2nd AfriAlliance Innovation Bridge Event

The 2nd AfriAlliance Innovation Bridge Event in Cape Town is focused on fostering social innovation related to climate change and water in Africa.

This interactive, half-day event will serve as a matching platform for universities, science councils and companies in water and Climate Change with potential collaborators, funders and investors to facilitate commercialisation, awareness and better uptake of their innovations. Activities will inlude innovation demonstration, one-on-one meeting opportunities, plenary discussions and policy dialogues and address the different dimensions of social innovation (technology, capacity development, governance structures and business roadmap).

The 2nd AfriAlliance IBE will be part of the African Utility Week.

Now in its 19th year,  African Utility Week is recognised as the leading conference and trade exhibition for African power, energy and water professionals. The conference and exhibition is attended by over 9 500 people; including utility CEOs, regulators, financiers and investors as well as technology companies. African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa share the latest ideas and technologies; challenges conventional ideas of power, energy and water; encourages new partnerships and promotes realistic solutions with the audience.

Call for innovators - participate in the IBE during African Utility Week!

AfriAlliance is looking for social innovation companies, SMEs and entrepreneurs in water and climate change who would like to contribute to our Innovation Bridge Event at the African Utility Week on 15 May 2019. Join us for this great opportunity to pitch your innovation to a broad audience and to connect with potential collaborators, government, funders and investors to facilitate commercialisation, awareness and better uptake of innovations.

If you are interested in contributing to AfriAlliance’s Innovation Bridge Event at the African Utility Week, please contact us at afrialliance@un-ihe.org, providing us with the following information:

• Project name

• Name & organisation of presenter(s) from your project

• Solution description (Summary & website, if available)

• Required space & equipment to demonstrate your solution (e.g. table/beamer/etc.)

• Desired one-on-one interaction with specific stakeholders during the event (e.g. stakeholder type)

For more details with regard to participating in the Innovation Bridge Event at the African Utility Week, please see here or contact us at  afrialliance@un-ihe.org.