West Africa / 
Nigeria / Aba - Tech Hubs
Happy Smala
Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs. <br><br> OUR SERVICES <br> Studies & Diagnostics <br> - Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems <br> - Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process <br> - Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects <br> - Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs <br> - Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies <br><br> Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs <br> - Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems <br> - Management and implementation of programs <br> - Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development <br> - Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops <br> <br> Capacity Building & Training <br> - Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation <br> - Design and facilitation of training courses <br> - Mentoring and coaching of project teams <br> - Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies <br> - Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes<br> <br> <mark> Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms <br> - Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services <br> - Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support <br> - Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies <br> - Project management for the creation of digital platforms <br> - Functional and user experience diagnostics <br> - Prototyping and business model validation</mark>
Techin
Techin is Ethiopia’s national Innovation and Technology Institute, with facilities located in Addis Ababa. Techin leads Ethiopia’s national Tech and Innovation research and development activities. Through partnerships and collaboration, Techin coordinates and accelerates tech and innovation activities across the country. It helps other institutions in the sector and Tech startups to grow and flourish. <p></p>Think big, start small and scale fast! <p></p> Think big - reflecting the Institute's bold vision to imagine the possibilities beyond the existing institutional and national limitations <p></p> Start small - the wisdom to start at a scale manageable to our current local capacity, <p></p> <mark>Scale fast - the determination to make continued efforts to improve the application of relevant technologies and make them more responsive to local realities and demands without much delay in the process. </mark>
iceaddis
Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startups support. iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy. <p></p> <mark>iceaddis is offering a place for exchange, work and support to innovative projects that are related to local demands and development. Mainly young startup founders are using the iceaddis facilities, enabling them to connect to talent, skills and capital to kick off their venture.</mark> As well as connecting with the wider iceaddis’ community. Corporates, educational institutes, government organizations, NGOs and local companies are getting involved in iceaddis’ creative community to generate and execute new ideas for their service or develop and test projects. <p></p> The activities of iceaddis are aimed at facilitating creative potential, testing uncommon ideas and experimenting with prototypes to find market-product fit, as well as complex problem solving through a co-simplicity model. Encouraging a collaborative mindset, iceaddis aims to realise the potential of its young technology community and enable active participation in changing their local environment and gaining economic empowerment.
West Africa /
Nigeria / Abakaliki - Tech Hubs
Happy Smala
Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs. <br><br> OUR SERVICES <br> Studies & Diagnostics <br> - Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems <br> - Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process <br> - Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects <br> - Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs <br> - Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies <br><br> Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs <br> - Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems <br> - Management and implementation of programs <br> - Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development <br> - Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops <br> <br> Capacity Building & Training <br> - Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation <br> - Design and facilitation of training courses <br> - Mentoring and coaching of project teams <br> - Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies <br> - Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes<br> <br> <mark> Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms <br> - Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services <br> - Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support <br> - Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies <br> - Project management for the creation of digital platforms <br> - Functional and user experience diagnostics <br> - Prototyping and business model validation</mark>
Techin
Techin is Ethiopia’s national Innovation and Technology Institute, with facilities located in Addis Ababa. Techin leads Ethiopia’s national Tech and Innovation research and development activities. Through partnerships and collaboration, Techin coordinates and accelerates tech and innovation activities across the country. It helps other institutions in the sector and Tech startups to grow and flourish. <p></p>Think big, start small and scale fast! <p></p> Think big - reflecting the Institute's bold vision to imagine the possibilities beyond the existing institutional and national limitations <p></p> Start small - the wisdom to start at a scale manageable to our current local capacity, <p></p> <mark>Scale fast - the determination to make continued efforts to improve the application of relevant technologies and make them more responsive to local realities and demands without much delay in the process. </mark>
iceaddis
Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startups support. iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy. <p></p> <mark>iceaddis is offering a place for exchange, work and support to innovative projects that are related to local demands and development. Mainly young startup founders are using the iceaddis facilities, enabling them to connect to talent, skills and capital to kick off their venture.</mark> As well as connecting with the wider iceaddis’ community. Corporates, educational institutes, government organizations, NGOs and local companies are getting involved in iceaddis’ creative community to generate and execute new ideas for their service or develop and test projects. <p></p> The activities of iceaddis are aimed at facilitating creative potential, testing uncommon ideas and experimenting with prototypes to find market-product fit, as well as complex problem solving through a co-simplicity model. Encouraging a collaborative mindset, iceaddis aims to realise the potential of its young technology community and enable active participation in changing their local environment and gaining economic empowerment.
