Join global leaders in Nairobi to explore the latest in monitoring and evaluation, participatory approaches, AI-driven insights, and ESG metrics.
We’re looking for bold, engaging sessions that challenge the status quo and offer forward-thinking solutions to build inclusive, resilient, and locally grounded ecosystems in emerging markets. We rely on our members to help us shape a dynamic and thought-provoking agenda.
The submission deadline is Friday, May 16, 2025.
Elevating business development services for lasting impact in the Global South.
ANDE is seeking proposals for its round two launched Investment Innovation Fund, which aims to empower selected entrepreneurship support organizations (ESOs) to develop supplementary programs or interventions in collaboration with investors.
The submission deadline is Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
ANDE Welcomes Mekong Inclusive Ventures: Championing Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Cambodia
Dive deep into Climate Conversations with our Co-Chair, Ajay Menon.
Dakar, the host city of the Pan-African Conference, has a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem that supports small businesses.
Lead the change in your ecosystem. ANDE is looking for member organizations with deep national expertise to help shape our programming and drive impact locally. As a Country Champion, you’ll play a key role in tackling pressing challenges and strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems. Ready to lead?
The concept of gender-lens acceleration has taken hold in recent years, with various toolkits outlining how to be more gender inclusive at every step of the acceleration process, from selection to programming and alumni support. However, it is not well understood how effective these strategies have been in producing more equitable outcomes for women. This report aims to fill that information gap by synthesizing the research on accelerating women-led ventures, exploring case studies of two accelerator programs in Asia that have outsized impacts for such ventures, and spotlighting other programs with unique program models or perspectives.
Every entrepreneur operates within an ecosystem that determines the access to talent, finance, and markets that they need to grow their business. ANDE’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Maps serve as a tool for stakeholders to learn about the organizations providing support to small and growing businesses (SGBs) in a specific city, region, or country.
This mapping identified 140 organizations and nearly 170 distinct resources supporting entrepreneurs across Ethiopia. The online mapping provides a filterable directory of these organizations, categorized by sector, location, and support type. The mapping is complemented by a report analyzing the data and synthesizing key trends in the ecosystem.
Kenya's waste management and circularity sector offers significant opportunities for investors, driven by economic growth, increasing waste generation, growing regulations and innovations. This introductory guide is the first in a series that also includes investment guides that deep dive into each of the highest opportunity sub-sectors in Kenya’s waste and circularity sector: plastic waste, wastewater, organic waste and integrated waste management. These guides provide further information on trends, opportunities, policies and challenges, as well as further details on the main identified business models and their financing needs and case studies of successful businesses.
Come and explore the extraordinary journeys of entrepreneurs—small and growing businesses—working alongside ANDE members across the globe. Here is a sample: videos where these trailblazers share their own remarkable stories.
Listen to leaders from our member organizations describe their efforts to develop ecosystems for small and growing businesses in the Global South.
The partnership between USAID CATALYZE Market Systems for Growth (MS4G) and ANDE aimed to enhance business support services and facilitate investments to foster private sector growth and resilience in Ethiopia.