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Galvanising and Supporting Tech
          Communities

   Dr Loren Treisman-Executive
            Indigo Trust
• The Indigo Trust is a UK based grant making foundation that funds
  technology-driven projects to bring about social change in Africa

• The Trust focuses mainly on innovation, transparency and
  citizen empowerment

• We also support innovative tech-driven projects which
  support development outcomes in any social sector including
  the health, education, human rights and agricultural spheres

• We believe that if people have the ability to access, share
  and create information, then they are empowered
  to make positive changes in their own lives and communities
• The best solutions to Africa's challenges will be devised by
  those affected by them

• Hubs galvanise the tech community, provide high speed
  internet, host events & provide training & mentorship to
  aspiring entrepreneurs

• Hubs have a catalytic effect on the number and quality of
  successful projects and products which can be developed
  in-country
•   Collaborate, share, partner up
•   Learn from others
•   Obtain support, mentorship and training
•   Access state of the art facilities
•   Get exposure
•   Bring together techies and social activists/civil society
•   Stimulate both economic growth and social change
•   Attract other investors and supporters
•   Brand association
East Africa
West Africa
Southern Africa
Events and Training
• Identifying potential groups-setting up new hubs
• Establishing partnerships between techies and activists
• Core support for early stage hubs
• Making connections
• Providing consultancy & support
• Leveraging support from others
• Supporting collaboration between
   hubs
• Supporting a new model for
   development-more sustainable, private-public-charity
• Providing small, high risk grants to not-for-profit & social enterprises
  which contribute towards social change at the early stages

• Enable entrepreneurs to pilot new ideas, with room for trial & error

• Invest in ‘public goods and services’, a category of projects that have
  traditionally not attracted private investment due to market failure

• Some projects will achieve financial sustainability or make a profit,
  others need on-going support
• The tech hub space is very new-impact will take time

• Take into account local context

• Achieving financial sustainability remains a challenge

• Access to finance for projects remains a challenge

• Local capacity remains low in some countries-need for
  further training, incubation and other business support
• Data costs to end users of Apps are often prohibitively high

• Mobile operators and ISP providers could assist in
  reducing these costs if effective business models are ID’d

• More focus needs to be placed on the wider regulatory and
  policy environment in order to create a welcoming ecosystem

• There is a need for more hubs to spring up both in new
  African countries and within the same country
Thanks for Listening
        Any Questions?
          Dr Loren Treisman

http://indigotrust.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @indigotrust
Loren.treisman@sfct.org.uk

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Africa.com: Technology Innovation Hubs

  • 1. Galvanising and Supporting Tech Communities Dr Loren Treisman-Executive Indigo Trust
  • 2. • The Indigo Trust is a UK based grant making foundation that funds technology-driven projects to bring about social change in Africa • The Trust focuses mainly on innovation, transparency and citizen empowerment • We also support innovative tech-driven projects which support development outcomes in any social sector including the health, education, human rights and agricultural spheres • We believe that if people have the ability to access, share and create information, then they are empowered to make positive changes in their own lives and communities
  • 3. • The best solutions to Africa's challenges will be devised by those affected by them • Hubs galvanise the tech community, provide high speed internet, host events & provide training & mentorship to aspiring entrepreneurs • Hubs have a catalytic effect on the number and quality of successful projects and products which can be developed in-country
  • 4. Collaborate, share, partner up • Learn from others • Obtain support, mentorship and training • Access state of the art facilities • Get exposure • Bring together techies and social activists/civil society • Stimulate both economic growth and social change • Attract other investors and supporters • Brand association
  • 5.
  • 9.
  • 11. • Identifying potential groups-setting up new hubs • Establishing partnerships between techies and activists • Core support for early stage hubs • Making connections • Providing consultancy & support • Leveraging support from others • Supporting collaboration between hubs • Supporting a new model for development-more sustainable, private-public-charity
  • 12. • Providing small, high risk grants to not-for-profit & social enterprises which contribute towards social change at the early stages • Enable entrepreneurs to pilot new ideas, with room for trial & error • Invest in ‘public goods and services’, a category of projects that have traditionally not attracted private investment due to market failure • Some projects will achieve financial sustainability or make a profit, others need on-going support
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16. • The tech hub space is very new-impact will take time • Take into account local context • Achieving financial sustainability remains a challenge • Access to finance for projects remains a challenge • Local capacity remains low in some countries-need for further training, incubation and other business support
  • 17. • Data costs to end users of Apps are often prohibitively high • Mobile operators and ISP providers could assist in reducing these costs if effective business models are ID’d • More focus needs to be placed on the wider regulatory and policy environment in order to create a welcoming ecosystem • There is a need for more hubs to spring up both in new African countries and within the same country
  • 18. Thanks for Listening Any Questions? Dr Loren Treisman http://indigotrust.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @indigotrust Loren.treisman@sfct.org.uk