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SUMMARY:Webinar 'Women entrepreneurs driving Africa's Green Transformation'
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the fifth instalment of the Greenovations Webinar series ‘Women entrepreneurs driving Africa’s Green Transformation’. \n\n\n\nThe session will: \n\n\n\n\nPresent key finding from the Greenovations report “Analysis of the Gender Dimension in Green Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Africa”\n\n\n\nCreate awareness of the distribution patterns of women entrepreneurs in green sectors and their contribution to Africa’s climate transition\n\n\n\nIdentify the key challenges/barriers and support needs of women green entrepreneurs in Africa\n\n\n\nShare best practices and success models to champion the business journey for women-led green startups in Africa\n\n\n\nIdentify existing gaps and opportunities to accelerate female green entrepreneurship in Africa\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you on Wednesday\, August 7th at 11:00 AM CAT / 9:00 AM GMT for an engaging discussion guided by Amazigh Dib – Private Sector Coordinator at the Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES). \n\n\n\nThe Greenovations Webinar Series\n\n\n\nThis webinar series is presented by the Greenovations project\, implemented by the United Nations University and consortium of partners\, to share key findings and insights with key actors to strengthen the African entrepreneurial community to meet global challenges. \n\n\n\nFind out more \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nPatricia Elotu is a dedicated Gender & Climate Change Analyst at UN Women\, where she plays a crucial role in addressing the intersection of gender equality and climate change. Her work focuses on understanding and mitigating the unique impacts of climate change on women and girls\, particularly in vulnerable communities. Patricia has a MSc in Environment and Natural Resource Management\, and has worked extensively on projects and initiatives  focused on women’s rights and environmental conservation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNambula Kachumi is the Executive Director of WECREATE\, a women’s entrepreneurship center. She focuses on addressing gender barriers in entrepreneurship\, increasing women’s access to economically empowering tools and resources\, and supporting their transition from the informal to the formal sector. With over 12 years of experience\, she has worked extensively within the Zambian entrepreneurial ecosystem and across the region to influence policy around financial inclusion\, business leadership\, and women’s participation in quality education. WECREATE centers aim to address gender-specific barriers in entrepreneurship and help women transition from the informal to the formal sector. They focus on creating a supportive environment where women can thrive and succeed in their business ventures. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKarima Kadda Touati Bergheul is the President of the Women’s Association in the Green Economy (AFEV) in Algeria and a member of the WGC network. She is a holder of a Masters in Renewable Energies and has written extensively concerning feasibility studies for the integration of renewable energies into the Algerian electricity grid and on female entrepreneurship. In her capacity as founder and president of AFEV\, she is at the origin of several initiatives on the subject of female entrepreneurship. The organization works with youth\, women\, artisans\, and entrepreneurs at a local\, national level with a focus on driving climate transition. They focus on empowering women entrepreneurs through capacity training programs for youths\, women innovators in rural areas of Algeria. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaryanne Gichanga is the CEO and Co-Founder of AgriTech Analytics\, a visionary company dedicated to ending hunger in Africa by leveraging technology and data analytics to empower smallholder farmers. With a degree in Procurement and Supply Chain Management and currently pursuing a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree (Climate Justice)\, Maryanne combines her extensive expertise with a personal understanding of the struggles faced by smallholder farmers. Raised on a modest 2-hectare farm in rural Kenya\, she witnessed firsthand the devastating impact of climate change\, soil degradation\, and outdated farming practices on crop yields. This experience ignited her passion for leveraging technology to improve the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Kenya and across the continent. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder Maryanne’s leadership\, AgriTech Analytics has developed an innovative solution that integrates AI-powered satellite data analytics with solar-powered IoT sensors to address critical challenges such as soil degradation\, crop pests\, and climate change. The company’s technology provides smallholder farmers with precise\, real-time data on soil health\, crop conditions\, and weather forecasts\, enabling them to make informed decisions and optimize their farming practices. As a result\, farmers have experienced significant increases in crop yields\, reductions in input costs\, and improvements in environmental sustainability. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmazigh Dib is a notable figure in the field of entrepreneurship in Algeria. He serves as the Private Sector Coordinator and Entrepreneurship Hub Manager at the Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES). Dr. Dib has been instrumental in fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Algeria\, focusing on innovation and economic growth. He has a background in theoretical physics and has held various academic and administrative roles at the University of Tlemcen. His work includes supporting startups and innovative projects\, particularly in the fields of water and energy. Dr. Dib’s efforts are part of a broader initiative in Algeria to create a vibrant startup economy through a network of institutions and policies that support entrepreneurship.
