What is an “Innovation Village”?
Through Innovation Villages, marginalized groups (youth, women, etc.) will be equitably included into specific industries by proactively embedding them within industry value-chains through the following roles/responsibilities:
- Agents – first mile and/or last- mile;
- Brokers – inputs and/or outputs;
- Traders – middle-mile or aggregators;
- Operators – producers or merchants;
- Tribes –associations or co-operatives.
What Does “IVLAfrica.com” Do?
IVLAfrica.com operates as a business support resource network with the catalytic competences below drawn from various professionals operating under national charters across different countries in Africa.
- Investment & Governance;
- Management & Marketing;
- Development & Outreach;
- Finance & Compliance;
- Strategy & Innovation.
"...alone, youth go fast - with others youth go far..."
(African Luo Proverb)
Who We Work With - Our Strategic Partners?
To catalyse new leadership opportunities for innovation villages, we shall collaborate with the following groups of strategic partners across diverse industries and countries in Africa to achieve as many goals below for all parties concerned on a win-win basis:
Technology Partners
Engineering & Distribution
Monetize Technology Products / Services.
Community Partners
Empowerees & Empowerers
Unlock Opportunities for Marginalized Groups.
Institutional Partners
Development & Investment
Transform Funding & Resourcing.
In return for their collaboration, Technology Partners will get access to new markets and extra revenues, Community Partners will get to create new jobs and generate extra income for empowerees, whilst Institutional Partners will get to achieve as many of their SDG objectives.
At IVLAfrica.com we believe in collaboration, so please connect with us by submitting a message letting us know how we can jointly achieve as many of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals via Innovation
Villages..