{"id":47169,"date":"2022-12-09T12:23:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/smart-africa-and-enabel-partner-to-boost-tech-driven-entrepreneurship-through\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:46:26","slug":"smart-africa-and-enabel-partner-to-boost-tech-driven-entrepreneurship-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/smart-africa-and-enabel-partner-to-boost-tech-driven-entrepreneurship-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Africa, Enabel partner to boost tech-driven entrepreneurship through peer-learning exchange between Benin and Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The purpose of this peer-learning exchange and study tour is to share knowledge and best practices between Rwanda and Benin digital and entrepreneurial ecosystems. It also aims to build participants\u2019 capacity and knowledge in entrepreneurship through a 2-day workshop and ultimately increase the performance of digital entrepreneurs. <\/p>\n<p>The 35 delegates from Benin represent government officials involved in defining the environment of the digital economy in Benin, management unit and partners of the project, support structures for innovative entrepreneurship (SAEI) and Beninese startups and their counterparts from Rwanda (30) will take part. <\/p>\n<p>This rather important event occurs at a time when the growing digital economy in Africa is opening up new opportunities for entrepreneurs and enabling creation of new business models, innovations and value in data-driven industries. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica\u2019s digital economy is making significant strides and digital entrepreneurship is taking shape. Building capacity for African entrepreneurs and sharing lessons between member states is a crucial step towards taking advantage of the immense opportunities this new type of the economy presents,\u201d pointed out Mr. Lacina Kon\u00e9 DG\/CEO of Smart Africa, commenting on this initiative. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis mission to learn about best practices in the Rwandan innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem, which will end on 13 December 2022, includes a training session provided by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a study trip during which the Beninese visitors will discover the Rwandan innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p>It will allow Beninese innovative entrepreneurship support structures to strengthen their knowledge and skills around the support profession and to create a framework for meeting and exchanging with their Rwandan counterparts,&#8221; said Emmanuelle BOUITI, coordinator of the DigiBoost project implemented by Enabel in Benin.  <\/p>\n<p>{{About Smart Africa}}<\/p>\n<p>Smart Africa is an alliance of 35 African countries, international organisations and global private sector players tasked with Africa\u2019s digital agenda. <\/p>\n<p>The alliance is empowered by a bold and innovative commitment by African Heads of State to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development on the continent and usher Africa into the knowledge economy through affordable access to broadband and the use of ICTs. <\/p>\n<p>With a vision to create a single digital market in Africa by 2030, the Smart Africa Alliance brings together Heads of State who seek to accelerate the digitalization of the continent and create a common market. <\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2013 by seven (7) African Heads of State, the Alliance now has 35 member countries, representing over 1.1 billion people and over 40 Private Sector members committed to the vision and the advancement of Africa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45545 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5463.jpg\" alt=\"Participants of the workshop in a group photo. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45546 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5451.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45547 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5439.jpg\" alt=\"The purpose of this peer-learning exchange and study tour is to share knowledge and best practices between Rwanda and Benin digital and entrepreneurial ecosystems. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45548 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5425.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45549 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5387.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45550 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5382.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45551 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5367.jpg\" alt=\"The program also aims to build participants\u2019 capacity and knowledge in entrepreneurship through a 2-day workshop and ultimately increase the performance of digital entrepreneurs. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45552 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5327.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45553 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/305a5318.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Smart Africa through its capacity building vehicle Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) and Enabel through Digiboost project are organizing an entrepreneurship peer-learning exchange workshop between Benin and Rwanda and a study tour where Benin entrepreneurs will discover and learn about the Rwandan startup ecosystem. The program is in line with the joint vision between the Smart Africa Secretariat, the Ministry of Digitalization of Benin and the Ministry of ICT and Innovation of Rwanda to share knowledge and bring together national and regional efforts to bridge the digital skills gap in Africa.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47169"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47169"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}