URL:https://greenovations-africa.org/event/webinar-women-entrepreneurs-driving-africas-green-transformation/
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SUMMARY:Webinar 'Breaking Barriers: Empowering African Women Green Entrepreneurs'
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the sixth instalment of the Greenovations Webinar series ‘Breaking Barriers: Empowering African Women Green Entrepreneurs’. \n\n\n\nThe session will: \n\n\n\n\nPresent the flagship Green Innovation Ecosystem Report\n\n\n\nOutline key actors and mechanisms driving female green entrepreneurship in Africa\n\n\n\nShare best practices and strategies to support female green entrepreneurs in Africa\n\n\n\nHighlight the gaps & opportunities to accelerate female green entrepreneurship in Africa\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you on Friday\, September 6th at 15:00 CAT / 13:00 GMT for an engaging discussion guided by Flaubert Mbiekop – Senior Programme Specialist at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). \n\n\n\nThe Greenovations Webinar Series\n\n\n\nThis webinar series is presented by the Greenovations project\, implemented by the United Nations University and consortium of partners\, to share key findings and insights with key actors to strengthen the African entrepreneurial community to meet global challenges. \n\n\n\nFind out more \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nKarnika Yadav is a seasoned development-finance expert passionate about designing and scaling market-led solutions for solving social and development challenges in emerging economies. She has worked with over 500+ innovative enterprises and impact-focused organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa in scaling their solutions while creating decent livelihood opportunities for underserved communities\, specifically youths and women. Karnika brings in 17+years of experience in climate resilience\, gender diversity and equality and women’s economic empowerment. She has designed\, raised funds\, and coordinated international development projects in various countries in Africa\, Asia-Pacific\, Europe and India. In the course of her career\, Karnika has directly supported private sector players\, government entities and development sector organizations such as the World Bank\, IFC\, USAID\, GIZ\, FCDO\, IDRC\, The Rockefeller Foundation amongst others. She is a leader working at the nexus of gender and climate\, leveraging her experience and networks in Sub-Saharan Africa to advocate for inclusive approaches to developing\, financing and coordinating interventions that would best meet the needs of underserved communities in the Global South. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Pollitzer is a renowned expert\, scholar and co-founder of the not-for-profit organisation Portia\, established in 2001\, which is dedicated to improving gender equality in science and integrating gender dimensions into scientific research. She has coordinated several European and international projects\, including the genSET project and the Gender Summits\, which bring together scientists\, gender scholars\, and policy makers to address gender issues in research. She also serves as an expert adviser on gender issues to the European Commission and is involved in various projects aimed at promoting gender equality in research institutions in STEM (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNambula Kachumi is the Executive Director of WEAC\, a women’s entrepreneurship centre. She focuses on addressing gender barriers in entrepreneurship\, increasing women’s access to economically empowering tools and resources\, and supporting their transition from the informal to the formal sector. With over 12 years of experience\, she has worked extensively within the Zambian entrepreneurial ecosystem and across the region to influence policy around financial inclusion\, business leadership\, and women’s participation in quality education. WEAC centres aim to address gender-specific barriers in entrepreneurship and help women transition from the informal to the formal sector. They focus on creating a supportive environment where women can thrive and succeed in their business ventures. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUrbans Benywanira is an Article 6 and Carbon Pricing Expert at RCC East and Southern Africa\, where he supports outreach activities to develop understanding on the needs of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. He is also an Interim Coordinator of the Eastern Africa Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance\, where he provides readiness support to both public and private sector actors within the Alliance member countries to implement Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Prior to joining the RCC\, Urbans worked with a Programme of Activities (PoA) called Improved Cookstoves for East Africa\, as a Carbon Finance Specialist. His duties among others included screening of projects prior to their inclusion in the PoA\, supervision and monitoring of projects’ stoves databases in accordance with the PoA’s procedures to ensure an effective monitoring and verification process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlaubert Mbiekop is an international development expert with more than 20 years of experience. As a senior program specialist at IDRC he manages a diverse portfolio of projects aimed at promoting the economic empowerment of women and youth in the context of a transition to low-carbon economies\, including through sound public policies and private sector action. Prior to joining IDRC in 2011\, Flaubert has taught at Cornell University and Drew University in the USA.
URL:https://greenovations-africa.org/event/webinar-breaking-barriers-empowering-african-green-entrepreneurs/
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SUMMARY:Greenovations Collaboration Forum
DESCRIPTION:The Greenovations Collaboration Forum is the culminating event of the Greenovations project\, to be held from the 23rd to the 25th of September 2024 in Kampala\, Uganda. The Forum will showcase the key outcomes of the Greenovations project and explore collaboration possibilities to address existing silos of engagement and challenges or hurdles facing innovators\, entrepreneurship support organizations\, and key enablers of the ecosystem. In bringing together funders\, investors\, research centers\, tech hubs\, universities\, policymakers\, youth and women green innovators\, entrepreneurs\, and stakeholders within the green sector\, the Collaboration Forum aims to jointly map an actionable way forward to strengthen the green entrepreneurial ecosystem and shape the trajectory of the continent’s green transformation. \n\n\n\nObjectives:\n\n\n\n\nPresent key results of the Greenovations Africa project\n\n\n\nCo-create solutions to address silos of engagement within and between key actors of the green entrepreneurship and innovation space\n\n\n\nDevelop synergies and partnerships to address emerging issues within the green innovation space\n\n\n\nCreate awareness of innovative strategies and partnerships for accelerating green entrepreneurship for climate action\n\n\n\nStimulate impactful partnerships to address challenges within the gender dimension and the policy and enabling environment of Africa’s innovation space\n\n\n\n\nClick below to join the open sessions: \n\n\n\n\nJoin\n\n\n\n\nOverview of the Greenovations Project: Aim\, Objectives\, and Methodology\n\n\n\n23rd September 2024 – 10:00 EAT \n\n\n\nPresentations: Greenovations Project Outcomes\n\n\n\n23rd September 2024 – 11:00 EAT \n\n\n\nGreenovations Incubation Cohort: Impact Stories\n\n\n\n24th September 2024 – 9:15 EAT \n\n\n\nforum_flyerDownload\n\n\n\nWebinars\n\n\n\nIn the frame of the forum we present four hybrid webinar sessions on key areas of shaping and advancing the trajectory of the continent’s green transformation: \n\n\n\nUniversities\, Tech-hubs and Research Centres: Exploring Collaboration Possibilities to Drive Growth of Knowledge-based Innovations\n\n\n\n23rd September 2024 – 13:30 EAT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-creating a Platform for Enablers\n\n\n\n23rd September 2024 – 15:15 EAT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrowdsourcing Solutions to Support Women Innovators\n\n\n\n24th September 2024 – 11:00 EAT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridging the Gap: Connecting Innovators with Finance Opportunities\n\n\n\n24th September 2024 – 14:00 EAT
URL:https://greenovations-africa.org/event/forum/
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