LBIIW is an annual entrepreneurship and innovation gathering that convenes entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, policymakers, government, development agencies and other ecosystem players; to spur economic growth of the Lake Victoria Basin, through innovative business models, digitization, SME financing and local manufacturing.
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November 17th - 19th, 2020
Our speakers are skilled at rallying up each unique audience to inspire, engage, empower, and, of course, motivate you for results such as increased productivity, improved your morale, higher sales, game-changing innovation, or more effective communication.
Governor
Kisumu County
President & CEO
Director Fab Lab Program
MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
iGov Africa
Health Systems Specialist
Kenya Medical Training College
Founder
Centre for the Study of Adolescence
World Bank
Co-founder Sote Hub | Chair Countrywide Innovation Hubs
Ten Senses Africa
CEO
Konza Technopolis Development Authority
Governance Adviser
Department for International Development (DFID)
Director of Strategy
AfriLabs
Senior Technical Advidor
UNDP KENYA
President
Forest Scientific Corporation
LAKEBASIN INNOVATION & INVESTMENT WEEK09:00 – 5:30
Build creativity, problem solving, collaboration and perseverance in kids promoting 21st century skills which will help in academics now as well as in future in professional life.
09:00 – 5:30
Kids learn to code through our fun policy series. Master computational concepts and create simple animations, games and applications.
09:00 – 5:30
The kids hackathon must have a be filled by parent and have consent form The content must be developed for all
LBIIW will seek to review the region's public health response to covid, discuss the role of technology in the fight against covid, showcase and promote adoption of local health innovations and solutions that can be adopted nationwide in future pandemics
Health innovation are long-established traditions in many counties. They are generally designed to jointly review the implementation of national health sector plans or to assess sector performance and to agree on actions to address constraints in implementation or to improve performance.
To explore what the future of work would be post-covid, the new skills sets young people need to acquire now and how traditional employers should prepare for the new normal to remain competitive and sustainabl
We strive to do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes
LBIIW takes note of much needed synergies for the development of the regional ecosystem during pandemics. As such the week will provide and facilitate formation of strategic relations and initiate partnerships for the economic recovery and resilience of the region.
With relation between two commercial enterprises, usually formalized by one or more business contracts. A strategic partnership will usually fall short of a legal partnership entity, agency, or corporate affiliate relationship.
We are seeking to discover, showcase and promote innovations and new value chains that Agri-preneurs can adopt to thrive/be resilient during pandemics.
Coming up with long term innovative strategies for economic response and recovery for SMEs during and after emergencies.
LLBIIW will embrace and promote home grown solutions through local manufacturing towards addressing gaps that exist in disrupted global supply value chains during pandemics.
Factory production has contributed little to economic growth because of poor linkages with local markets and overwhelming reliance on imports.
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