Deepsea East Africa 2020
Connecting to grow the East African Ecosystem
Deadline: 19th October
East African Startup ECOSYSTEM Accelerator
Together we map the East African startup ecosystem and identify challenges
The program focuses on understanding the ecosystem of startups in East Africa, particularly Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda, strengthening the link between them, getting to know ecosystem mapping and activation formats, supporting the establishment of networks between ecosystem actors, and initiate testing formats/pilot projects for ecosystem activation.
Global Perspectives and a Diverse Team
The ecosystem builders of the Kampala Project together with the DEEPSEA team have created a unique program bringing together local insights with international experiences. The DEEPSEA East Africa program combines insights from African, Latin America and European ecosystem experiences and focuses on peer learning among community builders. The unique strength of the program is, that there is no “teacher” in the room, but professionals pool their insights to attack commonly identified challenges.
Work with International Experts to get ready for the future
DEEPSEA Startup Ecosystem accelerator is an established format to help startup ecosystem builders, no matter if experienced or new to the field, to learn about the core concepts of the startup world, explore the latest trends in ecosystem building and initiate own projects.
The facilitators and speakers bring experience from East Africa and global innovation ecosystems and focus on initiating a peer learning experience where everyone can share their insights and learnings. Throughout the 4 week program two facilitators are always available for questions and to support the group work of the participating teams.
Benefits of the Ecosystem Accelerator Program:
- Determine the dynamics in their ecosystem
- Learn different models on how to view, manage and lead complex systems
- Find the right purpose for their ecosystem
- Identify the stakeholders to support the purpose
- Derive strategies for implementing the project and execute it;
- Drive internationalization of their ecosystem;
- Connect with like-minded people, build meaningful deep relationships with peer ecosystem builders and extend the global network
Who can apply?
We invite people from all over East Africa who are:
- Working for East African and are interested in the dynamics of local or regional startup ecosystems
- People interested in the dynamics of startup ecosystems in East Africa in general
Get Your Ticket
The admission fee is 50 USD / person
Please read through the Terms and Conditions and sign-up for the program
Build Transnational Ecosystems Together
Skill Building
Access to Knowledge Hub and Live Expert Sessions
Browse >20h video sessions
Complete 4 extensive learning tracks
Project Work
2-day collaborative Bootcamp with expert facilitators (total of 9h)
3 live workshops with expert trainers, covering skills needed to advance your ecosystems
Collaborative ideation process to create new (trans)national projects
Pitch training and Final presentation workshop
International Community
1:1 meetings between all participants
Weekly sessions & direct access to our experts
Invitation of international ecosystem builders to inspire participants and foster collaboration
DEEPSEA Timeline
Week 1
21-22 October 2020
CEST: 1pm
EAT: 2pm
Collaborative
2-Day Bootcamp
Week 2
28 October 2020
CEST: 12pm
EAT: 2pm
Ecosystem Thinking & the minimum viable ecosystem
29 October 2020
CEST: 12pm
EAT: 2pm
Ecosystem Narratives & Branding
Week 3
4 November 2020
CEST: 12pm
EAT: 2pm
Measuring
Ecosystem
Week 4
12 November 2020
CEST: 1.30pm
EAT: 3.30pm
Final
Presentation of your projects
Facilitators
Serghei Glinca
Head of DEEPSEA Startup Ecosystem Accelerator and founder of BioTech startup CrystalsFirst
Serghei is leading the DEEPSEA Startup Ecosystem Accelerator and an entrepreneur himself – he co-founded the German Biotech company CrystalFirst.
Sebastián Díaz Mesa
Startup Heatmap Europe Team member and former CEO Start-up Chile
As CEO of Start-Up Chile, Sebastián worked with more than 1,000 tech-based startups and founders from many industries and countries. He is a world-wide respected consultant to governments and industry on ecosystem development.
Erica Santini
Head of Research of European Startup Initiative and Lecturer at University of Trento
Erica (Ph.D. in Economics, University of Florence, 2016) is Lecturer of Management at the University of Trento. Her research focuses on innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, servitization strategies, product- service innovation and digitalization of manufacturing.
Speakers
Khatuchi Khasandi
Program Manager at the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)
Khatuchi is a Program Manager at the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) East Africa Chapter. In this capacity, she provides oversight to all the chapter’s Programs . Khatuchi also oversees ANDE’s activities in Tanzania and Uganda. Prior to joining ANDE, she worked with INGOs in both Kenya and Uganda.
Aneth Batamuliza
Hub Network Community Manager at Make-IT in Africa
Aneth is a Hub Network Community Manager at Tech Entrepreneurship Initiative ‘Make-IT in Africa’ implemented by GIZ. Aneth is passionate about entrepreneurship and ecosystem building having been involved in various entrepreneurship projects. Previously, Aneth led the Reach for Change incubator program in Rwanda. For the past 3 years, Aneth has supported the 2nd year seminar course as a teaching assistant at Carnegie Mellon University Africa.
Erin Henderson Ouzts
Upstate Entrepreneur Ecosystem Director for Ten at the Top
Erin works regularly to support entrepreneurship in the Upstate, both as Director of the VentureSouth Spartanburg angel investor group and as the leader of the Economic and Entrepreneurial Vitality focus area for Ten at the Top.
Eric Weissmann
Vice President at Cintrifuse
Eric is part of the founding team at Cintrifuse. His background combines corporate marketing for one of the world’s most-beloved brands (the Walt Disney Company) with the hand-to-hand combat that comes with being on the leadership team of several productive small businesses.
Our Contacts
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38121 Trento
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