Entrepreneurship
Through this focal area, we explore and share tools and best practices that institutions may use to create and sustain an entrepreneurial ecosystem that nurtures creative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit in students to solve continental and global problems.
Initiatives to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem
Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Development Project
This initiative aims to explore, share, and implement methods and best practices to entrepreneurship ecosystem development in higher education institutions in Africa, using successful ecosystems on the continent including Ashesi University’s case.
The outputs will contribute to a framework for formal entrepreneurship education in Africa to guide higher education institutions and will be presented to regulators for consideration in higher education industry governance in Africa.
Education Collaborative Business Incubation Hub Guidebook
Universities play a vital role in fostering the entrepreneurial pursuits of students, by developing functional entrepreneurial spaces like incubation hubs. The Business Incubation Hub Guidebook is a step-by-step guide to helping higher education institutions to design, implement, or improve their incubation hubs.
The tools and best practices outlined in the guidebook were curated from exemplar systems in The Education Collaborative network.
General Engagements and Resources
Join a Community of Practice
Join a Speaker Session
Request unit-specific support
Innovation and Proof of Concept grant
Share a Resource
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Join a Community of Practice
Communities of Practice (CoP) are workgroups of educators, administrators, experts, and other stakeholders in Africa’s higher education sector. Members in the CoPs try out innovative models with minimum risk, get access to microgrants, get funding for innovations, and leverage other members’ collective competencies to deliver practical transformative solutions to their campuses and organizations. Engagement is year-round and includes research projects, symposiums, speaker sessions, reflection sessions, program reviews, and new program development.
Nominate a Speaker
The Speaker Series invites thought leaders, practitioners, and educators to share ideas, policies, models, and findings that spark discussions and push for new and improved of doing things. Structured as a colloquium, speakers from an open and unbiased stance will touch on trending issues on entrepreneurship in African higher-ed institutions. The Speaker Series takes place virtually and occurs every quarter. It is open to the public. Do you know a thought leader in career development and graduate employability? Suggest a speaker to feature in our next speaker session.
Request Support
Facilitating the learning and sharing of best practices, The Education Collaborative provides department-specific support on a need basis. This ranges from career services support for strategic planning and goal setting, improving student employability outcomes as a department and developing institution-wide initiatives that improve career development for students.
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This guidebook serves as a roadmap for universities aiming to establish entrepreneurship hubs and incorporates best practices from African universities.
While there is no single approach to building such a complex initiative, this guide provides a step-by-step framework along with examples and recommendations. It encourages universities to adapt the program to their specific context and stakeholders, drawing inspiration from a wide range of successful examples.
Contact us via email at education.collaborative@ashesi.edu.gh for tailored mentoring, resources and support in setting up your incubation hub.