The April Africa Business Club is entitled “Innovation meets Doing Business in Africa”. NABC and TNO invite the participant to share their innovation needs and ideas during a short brainstorm session. 

TNO will inspire with concrete cases in five parallel sessions:

1. Reduction of post-harvest losses (e.g. topics like cold chain, packaging, processing)
2. Renewable Energy (e.g. topics like off grid solutions using wind- , solar- and/or biogas-energy)
3. Food & Nutrition (e.g. topics like alternative proteins, food fortification)
4. Construction & Logistics (e.g. alternative building materials, green logistics)

Themes

In the sessions the following two main issues are addressed:

1. “Which innovations, business models and/or partnerships are necessary to create a better fit for your (export-)products and services in the African markets?”
2. “Do you have any ideas, products and/business models that could be a solution to the needs as earlier discussed?”

Follow-up

The topics and issues raised during the brainstorm sessions will be compared with matching needs from other participants and existing project proposals. NABC and TNO will identify concrete options for practical and financial follow-up and communicate these to the participants with an interest in taking next steps on their ideas or needs.