East Africa / 
Ethiopia / Addis Ababa - Tech Hubs
Happy Smala
Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs. <br><br> OUR SERVICES <br> Studies & Diagnostics <br> - Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems <br> - Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process <br> - Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects <br> - Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs <br> - Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies <br><br> Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs <br> - Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems <br> - Management and implementation of programs <br> - Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development <br> - Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops <br> <br> Capacity Building & Training <br> - Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation <br> - Design and facilitation of training courses <br> - Mentoring and coaching of project teams <br> - Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies <br> - Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes<br> <br> <mark> Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms <br> - Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services <br> - Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support <br> - Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies <br> - Project management for the creation of digital platforms <br> - Functional and user experience diagnostics <br> - Prototyping and business model validation</mark>
Techin
Techin is Ethiopia’s national Innovation and Technology Institute, with facilities located in Addis Ababa. Techin leads Ethiopia’s national Tech and Innovation research and development activities. Through partnerships and collaboration, Techin coordinates and accelerates tech and innovation activities across the country. It helps other institutions in the sector and Tech startups to grow and flourish. <p></p>Think big, start small and scale fast! <p></p> Think big - reflecting the Institute's bold vision to imagine the possibilities beyond the existing institutional and national limitations <p></p> Start small - the wisdom to start at a scale manageable to our current local capacity, <p></p> <mark>Scale fast - the determination to make continued efforts to improve the application of relevant technologies and make them more responsive to local realities and demands without much delay in the process. </mark>
iceaddis
Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startups support. iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy. <p></p> <mark>iceaddis is offering a place for exchange, work and support to innovative projects that are related to local demands and development. Mainly young startup founders are using the iceaddis facilities, enabling them to connect to talent, skills and capital to kick off their venture.</mark> As well as connecting with the wider iceaddis’ community. Corporates, educational institutes, government organizations, NGOs and local companies are getting involved in iceaddis’ creative community to generate and execute new ideas for their service or develop and test projects. <p></p> The activities of iceaddis are aimed at facilitating creative potential, testing uncommon ideas and experimenting with prototypes to find market-product fit, as well as complex problem solving through a co-simplicity model. Encouraging a collaborative mindset, iceaddis aims to realise the potential of its young technology community and enable active participation in changing their local environment and gaining economic empowerment.
West Africa /
Nigeria / Calabar - Tech Hubs
Happy Smala
Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs. <br><br> OUR SERVICES <br> Studies & Diagnostics <br> - Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems <br> - Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process <br> - Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects <br> - Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs <br> - Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies <br><br> Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs <br> - Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems <br> - Management and implementation of programs <br> - Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development <br> - Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops <br> <br> Capacity Building & Training <br> - Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation <br> - Design and facilitation of training courses <br> - Mentoring and coaching of project teams <br> - Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies <br> - Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes<br> <br> <mark> Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms <br> - Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services <br> - Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support <br> - Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies <br> - Project management for the creation of digital platforms <br> - Functional and user experience diagnostics <br> - Prototyping and business model validation</mark>
Techin
Techin is Ethiopia’s national Innovation and Technology Institute, with facilities located in Addis Ababa. Techin leads Ethiopia’s national Tech and Innovation research and development activities. Through partnerships and collaboration, Techin coordinates and accelerates tech and innovation activities across the country. It helps other institutions in the sector and Tech startups to grow and flourish. <p></p>Think big, start small and scale fast! <p></p> Think big - reflecting the Institute's bold vision to imagine the possibilities beyond the existing institutional and national limitations <p></p> Start small - the wisdom to start at a scale manageable to our current local capacity, <p></p> <mark>Scale fast - the determination to make continued efforts to improve the application of relevant technologies and make them more responsive to local realities and demands without much delay in the process. </mark>
iceaddis
Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startups support. iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy. <p></p> <mark>iceaddis is offering a place for exchange, work and support to innovative projects that are related to local demands and development. Mainly young startup founders are using the iceaddis facilities, enabling them to connect to talent, skills and capital to kick off their venture.</mark> As well as connecting with the wider iceaddis’ community. Corporates, educational institutes, government organizations, NGOs and local companies are getting involved in iceaddis’ creative community to generate and execute new ideas for their service or develop and test projects. <p></p> The activities of iceaddis are aimed at facilitating creative potential, testing uncommon ideas and experimenting with prototypes to find market-product fit, as well as complex problem solving through a co-simplicity model. Encouraging a collaborative mindset, iceaddis aims to realise the potential of its young technology community and enable active participation in changing their local environment and gaining economic empowerment.
