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    The Hub Specialisation Playbook
    A guide for African innovation support organisations with lessons from the Make-IT in Africa's Hubs Go GreenTech (HUGG) program
    News Article — January 29, 2024 — Alex Calvin Gbetie
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    Co-designing Solutions to close the gender-financing Gap in Africa
    Female-founding teams in Africa received an abysmal 1% of total funding on the continent in 2021. Make-IT in Africa launches the ScaleX Project to support early-stage gender-lens ecosystem actors.
    News Article — September 21, 2023 — Mansi Gupta
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    Apply now for the program that brings Real Growth
    Are you a startup in Africa with a digital product or services already in the market? Then apply to this Growth Hacking Program to increase sales, get customers and grow your Business.
    News Article — September 20, 2023 — Alex Calvin Gbetie
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    Apply now for our new Promoting Local R&D Program
    Are you a Makerspace in Western or Eastern Africa? Then apply to our Research and Development program and join us as we bridge the innovation gap to drive impactful change.
    News Article — September 19, 2023 — Rosina Naab
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    Open Innovation Program Toolkit
    A framework and guide for ESOs to foster collaboration between SGBs and large enterprises
    News Article — August 8, 2023 — Claire Jowell
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    Make-IT in Africa Women in Leadership Program – 'a gamechanger'
    The Women in Leadership Program with Stellenbosch Business School provides African women with skills, resources and support to become tomorrow’s successful leaders in the innovation space.
    News Article — March 31, 2023 — Bartha Alexander
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    Transitioning Tech Hubs into GreenTech Spaces
    Together with IRESEN and Viridian we gathered twelve West African tech hubs in Dakar, Senegal, for a Bootcamp. The overarching topic: transitioning the hubs into Greentech spaces.
    News Article — March 30, 2023 — Alex Calvin Gbetie
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    Next Generation of Ghana FinTech Innovation celebrated during the Ghana Digital Innovation Week 2022
    Startups from our NextGen FinTech Accelerator programme pitched at the Ghana Digital Innovation Week in November 2022.
    News Article — December 14, 2022 — Doreen Aglago-Cofie
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    Southern Africa: Hacking innovation ecosystems through collaboration
    BongoHive, in partnership with ESTDEV, Garage48 and us hosted the second edition of the Empowering the Startup Community Hackathon in Lusaka, Zambia, from the 15th-17th November 2022.
    News Article — November 18, 2022 — Gerold Dreyer
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    Uganda's Investment Guide is out now!
    Investors, entrepreneurs, innovation hubs, government actors and other innovation ecosystem players gathered on the 19th of August 2022 in Kampala for the launch of the Investment Guide Uganda.
    News Article — August 26, 2022 — Alina Schlesinger
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Playbook Cover 1
The Hub Specialisation Playbook
A guide for African innovation support organisations with lessons from the Make-IT in Africa's Hubs Go GreenTech (HUGG) program
News Article — January 29, 2024 — Alex Calvin Gbetie
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Africa Connect Startup Week: hosted in Berlin
From 20-24 Nov. 2023, many high-ranking leaders from Africa and Europe are gathering in Berlin for the G20 Compact and G20 Investment Summit to strengthen private sector and investments in Africa.
News Article — October 31, 2023
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Co-designing Solutions to close the gender-financing Gap in Africa
Female-founding teams in Africa received an abysmal 1% of total funding on the continent in 2021. Make-IT in Africa launches the ScaleX Project to support early-stage gender-lens ecosystem actors.
News Article — September 21, 2023 — Mansi Gupta
Homepage
Apply now for the program that brings Real Growth
Are you a startup in Africa with a digital product or services already in the market? Then apply to this Growth Hacking Program to increase sales, get customers and grow your Business.
News Article — September 20, 2023 — Alex Calvin Gbetie
Microsoft Teams image 51
Apply now for our new Promoting Local R&D Program
Are you a Makerspace in Western or Eastern Africa? Then apply to our Research and Development program and join us as we bridge the innovation gap to drive impactful change.
News Article — September 19, 2023 — Rosina Naab
Screenshot 2023 09 15 091558
Open Innovation Program Toolkit
A framework and guide for ESOs to foster collaboration between SGBs and large enterprises
News Article — August 8, 2023 — Claire Jowell
Pexels christina morillo 1181357
Make-IT in Africa Women in Leadership Program – 'a gamechanger'
The Women in Leadership Program with Stellenbosch Business School provides African women with skills, resources and support to become tomorrow’s successful leaders in the innovation space.
News Article — March 31, 2023 — Bartha Alexander
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Transitioning Tech Hubs into GreenTech Spaces
Together with IRESEN and Viridian we gathered twelve West African tech hubs in Dakar, Senegal, for a Bootcamp. The overarching topic: transitioning the hubs into Greentech spaces.
News Article — March 30, 2023 — Alex Calvin Gbetie
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Next Generation of Ghana FinTech Innovation celebrated during the Ghana Digital Innovation Week 2022
Startups from our NextGen FinTech Accelerator programme pitched at the Ghana Digital Innovation Week in November 2022.
News Article — December 14, 2022 — Doreen Aglago-Cofie

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