Three UWE Bristol Launch Space residents win national award to accelerate innovation

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In an exciting development for UWE Bristol’s Launch Space incubator, three graduate entrepreneurs have been awarded funding from Innovate UK to develop their business ideas. The Innovate UK Unlocking Potential Award is a two-strand pilot competition designed to unearth and empower today’s untapped innovators and businesses, aiming to foster diverse talent across the UK. The awards offer financial support ranging from £5,000 for living expenses to up to £50,000 for business development.

Launch Space has guided hundreds of early-stage tech founders towards success. Catering to a diverse group of individuals, from recent graduates and first-time founders to seasoned entrepreneurs and businesses exploring new technologies, Launch Space continues to establish itself as a crucial player in the development of innovative ideas and ventures within the West of England tech start-up ecosystem.

The recipients of the award, Olivia Coy of Remedy, Gerald Lee of Mach D Trading, and Alex Montgomery of 50 Ways to Cook, have each been awarded £15,000. This financial boost is set to accelerate the development and scaling of their unique business ideas.

Olivia Coy

Olivia Coy, the force behind Remedy, highlighted the critical role of Launch Space in refining her application, stating, “The Launch Space support was instrumental in providing valuable feedback that helped strengthen my pitch and articulate the unique value proposition of my idea.” Remedy aims to enhance health literacy and quality of life for individuals with long-term conditions through its AI-powered, multi-platform medication management software.

Coy expressed her gratitude and excitement about the award, adding, “Winning fills me with a sense of validation and excitement for the journey ahead. It affirms that our vision for Remedy resonates with others and reinforces our commitment to making a meaningful impact in the healthcare industry.” Olivia is planning to use the funding to further develop Remedy’s platform, enhance user experience, and scale operations.

Gerald Lee

Gerald Lee of Mach D Trading shared his enthusiasm, crediting Launch Space for its pivotal role in his growth as a founder and entrepreneur. “Launch Space has allowed me to develop my business and MVP concepts, whether it was improving my pitch deck or refining my tech stack, Mark and Aimee have been invaluable to my growth as a founder and as an entrepreneur.” With a vision to make crypto trading safer, Lee emphasized the importance of understanding the target audience’s pain points and tailoring solutions to meet those needs.

The funding will support the creation of a community-focused on addressing these crucial issues in the crypto trading space. Feeling ecstatic about winning the award, Gerald commented: “We are excited that the UK Government believes in our goal to create a safer environment for everyone to enter the crypto trading space.”

Alex Montgomery

Alex Montgomery’s 50 Ways to Cook aims to impact society positively through food education. Montgomery reflected on how Launch Space transformed his lockdown project into a viable business, fostering his entrepreneurial skills and ideas. He comments: “The Launch Space accelerator programme surrounded myself with other entrepreneurs and really helped to develop my entrepreneurial skillset and develop my ideas with weekly expert workshops and mentoring. I received a lot of support from other cohort members and staff when writing my application which helped tremendously.”

Thrilled about receiving the award, Alex states: “I am over the moon about winning this award. To have backing and support from Innovate UK has really helped my confidence as an entrepreneur and it feels great to know other people are supportive of my idea and want to see it succeed”. The award will help Alex enable the improvement of innovative workshops and food education services, including the acquisition of equipment to enhance sensory food education.

During August and September 2023, the UWE Bristol incubation team delivered more than 30 hours of training and one-to-ones to support those applying for the grant funding. Senior Enterprise & Innovation Manager, Aimeé Skinner, worked with all three entrepreneurs and she commented “We are so pleased to see multiple UWE-graduate award winners this year – these awards validate the innovative ideas and huge potential of the recipients, as well as highlighting the pivotal role incubators play in nurturing early-stage ventures”.

Stephanie Jay recently joined the Launch Space team as Enterprise & Innovation Manager. Jay commented: “It’s exciting to be joining at a time when there are multiple grant award winners in the space – I am looking forward to working with them as they develop their ideas and grow.”  

Located within the £16m University Enterprise Zone on Frenchay Campus, Launch Space has become a beacon of support for aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses.

For further information about Launch Space please visit the website or email launchspace@uwe.ac.uk

International Women’s Day: Spotlight on Professor Sue Durbin

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International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women; recognising the value that women bring to individual communities, professional spheres and collectively to the world. The day also serves as a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.

