Congratulations to UK government Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office FCDO Stats on partner of choice award #ConnectingInnovationsGLocally #KIW2022 Kenya Innovation Week 2024

PS @IsmailMaalim19 of State Dept for Youth Affairs & Creative Economy announces strategy to empower 5 million young Kenyans to become innovators and job creators at the close of Kenya Innovation Week 2024 #ConnectingInnovationsGLocally #KIW2022 World Data Lab Young Africa Works - Mastercard Foundation Mastercard Foundation

How to successfully scale startups is a big question at #ATSNBO. Bold community view mindset, collaboration and networking at the edges as crucial for innovation.

Great opportunities for innovators, changemakers and campaigners to be awarded for achievements linked to the SDGs Gates Foundation Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Read our latest #research providing a global analysis of the effectiveness of policy responses to #COVID19, published with Springer Nature in Scientific Reports, showing the impact of face masks in contrast to closing schools and international travel controls: rdcu.be/c9jgN

Hey everyone! We're excited to see you next week in #kigali University of Rwanda for #DataScienceAfrica2023 You can also join us virtually using the link : …nformationsecurityauthority.webex.com/rwandainformat… Event Schedule: datascienceafrica.org/dsa2023kigali/… #Datascience #Africa #DSA2023

15% of the world is living in internet poverty. Join our webinar with Internet Society Foundation on the 2023 Internet Poverty Index to learn more about what this means. Register here: eu1.hubs.ly/H03HN3N0

Unfortunately, rich countries alone can't solve the climate challenge anymore, as emerging markets contribute 75% to global emissions. However, as Homi Kharas and I show there is hope as some (rich) countries already cut down their emissions a lot. brookings.edu/blog/future-de…

Also, my first-ever poster presentation for "A global analysis of the effectiveness of policy responses to COVID-19" (nature.com/articles/s4159…) co-authored with Patrick McSharry, won first place at the IndabaX Rwanda poster session!

Lack of standardised approach identified as main policy gap for growth-oriented firms World Data Lab Argidius Foundation Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Evidence and data overwhelmingly selected as enabler for growth in Kenya’s enterprise ecosystem World Data Lab Argidius Foundation Carnegie Mellon University Africa Mastercard Foundation

Fascinating talk from ⁦@africapractice⁩ and ⁦Argidius Foundation⁩ on policy gaps for growth firms and the importance of the BDS ecosystem ⁦World Data Lab⁩ ⁦⁦GrowthAfrica⁩

Excellent heat-map ⁦@africapractice⁩ showing complexity of policy environment for MSMEs and BDS in Kenya ⁦Argidius Foundation⁩ ⁦World Data Lab⁩

Mind the rural gap! 82% of BDS services are focused on Nairobi and large donor dependence ⁦Argidius Foundation⁩ ⁦World Data Lab⁩ ⁦@africapractice⁩

One hundred thousand jobs created by these brilliant ESOs ⁦Argidius Foundation⁩ ⁦World Data Lab⁩ ⁦@africapractice⁩

Evidence-based learning on how to identify a high quality BDS and scale ⁦Argidius Foundation⁩ ⁦World Data Lab⁩ ⁦@africapractice⁩

Toolkit available for implementing SCALE for enhancing ESO performance and promoting job creation ⁦Argidius Foundation⁩ ⁦World Data Lab⁩ ⁦@africapractice⁩

Exciting potential for data sharing and analytics in the entrepreneurial ecosystem ⁦GrowthAfrica⁩ ⁦Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)⁩ ⁦World Data Lab⁩ ⁦Argidius Foundation⁩

Kickoff to conference on #researchinequalities in Capetown with the EU, Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺, UCT and South African Government focused on the links between inequalities, employment and nature World Data Lab

Packed room full of very excited young scientists at Young Scientists Kenya🇰🇪 at the #KIW.