Enhancing African Youth
to innovation in business & technology!
About
Us
Orbit Innovation Hub was founded four years ago as a social enterprise wing of
Orbit Health, a digital health solutions provider, to nurture innovative startups
and enterprises and cultivate digital innovation in Africa. With the lessons of
past efforts in mind, Orbit Innovation Hub aims to guide and support digital
innovators, reducing the digital divide that exists across the nation and the
continent.
Entrepreneurial development
Curriculum/course development
Community development
Training and capacity building
Training and capacity building
Investment and fundraising
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Innovation:
We strive to search for novel ideas to resolve issues in our own community while supporting emerging start-up businesses.
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Collaboration:
We believe our planet is becoming one big community, and as we are part of the ecosystem, we encourage everyone to grow together by exchanging thoughts and working from every corner of the world towards a bigger and common goal.
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Youth-centric:
Our youth are our greatest asset as they hold the power to transform our communities and generate well-being; therefore, we prioritize serving them.
Our
Sevices
Incubation & Acceleration:
Community Development:
Mentorship & Coaching:
Providing regular coaching sessions with OIH management and
connecting incubatees with appropriate mentors.
- These coaching sessions involve both business and
product/service development consultations to guide the
progress of the startups in both business development
activities and realizing the solution they have devised into real
life and delivering it to the targeted customer.
Consultation:
We provide consulting services for the private sector, NGOs, and
government institutions within the framework of entrepreneurship,
innovation, and technology to help these institutions be relevant
for the ecosystem, and deliver a crucial value.
Our Experience and
Technical Competency
Community
Building Initiatives
Startup Thursday:
Annual Agri-Tech Stakeholders Symposium and Exhibition:
Our Partners
Orbit Innovation Hub collaborates with a network of renowned organizations, including:
About SEED
Sustainable Employment through Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development (SEED)
SEED Program is a 5-year program designed in partnership
with the Mastercard Foundation and a consortium of
organizations led by the Entrepreneurship Development
Institute (EDI). The Program aspires to create Dignified and
Fulfilling Jobs for 1 million youth and women in Ethiopia SEED
will be anchored at the Technical, Vocational and Training
(TVT) institutions, aiming to:
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
Support the
advancement of
education and youth
employment
Capacitate 100 TVTs
through introducing
transformative
operational business
models
Support the
establishment and
operationalization of
business incubation
centers
Develop
demand-driven and
quality training
programs
Develop
demand-driven and
quality training
programs
The program has four major interventions:
01.
02.
03.
V.
Transforming 100 TVTs
towards enabling one million
dignified and fulfilling work
Enhancing the employability
of young people through
skilling and enterprise
development
Facilitating innovative
access to finance and
market linkages
Improving the enabling
environment for
entrepreneurship and
enterprise development
OIH Contribution to SEED
Incubating
1000
Innovative Startups
across all regions of
Ethiopia over five
years.
Facilitating innovative
access to finance and
market linkages
OIH in Number