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In the Spotlight: GoMetro, Improving public transportation in South Africa

Founder shares his journey from mind to market at the Global Forum

29 March 2013 | In 2012, GoMetro launched South Africa’s first real-time public transport information system. We spoke with founder Justin Coetzee about the challenges the business has faced while scaling to more than 300,000 users, the supporting role infoDev and its partners have played, and his future plans for the company. More

infoDev launches competition for Caribbean women entrepreneurs

25 March 2013 | As part of its Women Innovators Network in the Caribbean (WINC), infoDev's Entrepreneurship Program in the Caribbean (EPIC) launched the Innovative Women Entrepreneurs Competition, financed by the Government of Canada. The two winners will be invited to participate in infoDev's 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship in East London, South Africa on May 28-30, 2013. More

Interactive math learning tool wins PitchIT Caribbean grand prize

18 March 2013 | Trinidad and Tobago’s Rick Cooper claimed the PitchIT Caribbean grand prize today with Interact XL, an online math tutoring platform. The infoDev-run pitching contest sought to make the region’s mobile and web startups more attractive to investors through hands-on pitch coaching. More
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Cover image: Scaling Up Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: The Role of Private Sector Finance
Scaling Up Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: The Role of Private Sector Finance

Summary of Preliminary Findings and Recommendations for the April 27, 2006 Workshop More

Cover image: iDisc - Virtual Business Incubation Platform for networking and know-how
iDisc - Virtual Business Incubation Platform for networking and know-how

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Cover image: Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners?
Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners?

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Cover image: Financing Technology Entrepreneurs & SMEs in Developing Countries
Financing Technology Entrepreneurs & SMEs in Developing Countries

An infoDev Study on the funding challenges and opportunities facing Technology SMEs in developing countries More

Cover image: Global Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation
Global Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation

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Cover image: Growing Food, Products and Businesses
Growing Food, Products and Businesses

Applying Business Incubation to Agribusiness SMEs More

Cover image: Impact of Business Incubation in the United States: Lessons for Developing Countries
Impact of Business Incubation in the United States: Lessons for Developing Countries

David Monkman, President & CEO National Business Incubation Association More

Cover image: Impact of Business Incubation in the United States: Case History Assessment and Applications for Developing Countries
Impact of Business Incubation in the United States: Case History Assessment and Applications for Developing Countries

Lou Cooperhouse, Director, Rutgers Food Innovation Center More

Cover image: Interview with Eduardo da Costa
Interview with Eduardo da Costa

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Cover image: Global Good Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation: South Africa Case Study
Global Good Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation: South Africa Case Study

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Cover image: The Global Opportunity in IT-Based Services
The Global Opportunity in IT-Based Services

Assessing and Enhancing Country Competitiveness More

Cover image: Global Good Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation: New Zealand Case Study
Global Good Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation: New Zealand Case Study

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Cover image: Global Good Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation: Malaysia Case Study
Global Good Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation: Malaysia Case Study

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Cover image: What <i>info</i>Dev means to me
What infoDev means to me

Voices of the infoDev community from around the globe. More

Cover image: Global Practice Incubation Policy Development and Implementation: Brazil Case Study
Global Practice Incubation Policy Development and Implementation: Brazil Case Study

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Cover image: IC4D 2012: Maximizing Mobile
IC4D 2012: Maximizing Mobile

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infoDev's Climate Technology Program

Informational brochure More

Cover image: Infographic: Maximizing Mobile for Development
Infographic: Maximizing Mobile for Development

Summary of key data in the IC4D 2012 report More

Cover image: Tunisia: from revolutions to institutions
Tunisia: from revolutions to institutions

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Cover image: Lessons on Virtual Business Incubation Services
Lessons on Virtual Business Incubation Services

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Promoting ICT-enabled entrepreneurship in developing countries  - infoDev's global business incubator network consists of nearly 300 incubators in over 80 developing countries assisting 20,000 enterprises which have created more than 220,000 jobs. More information about the network - including a Directory with over 140 profiles, an Incubator Toolkit, Success Stories and ICT Tools - can be found at www.idisc.net.

Toolkits & Communities

infoDev Incubator Support Center (iDISC)
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Agribusiness entrepreneurship Business Incubation Toolkit Global Forum on Business Incubation Incubator Network Africa Incubator Network Asia Incubator Network Eastern Europe and Central Asia Incubator Network Latin America and the Caribbean Incubator Network Middle East and North Africa IT-Enabled Services (ITES) Low cost user Devices for the Poor Technology Transfer
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