From funding friction to youth inclusion, the session proposals for ANDE’s 2025 Global Annual Conference reveal a bold, evolving agenda.
This year’s submissions chart the spectrum of priorities for building entrepreneurial ecosystems that are local, data-driven, inclusive, and ready to scale.
ANDE’s gender-smart ecosystem strategy is transforming support for women entrepreneurs in West Africa through collaborative design, digital innovation, and the AWA platform—bridging regional gaps and scaling inclusive solutions.
Here's our guide to the agenda items most relevant to ANDE members—and where to connect with our Climate Manager, Laura Simmons-Stern, on the ground.
Represented by Southern Africa Regional Head Ercilia Mata Ubisse, ANDE will contribute data-driven insights and grassroots perspectives to strengthen global startup and MSME ecosystems through the G20 platform.
The virtual series extends metrics and evaluation conversations beyond Nairobi
Advancing Inclusive Impact Measurement for SGBs at ANDE’s 2025 Ground Up Conference in Nairobi.
Now live in the Career Center section, we showcase skilled talent currently seeking their next opportunity as well as organizations and programs supporting them.
The initiative will update ecosystem maps, analyze critical data, and offer strategic tools to enhance support for small and growing businesses.
ANDE Welcomes Mekong Inclusive Ventures: Championing Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Cambodia
Dive deep into Climate Conversations with our Co-Chair, Ajay Menon.
Dakar, the host city of the Pan-African Conference, has a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem that supports small businesses.
Explore ADA's data-driven solutions to financial barriers for SGBs at the ANDE Pan-African Conference.
ANDE y Bridge for Billions se unen para realizar un estudio en 11 países de América Latina y África, con el objetivo de identificar desafíos y oportunidades para las Organizaciones de Apoyo al Emprendimiento (ESOs). La iniciativa actualizará mapas de ecosistemas, analizará datos clave y proporcionará herramientas estratégicas para mejorar el apoyo a pequeñas empresas en crecimiento.
Las ESOs interesadas pueden participar completando un cuestionario antes del 3 de febrero de 2025, accediendo a beneficios exclusivos como reportes personalizados y descuentos en eventos.
Elevating business development services for lasting impact in the Global South.
Lead the change in your ecosystem. ANDE is looking for member organizations with deep national expertise to help shape our programming and drive impact locally. As a Country Champion, you’ll play a key role in tackling pressing challenges and strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems. Ready to lead?
Business development service (BDS) programmes, such as accelerators and incubators, are increasingly looked to as promising ways to help entrepreneurs enhance their business skills, expand their networks, and access investment. In Fiji, there is a small but quickly growing entrepreneurial ecosystem supported by over a dozen BDS programmes. This report seeks to characterize the BDS landscape and form recommendations for its continued growth based on international research and established best practices from other ecosystems across the globe.
In this report, the authors assess the practices of Fiji's BDS providers against the SCALE principles, a set of recommendations published in 2021 by the Argidius Foundation which reflect global best practices for BDS provision. This study identified a total of 21 BDS programmes in the Fijian ecosystem administered by 14 service providers, including eight accelerators, five incubators, and eight additional programmes such as co-working spaces, grantmaking facilities, and technical assistance. Based on desk research and interviews with programme managers, the authors assessed Fiji’s accelerator and incubator landscape as moderately applying the SCALE principles.
The concept of gender-lens acceleration has taken hold in recent years, with various toolkits outlining how to be more gender inclusive at every step of the acceleration process, from selection to programming and alumni support. However, it is not well understood how effective these strategies have been in producing more equitable outcomes for women. This report aims to fill that information gap by synthesizing the research on accelerating women-led ventures, exploring case studies of two accelerator programs in Asia that have outsized impacts for such ventures, and spotlighting other programs with unique program models or perspectives.
Every entrepreneur operates within an ecosystem that determines the access to talent, finance, and markets that they need to grow their business. ANDE’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Maps serve as a tool for stakeholders to learn about the organizations providing support to small and growing businesses (SGBs) in a specific city, region, or country.
This mapping identified 140 organizations and nearly 170 distinct resources supporting entrepreneurs across Ethiopia. The online mapping provides a filterable directory of these organizations, categorized by sector, location, and support type. The mapping is complemented by a report analyzing the data and synthesizing key trends in the ecosystem.
Listen to leaders from our member organizations describe their efforts to develop ecosystems for small and growing businesses in the Global South.