TECH HUBS IN AFRICA

HOW CAN THEY SUPPORT START-UPS ACROSS THE CONTINENT?

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Tech hubs in Africa: How can they support tech start-ups across the continent?

Defining tech hubs

What tech hubs do

About ecosystems

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‘Ingenio PhD Days’

How hubs create and measure value

Financial sustainability for hubs

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‘A common view of a typical [high-growth firm] is a small start-up in a high-tech sector that grows quickly over a sustained period through some favourable quality inherent to the firm, for example, a new advanced technology, a brilliant marketing innovation, or an extremely capable staff.’

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Technology innovation hubs and policy engagement

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ECIS 2016 Proceedings

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Innovation Hubs in Africa

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Source

Grants

Programme-based funding

Agence Française de Développement

Consulting fees

Co-working fees

Incubation fees and revenue sharing

Investment success fees

Equity through acceleration programmes

Event management fees

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Training fees

Focus on the concept of start-up studio

Build an online platform with three major features:

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Bridging the ‘Pioneer Gap’: The Role of Accelerators in Launching High-Impact Enterprises

Innovation Hubs in Africa

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Hub failure

Hub sustainability challenges

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‘Once hub implementations began, leaders realized they needed to adapt their vision to local conditions. The issues that arose resulted specifically from tensions between aspirational hub visions and thorny hub realities.’

Nicolas Friederici

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

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How can hub success be defined?

Should tech hubs focus on building ecosystems or creating start-ups?

What is the best package of support for tech hubs?

How can the expectations and goals of hubs and funders be aligned?

Is a hub network better equipped to reach financial sustainability than a single hub?

At what stage of start-up development can tech hubs engage most effectively?

Should hubs invest directly in start-ups or focus on easing access to investors?

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Digital Kenya An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making

The role of Innovation Hubs taking start-ups from idea to business: the case of Nairobi

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How Tech Hubs are helping to Drive Economic Growth in Africa

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Who is ICT Innovation For?

Hub In A Box: A Global Movement to Crowdsource Business Models for Sustainable Innovation Spaces

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2015 Venture Finance in Africa: The progress of early-stage high-potential growth companies

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Around the Globe and Early-Stage Company Growth Dynamics

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