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A training platform for policy makers in the startup ecosystem that provides valuable knowledge and resources to help shape policies that promote entrepreneurship and innovation.
A training platform for policy makers in the startup ecosystem that provides valuable knowledge and resources to help shape policies that promote entrepreneurship and innovation.
The Taskforce was created from a collective need voiced by the African startup ecosystem to cultivate connections, enable the flow of information, and provide a venue where specific expertise, learnings and best practice can be shared.
A centralized repository that provides policymakers with information and resources related to the startup ecosystem. to ain in making informed decisions about the creation and implementation of policies that support startups and promote innovation.
This toolkit is designed for forward-thinking policy innovators that want to transform their entrepreneurial ecosystems and support their governments with policy reform through deliberation and cutting-edge evidence.
The Benchmark report identifies 22 African SBAs and Startup Acts, benchmarks them and identifies 15 other instruments for comparison. Find out what the highlights are and learn from our recommendations.
A deliberate approach to centre African female entrepreneurs in policymaking and provide a candid snapshot of life as a female entrepreneur in Africa
The African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index aims to equip policymakers with the knowledge to support African ecosystem growth.It is the result of a partnership between the Allan Gray Centre for Africa Entrepreneurship (AGCAE), the Innovation for Policy Foundation (i4Policy) and University…
Which elements stimulate entrepreneurship in a city, region or country? By mapping out the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, it becomes clear how relevant factors and actors influence each other – enabling or constraining entrepreneurship. How can you use these insights to improve…
Despite the popularity of the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach in science and policy, there is a scarcity of credible, accurate and comparable metrics of entrepreneurial ecosystems. This is a severe shortcoming for both scientific progress and successful policy. In this paper,…
Entrepreneurial ecosystems have become a prominent concept, yet in its current state, the concept itself represents a paradox. While it draws on a rich intellectual history and provides an opportunity to synthesize different strands of research, it is also under-theorized…
There is a growing interest in ecosystems as an approach for understanding the context of entrepreneurship at the macro level of an organizational community. It consists of all the interdependent actors and factors that enable and constrain entrepreneurship within a…