The Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean (EPIC) by infoDev and World Bank Group has developed a requirements profile of both Caribbean entrepreneurs and angel investors, which allows...
InfoDev - innovation and entrepreneurship report green sectors, such as renewable energy and sustainable agriculture, are some of the most important economic sectors for meeting the targets agreed in the...
InfoDev - innovation and entrepreneurship an underdeveloped agro-processing industry is a significant missed opportunity to create sustainable jobs and incomes. This publication introduces the rationale...
The importance of entrepreneurship is recognized by policymakers around the globe, as evidenced by the plethora of recent initiatives focused on start-up competitions, one-stop shops for business registration...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2014 Within the framework of ‘Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean’ (EPIC), a seven-year program funded by the Government of Canada’s Department of...
The Information for Development Program's (InfoDev) "From Mind to Market" approach was designed to bridge early-stage innovation support gaps and guide promising ideas on toward minimum viable products...
The Uganda industrial research institute (UIRI), a traditional incubator run by the government, has made a significant impact by locating value-added processing systems from its Kampala headquarters into...
The Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund (MLSCF) is a venture capital fund based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. MLSCF has succeeded in transferring biotechnologies from more-developed to less developed countries...
Foundation Chile was created in 1976 as a nonprofit governed jointly by the Chilean government and a large American conglomerate. It proactively introduces technology innovations and develops companies...
The innovative approaches and methods that Technoserve Mozambique (TnsMz) has pioneered have become best practice templates for other Tns country operations and, indeed, best practice templates within...
Villgro is a business incubator with a unique rural orientation. It concerns itself not only with the launch of new businesses but more generally with the transfer of new products, knowledge, and services...
The agribusiness incubator in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India is the result of a partnership between the Indian government and an international crop-research organization that is a member of CGIAR...
A professor at Brazil's prestigious Federal University of Vicosa saw a need on campus for an incubator to support technologically-oriented businesses, including agribusinesses. This resulted in the CENTEV...
Timbali technology incubator in the Mpumalanga region of South Africa seeks to help rural farmers whose livelihood has been undercut by high-volume large farms. Supported by government financing and fee-based...
The incubator for agribusiness and agroindustry at Bogor agricultural university, Indonesia (IAA-IPB) assists during three stages in the incubation process: early incubation (mentoring creative ideas...
While the growth of mobile communications in developing countries has been phenomenal, using mobile phones and applications to meet human and economic development goals is not widespread, for they have...
Crowdfunding is an Internet-enabled way for businesses or other organizations to raise money in the form of either donations or investments from multiple individuals. This new form of capital formation...
The establishment of an Agribusiness Innovation Center (AIC) in Senegal takes advantage of already existing agriculture and agro-processing sectors and uses this to both identify and support a pipeline...
The last few years have seen considerable research and applications in the areas of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and electronic-government (e-government). Rather than attempting to redefine these...
It is generally believed that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can empower teachers and learners, promote change and foster the development of '21st century skills, but data to support...