Building A Thriving Innovation Economy
Strategic Pillar 1: High Impact Sustainable Growth For Members
Grow the number of sustainable innovation and entrepreneurial excellence centres and networks in every region of Africa and in African Diaspora target communities.
We believe that innovation can happen anywhere. From rural towns to major cities, from high schools to universities. More hubs are needed to cater to the ever growing needs and numbers of innovators across the continent.
Over the next ten years we will:
Recruit more hubs into our network . There are close to 1000 hubs across Africa, many of which can benefit from the ever growing list of resources we offer in our network. We will amplify our offering and intentionally seek out hubs across the continent to join our community. Hubs will have a clear understanding of the requirements to be an AfriLabs member and will have access to resources to help them achieve this should they so wish. Develop, grow and support national hub networks National Hub Networks are critical for growth of national and subnational innovation ecosystems. Through these national networks we will: • support the launch of new hubs • support the contextualisation of the work that local hubs do to support their communities • build partnerships with national and subnational public and private sectors to support curation of relevant data that all parties need to develop and validate national innovation agendas. • Develop and deploy more inclusive, more valuable membership models. We understand that hubs have different capacities to engage and contribute financially and we want our membership packages to reflect this. As we encourage our members to contextualise their interventions, we too will ensure that our interventions are more inclusive and tailor made to the capacity and needs of our members. By making our membership more inclusive we will support more hubs to achieve their goals and build more trust and collaboration amongst our members. deepen collaborations with national organisations such as the Association of Startup and SME Enablers of Kenya, Innovation Support Network in Nigeria and Ghana Hub Network with whom we have existing Memorandums of Understanding. • develop formal relationships with other existing hub networks. • support hubs to create national hub networks in their countries. • support national networks in implementing their projects and programs
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