Saskia Rotshuizen

Mark your agendas: Inclusive Innovation training for advisors

Innovation
Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa
11. Dec 2017

Are you...

  • An experienced inclusive business advisor?
  • Interested in expanding your knowledge portfolio in order to address a larger market?

Welcome to the Inclusive Innovation training - a collaboration between SEED and IBA. 

Details:

  • Duration: 3 days
  • Date: February 26th to February 28th, 2018
  • Location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Format: Participants work with the tools in groups and exchange insights in plenary
  • Fee: 750 euros p.p.

After the training you will appear as a trained inclusive innovation advisor on IBA and will be granted access to the full inclusive innovation toolkit.

NOTE: This training is dependent on reaching a minimum number of participants.

To secure your spot, please email Saskia Rotshuizen (saskia@iba.ventures) with the following information: 

  • Your full name, phone number, mailing address and email address
  • A short description of your current experience as an advisor

Why Inclusive Innovation?

Innovation is by definition uncertain, unpredictable and complex. It is therefore difficult to manage and not easily reduced to a fixed process. At the same time, inclusive innovation has been the gateway to many successful ventures and solutions at the BoP, and the need for it is growing.

The IBA Inclusive Innovation toolkit captures the experiences, insights, methods and tips from experienced practitioners, and translate them into concrete tools for use in various phases of the innovation process.

The main contributors to this toolkit include SEED, BoP Innovation Center, SNV, IB Sweden, Endeva, and TU Delft.

Participant feedback from previous IBA trainings:

"I was very impressed with the number of tools put at our disposal. This is highly valuable for start-ups as well as established companies."

"This had opened my mind on how I will evaluate client briefings and tailer proposals around it."

"IBA is a tool that will help me reduce the time of doing a similar exercise for a business by 80% - it's a great guide!"

"The training has opened my eyes professionally on how we can benefit a business enterprise beyond the research that I currently do."

"The tools are relevant and east to understand. The training is lively and interactive. Participation is engaging. Overall it's a great experience."