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At the Innovation Bridge Portal, we strive to uplift entrepreneurs and increase economic growth as well as employment in Africa. Part of this effort is taking place in our Corporate Innovation Challenge and we made quite a lot of progress in the year 2021. The year included an educational webinar

Open innovation refers to the business model that encourages collaboration and cooperation with individuals outside of a company, as well as other companies and organisations. This concept has become increasingly popular, as the results of this approach have been more effective than those achieved

Deep tech, also known as hard technology, is defined as being a start-up that has the goal of providing technological solutions to scientific and/or engineering obstacles and problems. In the long term, deep tech start-ups tend to aim toward being a corporation themselves; however, in order to

Cooperation has always been a complimenting factor to innovation. People and ideas feed off of one another, allowing innovation to take place on a shorter timescale. The perfect combination might exist between SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) and start-ups. Why SMEs and Start-Ups Compliment