-ins from USAID Missions, Bureaus, and other Operating Units).

• Leader Awards

• Associate Awards

Provide DRG Sector with Cutting-edge Technical Resources and Adaptable Program Options

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Afri L a b s Connect AfriLabs C onnect, a purpose-built ecosystem engagement platform that is the digital face of AfriLabs. The platform brings together the largest community of innovation enablers in Africa F ounded in 2022 as the solution to the challenges of manually operating the vast AfriLabs network, AfriLabs C onnect unites all the stakeholders of the African innovation, technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem digitally to connect, collect, share, collaborate, measure, meet K P I s individually and collectively on the web.

www.africonnect.net

CATALYTIC AFRICA

Catalytic Africa

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Investing in high-growth startups while enhancing the capacity of the investment ecosystem.

african business angel network

www.catalytic-africa.com

In partnership with African Business Angel Network

Afrilabs Academy The Afrilabs Academy is an initiative of Afrilabs and implemented under the Afrilabs Capacity Building Programme that is designed to equip African Hub managers and staff with the training and management skills needed to improve their ability and capacity to support the growing number of startups and MSMEs in their communities.

Afrilabs Academy

Visit the platform here.

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