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Accelerating impact.’’

March 24, 2023, Antananarivo, Madagascar. The European Union (EU), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) are joining forces to strengthen Madagascar’s business incubator ecosystem and further accelerate inclusive economic growth. The focus of the partnership will be the UNIDO-UNCDF-led project called “Incuboost” that seeks to strengthen the network… Continue reading The EU, UNIDO and UNCDF join forces to strengthen Madagascar’s business incubator ecosystem.

BIC Africa in association with UNIDO Somalia organised the first national boot camp for business incubators from Somalia. The event was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for 9 participants from HarHub, iRise Hub and SIMAD iLab, business incubators from the BIC Somali project. The boot camp was designed as a part of the national boot camps for Somalia to provide a deep dive into proven… Continue reading Developing the Business Incubation Ecosystem in Somalia – Somali Boot Camp

Acceleration Programme for Woman Entrepreneurs Third cohort

Connecting African Business Incubators

The two-day online Boot Camp, which was held on Monday 13th and Thursday 16th of February, brought together 20 practitioners from the three Somali business incubators participating in the BIC Somali project and also several business incubators invited from Comoros. The online Boot Camp was organised for those incubators who could not participate in the physical Boot Camp held in Brussels… Continue reading BIC Africa’s online Boot Camp brings together Business Incubators from Somali and Comoros

On the 17th of November 2022, the first edition of BIC Africa Annual Gathering 2022 (#BICAfrica2022) was held in Addis Ababa, with a focus on  “Connecting African Business Incubators”. In this flagship event, more than 100 relevant actors of the innovation and entrepreneurship arena from the BIC Africa project countries (Angola, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Somalia),… Continue reading BIC Africa organises the first Annual Gathering 2022 in Addis Ababa.

29 November 2022 Brussels, Belgium We’ve kicked off the first BIC Africa Bootcamp in Brussels, Belgium with the business incubators and accelerators from the BIC Africa project countries Angola, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Somalia. The BIC Africa European Bootcamp is designed to provide selected African business incubators BIs with an opportunity to meet, connect and exchange… Continue reading We’ve kicked off the first BIC Africa Bootcamp in Brussels, Belgium

During the 17th African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification and the Africa Industrialization Week (AIW2022) that took place in Niamey, Niger, and online from the 20th to 25th November 2022, BIC Africa in collaboration with AeTrade Group, supported by the African Union, has organized a side event on the 23rd of November. At… Continue reading Meet the winners of the AU YOUTH PAVILLION BIC Africa- AeTrade Business Idea Challenge.