North Africa / 
Tunisia / Dar Chaabane - Tech Hubs
Happy Smala
Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs. <br><br> OUR SERVICES <br> Studies & Diagnostics <br> - Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems <br> - Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process <br> - Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects <br> - Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs <br> - Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies <br><br> Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs <br> - Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems <br> - Management and implementation of programs <br> - Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development <br> - Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops <br> <br> Capacity Building & Training <br> - Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation <br> - Design and facilitation of training courses <br> - Mentoring and coaching of project teams <br> - Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies <br> - Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes<br> <br> <mark> Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms <br> - Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services <br> - Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support <br> - Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies <br> - Project management for the creation of digital platforms <br> - Functional and user experience diagnostics <br> - Prototyping and business model validation</mark>
Techin
Techin is Ethiopia’s national Innovation and Technology Institute, with facilities located in Addis Ababa. Techin leads Ethiopia’s national Tech and Innovation research and development activities. Through partnerships and collaboration, Techin coordinates and accelerates tech and innovation activities across the country. It helps other institutions in the sector and Tech startups to grow and flourish. <p></p>Think big, start small and scale fast! <p></p> Think big - reflecting the Institute's bold vision to imagine the possibilities beyond the existing institutional and national limitations <p></p> Start small - the wisdom to start at a scale manageable to our current local capacity, <p></p> <mark>Scale fast - the determination to make continued efforts to improve the application of relevant technologies and make them more responsive to local realities and demands without much delay in the process. </mark>
iceaddis
Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startups support. iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy. <p></p> <mark>iceaddis is offering a place for exchange, work and support to innovative projects that are related to local demands and development. Mainly young startup founders are using the iceaddis facilities, enabling them to connect to talent, skills and capital to kick off their venture.</mark> As well as connecting with the wider iceaddis’ community. Corporates, educational institutes, government organizations, NGOs and local companies are getting involved in iceaddis’ creative community to generate and execute new ideas for their service or develop and test projects. <p></p> The activities of iceaddis are aimed at facilitating creative potential, testing uncommon ideas and experimenting with prototypes to find market-product fit, as well as complex problem solving through a co-simplicity model. Encouraging a collaborative mindset, iceaddis aims to realise the potential of its young technology community and enable active participation in changing their local environment and gaining economic empowerment.
East Africa / 
Uganda / Kabale - Tech Hubs
Happy Smala
Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs. <br><br> OUR SERVICES <br> Studies & Diagnostics <br> - Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems <br> - Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process <br> - Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects <br> - Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs <br> - Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies <br><br> Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs <br> - Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems <br> - Management and implementation of programs <br> - Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development <br> - Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops <br> <br> Capacity Building & Training <br> - Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation <br> - Design and facilitation of training courses <br> - Mentoring and coaching of project teams <br> - Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies <br> - Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes<br> <br> <mark> Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms <br> - Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services <br> - Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support <br> - Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies <br> - Project management for the creation of digital platforms <br> - Functional and user experience diagnostics <br> - Prototyping and business model validation</mark>
Techin
Techin is Ethiopia’s national Innovation and Technology Institute, with facilities located in Addis Ababa. Techin leads Ethiopia’s national Tech and Innovation research and development activities. Through partnerships and collaboration, Techin coordinates and accelerates tech and innovation activities across the country. It helps other institutions in the sector and Tech startups to grow and flourish. <p></p>Think big, start small and scale fast! <p></p> Think big - reflecting the Institute's bold vision to imagine the possibilities beyond the existing institutional and national limitations <p></p> Start small - the wisdom to start at a scale manageable to our current local capacity, <p></p> <mark>Scale fast - the determination to make continued efforts to improve the application of relevant technologies and make them more responsive to local realities and demands without much delay in the process. </mark>
iceaddis
Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startups support. iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy. <p></p> <mark>iceaddis is offering a place for exchange, work and support to innovative projects that are related to local demands and development. Mainly young startup founders are using the iceaddis facilities, enabling them to connect to talent, skills and capital to kick off their venture.</mark> As well as connecting with the wider iceaddis’ community. Corporates, educational institutes, government organizations, NGOs and local companies are getting involved in iceaddis’ creative community to generate and execute new ideas for their service or develop and test projects. <p></p> The activities of iceaddis are aimed at facilitating creative potential, testing uncommon ideas and experimenting with prototypes to find market-product fit, as well as complex problem solving through a co-simplicity model. Encouraging a collaborative mindset, iceaddis aims to realise the potential of its young technology community and enable active participation in changing their local environment and gaining economic empowerment.
