Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2025 Nominee

Innovation Hub Project/Hanga Hubs


Description

"""To increase digital based employment opportunities in high economic potential sectors through technology enabled innovation incubation hubs.
this project will achieve but not limited to following milestones:
1) Establish adequate incubation infrastructure
2) 4 Tech Innovation Hubs to be established in selected 4 secondary cities
3) Business Development, Product Development, Trainings, Investment Advisory, Pre-seed grants
4) 192 startups will receive support to build and secure 768 future-proof jobs (direct jobs), 1000+ trained
5) 400+ small businesses and local entrepreneurs to benefit from matchmaking opportunities
6) Strategy, Governance and Sustainability Advisory, Project Management, Branding & Communication, B2B Match Making, Awareness"""

Project website

https://www.risa.rw/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2025
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Coverage
  • Africa

Status

Ongoing

Start date

01 January 2021

End date

01 January 2026


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Older persons
  • Women
  • People with disabilities
  • The unemployed
  • The poor
  • Migrants
  • Remote and rural communities

Sustainability

"""Project stakeholders' roles as they directly involved defined the scope and sustainability of the project.

These stakeholders are:
- Districts where project will be located
- Implementing Agency: RISA
- Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Ministry of ICT and Innovation as Supervising entities"""


WSIS values promotion

"""- Establish adequate incubation infrastructure - 4 Tech Innovation Hubs to be established Muhanga, Nyagatare, Rubavu and Rusizi; - Business Development, Product Development, Trainings, Investment Advisory, Pre-seed grants - 192 startups will receive support to build and secure 768 future-proof jobs (direct jobs), 1000+ trained - 400+ small businesses and local entrepreneurs to benefit from matchmaking opportunities; """


Entity name

Rwanda Information Society Authority

Entity country—type

Rwanda Government

Entity website

https://www.risa.rw

Partners

Innovation hub project/HANGA HUBS