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infoDev ANNUAL REPORT
Copyright © 2014 International Bank for Reconstr
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD BY GERARDO CORROCHANO,
VI FOREWORD
FOREWORD BY GERARDO CORROCHANO DIRECTOR OF THE IN
FOREWORD BY VALERIE D’COSTA PROGRAM MANAGER, info
We at infoDev have continued to strongly support
infoDEV’S MAP OF INNOV 4
ATION CENTERS CURRENT (2013)
6 INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION Our business at infoDev is about ide
HIGHLIGHTS IN COMMUNICATIONS Part of growing ent
INDEPENDENT EVALUATION A 2013 independent evalua
GLOBAL FORUM ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
COLLABORATION WITH WORLD BANK COLLEAGUES FOR INCL
12 MOBILE INNOVATION PROGRAM
MOBILE INNOVATION PROGRAM WATCH VIDEO The mobil
MOBILE INNOVATION PROCESS The path from mind to m
MARKET ENTRY Companies seek guidance, m
BUILDING MOBILE INNOVATION COMMUNITIES OF ENTREPR
mHUBS AND mLABS infoDev’s mHubs and mLabs are th
RESULTS of the MOBILE INNOVATION PROGRAM'S mLABS
AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO REACH THE BEST OF THE BE
RESEARCHING THE APP ECONOMY OF EMERGING AND FRONT
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS KATE KIGURU, UKALL LTD. I
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS STELLA KARIUKI, ZEGE TECHN
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24 CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
CLIMATE INNOVATION CENTERS Eco Fuels Kenya (EFK)
grants (up to $50,000) and seed investments ($50,
REGIONAL NETWORKS One of the CTP pillars is the
EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE
WOMEN CLIMATE INNOVATORS In many developing coun
MEET THE INNOVATORS MINERAL AND ALLIED LIMITED, K
32 INNOVATIVE INCUBATION MODELS
INNOVATIVE INCUBATION MODELS In the years 2012–13
34 AGRIBUSINESS INNOVATION PROGRAM
AGRIBUSINESS INNOVATION PROGRAM
infoDEV’S AIP IS BASED ON THREE PILLARS: 1. AICs
proposed operations will begin in the is
EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE The infoDev network has an o
WOMEN IN AGRIBUSINESS With women performing abou
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS RANDA FILFILI, ZENA EXOTIC
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE In the coming years, infoD
42 ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO FINANCE It takes more than an idea to c
44 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM FOR INNOVATION IN TH
ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM FOR
CARIBBEAN MOBILE INNOVATION PROJECT In the Carib
TAPPING INTO THE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS RACQUEL GODDARD MOSES, IDA
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APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO inf
APPENDIX 1: TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO infoDEV BY DON
APPENDIX 2: TOTAL CASH CONTRIBUTIONS AND DISBURSE
APPENDIX 3: OVERVIEW OF infoDEV TRUST FUND ACCOUN
APPENDIX 4: infoDEV FY12 & FY13 DISBURSEMENTS
APPENDIX 5: OVERVIEW OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS AND PU
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: DONORS AND PARTNERS infoDev th
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