Southern Africa / 
Eswatini / Mbabane - Tech Hubs
Happy Smala
Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs. <br><br> OUR SERVICES <br> Studies & Diagnostics <br> - Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems <br> - Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process <br> - Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects <br> - Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs <br> - Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies <br><br> Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs <br> - Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems <br> - Management and implementation of programs <br> - Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development <br> - Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops <br> <br> Capacity Building & Training <br> - Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation <br> - Design and facilitation of training courses <br> - Mentoring and coaching of project teams <br> - Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies <br> - Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes<br> <br> <mark> Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms <br> - Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services <br> - Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support <br> - Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies <br> - Project management for the creation of digital platforms <br> - Functional and user experience diagnostics <br> - Prototyping and business model validation</mark>
Techin
Techin is Ethiopia’s national Innovation and Technology Institute, with facilities located in Addis Ababa. Techin leads Ethiopia’s national Tech and Innovation research and development activities. Through partnerships and collaboration, Techin coordinates and accelerates tech and innovation activities across the country. It helps other institutions in the sector and Tech startups to grow and flourish. <p></p>Think big, start small and scale fast! <p></p> Think big - reflecting the Institute's bold vision to imagine the possibilities beyond the existing institutional and national limitations <p></p> Start small - the wisdom to start at a scale manageable to our current local capacity, <p></p> <mark>Scale fast - the determination to make continued efforts to improve the application of relevant technologies and make them more responsive to local realities and demands without much delay in the process. </mark>
iceaddis
Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startups support. iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy. <p></p> <mark>iceaddis is offering a place for exchange, work and support to innovative projects that are related to local demands and development. Mainly young startup founders are using the iceaddis facilities, enabling them to connect to talent, skills and capital to kick off their venture.</mark> As well as connecting with the wider iceaddis’ community. Corporates, educational institutes, government organizations, NGOs and local companies are getting involved in iceaddis’ creative community to generate and execute new ideas for their service or develop and test projects. <p></p> The activities of iceaddis are aimed at facilitating creative potential, testing uncommon ideas and experimenting with prototypes to find market-product fit, as well as complex problem solving through a co-simplicity model. Encouraging a collaborative mindset, iceaddis aims to realise the potential of its young technology community and enable active participation in changing their local environment and gaining economic empowerment.
North Africa / 
Morocco / Rabat - Tech Hubs
Happy Smala
Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs. <br><br> OUR SERVICES <br> Studies & Diagnostics <br> - Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems <br> - Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process <br> - Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects <br> - Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs <br> - Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies <br><br> Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs <br> - Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems <br> - Management and implementation of programs <br> - Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development <br> - Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops <br> <br> Capacity Building & Training <br> - Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation <br> - Design and facilitation of training courses <br> - Mentoring and coaching of project teams <br> - Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies <br> - Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes<br> <br> <mark> Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms <br> - Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services <br> - Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support <br> - Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies <br> - Project management for the creation of digital platforms <br> - Functional and user experience diagnostics <br> - Prototyping and business model validation</mark>
Techin
Techin is Ethiopia’s national Innovation and Technology Institute, with facilities located in Addis Ababa. Techin leads Ethiopia’s national Tech and Innovation research and development activities. Through partnerships and collaboration, Techin coordinates and accelerates tech and innovation activities across the country. It helps other institutions in the sector and Tech startups to grow and flourish. <p></p>Think big, start small and scale fast! <p></p> Think big - reflecting the Institute's bold vision to imagine the possibilities beyond the existing institutional and national limitations <p></p> Start small - the wisdom to start at a scale manageable to our current local capacity, <p></p> <mark>Scale fast - the determination to make continued efforts to improve the application of relevant technologies and make them more responsive to local realities and demands without much delay in the process. </mark>
iceaddis
Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startups support. iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy. <p></p> <mark>iceaddis is offering a place for exchange, work and support to innovative projects that are related to local demands and development. Mainly young startup founders are using the iceaddis facilities, enabling them to connect to talent, skills and capital to kick off their venture.</mark> As well as connecting with the wider iceaddis’ community. Corporates, educational institutes, government organizations, NGOs and local companies are getting involved in iceaddis’ creative community to generate and execute new ideas for their service or develop and test projects. <p></p> The activities of iceaddis are aimed at facilitating creative potential, testing uncommon ideas and experimenting with prototypes to find market-product fit, as well as complex problem solving through a co-simplicity model. Encouraging a collaborative mindset, iceaddis aims to realise the potential of its young technology community and enable active participation in changing their local environment and gaining economic empowerment.