7 March 2008
| Washington, DC, United States
infoDev requests proposals from eligible organizations for its new project titled "Promoting ICT-enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries through Business incubation".
Throughout the developing world, innovative entrepreneurs are working to establish businesses that are “ICT-enabled”—offering ICT services or utilizing ICTs as a fundamental aspect of their business model. Business incubators focus on helping entrepreneurs to build competitive businesses through the early, high-risk stages of development. The infoDev Incubator Initiative supports business incubators as well as business incubator networks in developing countries with financial and technical assistance.
infoDev requests proposals from eligible organizations for its new project titled "Promoting ICT-enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries through Business incubation". The project will provide support in three categories:
- Grant financing for start-up business incubators that serve disadvantaged communities in IDA (International Development Association) countries,
- Grant financing for established business incubators to facilitate international working groups/informal "think tanks" on business incubation targeting empowerment of women, youth and high growth ICT enterprise development,
- Grant financing for regional networks of business incubators to implement regional knowledge-sharing activities that contribute to greater local capacity for business incubation, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Proposals should be submitted to infoDev no later than April 15, 2008. For more information, please visit the infoDev website by clicking here.