Kickstarting businesses and development in emerging markets

Yet another #laboftomorrow Innovation Sprint came to a close this week! Lot 14 is all about contributing to a circular food system in Kigali/Rwanda and 36 participants from 30 companies took on this challenge.

Congrats to the #lot 12 teams on 4 great business ideas! The process’ Innovation Sprint ended today with a presentation of the business models in front of an expert jury. Stay tuned as the teams will refine their models in the incubation phase!

BMZ and and Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft awarded Polycare and Helioz the German Entrepreneurship Award for Development2021! The projects contribute to affordable solid housing in Africa and clean potable water in India.

We are hiring! The #laboftomorrow is looking for a project manager with knowledge and experience in entrepreneurship, business development and impact investing. Learn more about the position and apply here.

Here’s to the start of the 12th #laboftomorrow Innovation Sprint! Increasing trust in eCommerce in South-Eastern Europe– that’s the challenge that four interdisciplinary teams will work on during the next two weeks by ideating and designing business models.

We are looking for a project management intern to closely support one of our #lot processes regarding biodiversity protection. As the internship will already start in June, application is open until May, 25. Apply here!

Austria goes #lot! Our 15th #laboftomorrow process just started and it is all about the utilization of biogenic waste in the Western Balkans. Together with our Austrian co-initiators we are working on identifying actionable sub-challenges. 

Two new #laboftomorrow ventures will turn the Kenyan market upside down! Both business models contribute to reducing food losses in the country and were developed in the 13th lot process, which successfully ended today.

Venture update! Created in our 6th #laboftomorrow process, ‘Electricity and Fiber to the village’ (E-/FTTV) successfully develops the electricity grid in rural Uganda. Learn more about their business model and achievements in the video. 

Our #laboftomorrow mentors welcome a new addition! Barbara Diehl is a proven expert in entrepreneurship, innovation and education and will from now on support our venture teams in developing their business ideas.

Did you know that in South-Eastern Europe, the number of online shoppers only ranges between 3% and 32%? Join our 12th #laboftomorrow process and help tackle the challenge of increasing trust in eCommerce in the region. Application is now open.

New Economy Booster Closing Event on April 8. Impact Hub invites you to look back on one year of providing entrepreneurs in Africa with new skills and resources to develop impactful businesses despite the pandemic!

26 representatives from 19 European and Tunisian companies came together during this week’s #laboftomorrow Innovation Sprint and co-created 4 business model sketches to tackle the challenge!

Last but not least we present the fourth of our new #laboftomorrow mentors: Jonathan Lehman. He used to drive #innovation for the UN’s World Food Program and will now be supporting our ventures.

A new #laboftomorrow Innovation Sprint started today and this time the topic is monitoring and controlling waste and water use in Tunisia’s agri-food industry: Teams of 19 European and Tunisian companies will take on this challenge.

It has been a while since you last heard from our #laboftomorrow mentors and it is about time we introduce Ralph Riecke: He is an #expert on  corporate #innovation initiatives and will be supporting our venture teams in developing their businesses.

The virtual innovation sprint of the #laboftomorrow 11 is concluded! After a final pitch in front of an expert jury, the teams will now have four months to test and refine their business models.
 

For #InternationalWomensDay and #Genderweek, we present inspiring female entrepreneurs. One of them is Yvonne who took part in our #laboftomorrow process and developed a business idea that helps reduce food waste in Kenya.

Last week we started introducing our new #laboftomorrow mentors. Meet now Magnus Schückes, business model and #startup choach and one of the mentors who support our venture teams in developing their #innovations.

The virtual innovation sprint for the #laboftomorrow 11 has successfully been kicked-off! The six teams dove deep into ideating, testing and designing #prototypes that help solve the challenge of preventing and controlling #NCDs in Ghana.

You run an #innovative small and growing business delivering environmental, social or economic #impacts? Then you might be interested in the #SEEDAwards2021! Application is now open!

We have news to announce! From now on there are #laboftomorrow mentors supporting the venture teams in further developing their business ideas during the #incubation phase.

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Do you have a strong interest in the agri-food industry and expertise in Industry 4.0? Great news for you: the application phase for our 10th lab of tomorrow process in #Tunesia is now open!

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Missed the web event Global Green Recovery of corporAID Magazin?

Find all the highlights and insights here https://bit.ly/36FJ3El. Or watch the video below.

#AustrianDevelopmentCooperation #SGDs

At the Global Green Recovery web event of corporAID Magazin, #AustrianDevelopmentCooperation laid the foundation for their first #laboftomorrow process together with its partners! The lot process will focus on biogenic residuals in the West Balkans.

We are starting another #laboftomorrow process this year! Together with the Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe - Foreign Trade we tackle the challenge of increasing the trust in #ecommerce in the CEFTA region Check our website for updates https://bit.ly/3altGSj

⏰ Application is now open: Join our 11th #laboftomorrow process and help develop business-driven solutions for the prevention and control of #NCDs! 🚑 bit.ly/3fCK96O NCDs or non-communicable diseases are diseases that are not transmissible from person... (read more).

