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We collaborate with global data partners to develop original diagnostic tools that assess entrepreneurial ecosystems and track the performance of ESOs, talent, and ventures.
Essential Assessment Tools for Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Success
ESO Diagnostic Tool
To generate ecosystem data that will inspire creative dialogues and policy innovation needed to better support local ventures and strengthen Rwanda’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Description
With this tool we plan to uncover the functions the ESO aims to fulfill with its activities, its capability to do so, and the stage of the entrepreneurial process (“entrepreneurship stage”) it is targeting.
Audience
Incubators, science (research/technology) parks, accelerators, maker spaces, co-working spaces, MINICT, financiers and local ventures.
Partners
Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies
Venture Diagnostic Tool
To generate ecosystem data that will inspire creative dialogues and policy innovation needed to better support local ventures and strengthen Rwanda’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Description
This is a self-assessment tool to stimulate organizational learning within ventures and collective learning in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Audience
Entrepreneurs, Founders, Startups, MSMEs, SMEs, high-growth firms, tech ventures, support organisations, policymakers.
Partners
Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies
Africa Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index
To provide analytics of African economies to assess conditions, better inform new policy instruments and shape governance innovation, within and across, country entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Description
A scientifically rigorous and societally relevant entrepreneurial ecosystem tool to guide policy making for African economies.
Audience
Governments (policymakers), multinational bodies, foundations, academia, independent think tanks, consulting firms, or other research institutions.
Partners
Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies, Utrecht University School of Economics and Innovation 4 Policy (I4Policy)
Talent Diagnostic Tool
To provide entrepreneurial talent propensity assessment for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Description
A scientifically validated diagnostic assessment tool to profile and assess entrepreneurial competencies (ECs), entrepreneurial experience (EE) and entrepreneurial mindset (EM) in order to determine entrepreneurial propensity (EP) of nations.
Audience
Incubators, accelerators, fablabs, venture studios, talent investors, governments, development agencies, schools, universities
Partners
Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies and University of Pretoria
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