Erik Stam, the internationally renowned expert on entrepreneurial ecosystems, will join ANDE’s Global Annual Conference 2025 in Cancún to share research and insights shaping the next generation of entrepreneurship policy and practice. His work bridges the gap between academic theory and actionable strategy for governments, startups, and investors alike.
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Our latest SGB Finance Series session explored how Impact-Linked Finance is rewarding enterprises for achieving measurable social outcomes. Check out the key lessons shaping the next wave of innovative finance.
Revisit the conversations that are transforming impact measurement. Members can access recordings of the virtual learning series.
Two innovative programs in India will pilot financing models to help green enterprises scale and attract critical investment.
At ANDE’s Global Annual Conference 2025, the Global Coordinator of the CATAL1.5°T Initiative at GIZ will explore how emerging climate tech ecosystems in Latin America and West Africa can drive a net-zero future.
Member Spotlight: For over four decades, Friends of Women’s World Banking, India has championed women’s financial inclusion—now it’s shaping the future of climate-smart entrepreneurship.
Ahead of her special appearance at the ANDE 2025 Global Conference, we’re inviting ANDE members to submit questions for Nobel Prize–winning economist Esther Duflo.
What to expect at the ANDE Global Annual Conference 2025. This is your invitation to engage and help shape what comes next in 35+ confirmed interactive sessions.
Member Spotlight: From talent pipelines to climate-conscious leadership, Arthan is enabling the next generation of mission-driven organizations across the Global South.
Member Spotlight: India’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms is transforming scientific discoveries into high-impact solutions for health, sustainability, and beyond.
This blog captures key insights from the session, outlining existing barriers, opportunities for scale, and cross-cutting reflections from the ANDE IMT World Cafe session and the “Catalyzing Innovative Technologies in Waste & Circularity for Dignified Jobs” workshop, held in partnership with Villgro.
The cohort explored the concept of intersectionality and its importance in business development programming from the two invited expert speakers; Shamha Naseer, Gender Specialist for the Youth Empowerment Portfolio in Asia and the Pacific at UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub, and Ian Jones, Co-Founder and Director at Mekong Inclusive Ventures.
How a Dutch venture builder learned to scale impact through ecosystem thinking, blended finance, and circular business models.
Elevating business development services for lasting impact in the Global South.
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Business development service (BDS) programmes, such as accelerators and incubators, are increasingly looked to as promising ways to help entrepreneurs enhance their business skills, expand their networks, and access investment. In Fiji, there is a small but quickly growing entrepreneurial ecosystem supported by over a dozen BDS programmes. This report seeks to characterize the BDS landscape and form recommendations for its continued growth based on international research and established best practices from other ecosystems across the globe.
In this report, the authors assess the practices of Fiji's BDS providers against the SCALE principles, a set of recommendations published in 2021 by the Argidius Foundation which reflect global best practices for BDS provision. This study identified a total of 21 BDS programmes in the Fijian ecosystem administered by 14 service providers, including eight accelerators, five incubators, and eight additional programmes such as co-working spaces, grantmaking facilities, and technical assistance. Based on desk research and interviews with programme managers, the authors assessed Fiji’s accelerator and incubator landscape as moderately applying the SCALE principles.
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.