An effective way to fight #coronavirus? Health skills! @atingi_elearn, an e-learning platform implemented by GIZ, is launching their #contestagainstcorona. Play alone, in teams or as an organisation to learn valuable facts and win great prizes! http://contest.atingi.org #CAC

We congratulate Wamala Energy on ranking 3rd in the national round of the #ClimateLaunchpad innovation challenge! Find more information on Wamala and our 6th lab of tomorrow process in #Uganda here bit.ly/2JxNKHq #innovation #SDGs #sustainability #solarcooling

Is your company engaged in a developing or emerging country? Then apply for the German Entrepreneurship Award for Development with your specific project till 1st November 2020! https://bit.ly/2ZUTy3o  #sustainabledevelopment #SDGs
 

Do you remember EFTTV? In August, their fiber installation was concluded! Electricity and Fiber To The Village (EFTTV) offers access to energy and ICT to urban and rural communities in #Uganda, especially to those who cannot afford grid connection. Check out ... (read more).

Do you deal with African start-ups? Then we´ve got exciting news for you! #MakeIT facilitates access to finance, skills and markets for African start-ups. Learn more about funding and investor types, find your investor and take your company to the next level! (Read more)

Our 11th #laboftomorrow is coming your way! In collaboration with the SPTA we want to relieve the health care system in Ghana by preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Check further insights here bit.ly/3lHCRBw. 
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We congratulate both teams on entering the incubation phase of the first #laboftomorrow FastForward process! During the next months, they will receive support from GIZ Kenya and further coaching while testing their business ...
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Competition now open 📣 The German Entrepreneurship Award for Development honors entrepreneurial commitment in developing & emerging countries & is worth 30,000€ per category 🏅 Apply till 1 November 2020! https://bit.ly/2ZUTy3o #sustainabledevelopment #SDGs 

⏩ Today we had the virtual Business Design Workshop of our first #laboftomorrow FastForward process. The two teams were able to further specify the ideas that they had developed during the ideation sprints two weeks earlier. They discussed... (read more)

 This morning our first virtual lab of tomorrow FastForward innovation process kicked-off with the ideation sprint  Representatives from Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) and GIZ Kenya welcomed the private sector... (read more)

🆕 You want to get in contact with like-minded people & participants of lab of tomorrow processes? You want to talk about business opportunities, innovations & development cooperation? 🚀 Join our new LinkedIn group & become part of the conversation! https://bit.ly/2Nuj6xx

Join us for our first lot FastForward challenge on enabling cooled transport 🚛 in Western Kenya to reduce food loss: In Kenya as well as in many other African countries, the COVID-19 pandemic and measures to counteract its spread have created... (read more)

🆕 Our new format will be called lot FastForward! ⚡️ Just like our original innovation process, lot FastForward addresses challenges in developing and emerging countries through business-driven solutions. ⏩ BUT this fast track starts with existing solutions... (read more)

A new lab of tomorrow process is coming your way! With our 10th challenge we want to enable Tunisian industry to use advanced manufacturing with a focus on a cleaner production 🤖 Stay tuned for further insights into the topic and application dates 🔜

During our third lot innovation process Maisha Meds developed a platform for point-of-sale data and product sourcing for pharmacies and clinics 💊 Now Maisha Meds launched a #COVID19 dashboard tracking demand and supply side factors influencing health commodity availability (read more)

📣 We are proud to announce that the lab of tomorrow will be presented at ispim virtual conference on “Innovating in Times of Crisis” by Sven-Uwe Mueller, Programme Leader at GIZ’s lab of tomorrow 📅 9th June 2020, 9:10-10:10 am ispim-virtual.com #ISPIMvirtual #innovation

UPDATE: Four venture teams from the 8th #laboftomorrow innovation process on decreasing plastic waste in Thailand are entering the Market Pilot phase 🎉 Congratulations to Happy Cup, Greenrise, Wayste to Success and Green Loop! 👏 (read more)

Check out our new #COVID19 page and get to know our fast track: lab-of-tomorrow.com/covid-19 🔔⏩ Join us in tackling COVID-19 challenges in developing and emerging countries by proposing a challenge or participating in our quick digital innovation process 💻

After 3 months of intensive work and coaching from Impact Hub Berlin the test phase of the 8th lab of tomorrow process that tackles single use plastic waste in Thailand has officially ended. Today, five Venture Teams with members from Thailand and Europe presented their results... (read more)

It’s always the right time to wish all the best, so: a happy 2020 from the lab of tomorrow-team! We are looking forward to a year full of new lot-processes to find sustainable business solutions for development challenges. Stay tuned & get in touch. #laboftomorrow

The first UPSTRIM-Hospitality Management Development training cycle has concluded! Yesterday the trainees received their certificates in a closing event at TÜV NORD GROUP in Hannover. During the last four months, the 18 hotel managers from Hurghada, Egypt have been trained (read more)

Six venture teams made it into the test phase of the 8th #laboftomorrow-process! During the next three months, the teams will receive coaching to refine their business ideas to reduce plastic waste in Thailand. They tackle the challange with a bandwith of business ideas (read more) #lot8challengeplastic

This sunday our venture UPSTRIM started a resources management skills training with participation of eight hotel chains in Hurghada. UPSTRIM offers a modular training programme for upper and middle management in hard and soft skills to prepare the staff for the future challenges of the hospitality sector in Egypt.

The energy of our venture teams was still vibrant as the 8th #laboftomorrow Innovation Workshop drew to a close. Our participants are visibly motivated to take the next steps for bringing their sustainable business models to life! #lot8challengeplastic #zerowaste #plasticfree

After specifying the business models ideated during the Innovation Workshop in Bangkok, six venture teams made it into the test phase of the 8th lab of tomorrow-process! During the next three months, the teams will receive coaching to refine their business ideas. (read more)