African Incubator Network (AIN)

The goal of AIN is to develop a collaborative network of African incubators and other business development service providers, and to facilitate the provision of appropriate knowledge to support the development of innovative small enterprises.

Visit our interactive map and zoom down to your city / country. http://bit.ly/8KA49T

infoDev provides support to business incubator projects in several African countries, with sub-regions in South, East and West Africa, and works in close partnership with the growing African Incubator Network to which it also provides financial support. Business incubators are not yet widespread in Africa, but with a growing population of innovators and entrepreneurs, business incubation is seen as an important facilitator of small enterprise development.

http://www.idisc.net/en/Region.1.html

AIN brochure - role models, successful incubation and building our Network

Sent by David Cromar on 29 March 2010, 01:00PM

Contents

• AIN CONFERENCE DURBAN MARCH 17th - 19th 2010
• Invitation to all AIN members
• AIN Committee members appointed Addis Ababa, Feb 2010
• SABTIA committee members newly elected at Durban AGM
• reminder for all subscribers to the AIN Newsletter

• David Cromar wrote (2 months ago):

  Since sending out our reminder to add your profile here at AIN in YouNoodle 20 subscribers have done so - well done!
  
  We are sure the analytics and community building tools here will be of interest to your incubators and incubatees.
  
  Please share your experiences as you experiment and collaborate with each other.
  
  David

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• David Cromar wrote (3 months ago):

  World-renowned management thinker Dr. Coimbatore Krishnarao (CK) Prahalad passed away on April 16, 2010 in San Diego, CA. He was 68. Prahalad was Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy and taught at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan since 1977. His family was with him at the time.
  A prolific author, Dr. Prahalad contributed to fundamental business concepts such as strategic intent, dominant logic, core competence, and co-creation arising from his work with multinational companies.
  
  A hallmark of Prahalad's career was his belief that business must serve the cause of humanity as it produces profit. This theme was established early on in his work on strategic intent, arguing that imagination, not resources, was a key driver of corporate performance.

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• David Cromar wrote (3 months ago):

  Feedback is critical to help understand InfoDEV's iDISC’s client base, broaden its impact, and find the best ways to improve its information and functionality. Please consider taking a few minutes to complete this important survey by Friday 28 May, 2010. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8PSRWXB

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• kent Anderson wrote (3 months ago):

  I am looking for business partners even a merger , I Have spent 12 Years of my lifes work ideas aplying for the IP Brand FUTURE To see all people all countries work together and to share the Brand FUTURE The Global design
  and self suporting Global infranstruture is bases on ideas of countries and
  Individuals . Best KGA Home 1701-223-0639 www.futurevisionaries.com

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• David Cromar wrote (3 months ago):

  infoDev’s 4th Global Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, in cooperation with the Government of Finland, will be held in Helsinki, Finland on May 30 – June 2, 2011.
  
  Building on its legacy of Global Forums held in India in 2004 and 2006, and in Brazil in 2009, infoDev is pleased to announce that dates for the 4th Global Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship have been confirmed and welcomes you to Helsinki, Finland for another exciting global gathering on May 30 – June 2, 2011. With its strong national innovation policy and strategic international networks, coupled with the country’s “Living Lab” concept to bring together private and public sector actors on the innovation agenda, Finland presents a stimulating platform for infoDev’s global community of innovation & entrepreneurship practitioners, thought-leaders, stakeholders and donors.

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