To mark this important day here in Research, Business and Innovation at UWE Bristol, we invited Professor Sue Durbin to join us, to share more about her areas of research expertise and portfolio of positive action interventions she has both designed and led in order to promote and advance gender parity in employment recognising that on average women still earn and are promoted less in the workplace.

Sue is a Professor in Human Resources and leads the UWE Bristol Human Resources Work and Employment Research Group. Her research expertise centres around non-traditional employment for women, specifically women’s employment in male dominated industries and has founded, chaired and mentored through mentorship initiatives and platforms for women; most notably the Alta mentoring scheme which has a specific focus on career progression in the aerospace and aviation industry as well as her work leading UWE Bristol’s own Women in Research mentoring scheme and her work to promote Black female academic career progression through the Elevate scheme.

The focus of Sue’s talk to Research, Business and Innovation teams was empowerment and the impact that industry mentoring can have on the advancement of women’s career progression and the addressing of underrepresentation in the workplace. Mentoring schemes offer a reciprocal learning process for both mentors and mentees and bridge networks for progression pathway opportunities.

Sue will be leading a number of International Womens Day themed events and discussions; both industry focussed and here at UWE Bristol.

As we mark this day, we call on our Research, Business and Innovation communities to collectively celebrate and amplify the voices, work and experiences of women and importantly to consider our positions of influence in the advancement of gender equality.    

UWE Bristol announce new Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Duku

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UWE Bristol, with Duku, have been successful in securing grant funding from Innovate UK to form a new 24-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).

Duku is an innovative and entrepreneurial engineering design consultancy that take client ideas and develop them into full marketable designs. They have recently added in-house product design and development to their design business, developing a new and unique electric vehicle (EV) charging point, which has considerable potential as the only accessible charging point available, that conforms to the new BSI standard for accessible EV charging products.

The project aim is to embed a full commercialisation capability within the business and to exploit innovative in-house designed products. This will enable Duku to directly market their own products and offer a full-service idea-to-market capability for new and existing design consultancy clients.

UWE Bristol academics Dr Mel Smith, Eamonn Condon and Dr Akin Ojolo will be working on the project. Mel Smith will be the lead and is an Associate Professor in Operations Management. Eamonn Condon is a Programme Leader for, and Senior Lecturer in Marketing, and Akin Ojolo is a Senior Lecturer at UWE Bristol Business School.

“Duku is a really dynamic and exciting engineering design consultancy, which has recently had a breakthrough in the design of fully accessible EV charging points. This KTP will be instrumental in helping them commercialise their EV chargers and will also extend their capabilities so they can deliver commercialisation services to their clients. The project will enable the business to grow and enhance the support they offer to their clients and should lead to many more promising innovations being brought successfully to market.”

Mel Smith, Associate Professor in Operations Management

We will soon be welcoming our Strategic Commercialisation Manager (Associate) who will conduct research into the EV market, identify an appropriate sales strategy to bring the product to market successfully and lead a significant change in strategic direction. 

UWE Bristol announce grant funding for SMEs

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UWE Bristol is delighted to announce the launch of the next round of Scale Up 4 Growth (S4G) funding. SMEs in the region can apply for grants to support total project values of £20,000 to £30,000 in order to support their scale up ambitions.

The University has been awarded funding to pass onto the region’s businesses, but SMEs will have to move quickly – the deadline for applications is 29 February 2024 and all money will have to be spent by the end of June 2024. Successful applicants will receive 50% of their project funding from the UWE Bristol and will need to provide the remaining 50%.

Eligible SMEs need to have 5 or more employees, be based in: Bristol; Bath and North East Somerset; North Somerset; Somerset; South Gloucestershire; South Wales; or Swindon and Wiltshire and must have ambitions to grow their business – increasing employee numbers and turnover. Businesses will be able to access support from the S4G team who can provide 1:1 support to shape eligible projects and provide bid writing support.

Director of Research, Business and Innovation at UWE Bristol, Tracey John, says: “At a time when businesses’ finances are being squeezed, we hope this funding will allow the region’s SMEs to remove barriers to growth in a short, sharp, targeted way. Our team of talented Business Development Managers are ready to provide support to businesses who want help to apply for funding.

In recent years, we have successfully delivered funding schemes to hundreds of businesses providing millions of pounds of grants to businesses wanting to innovate and scale up. This has led to the creation of over 1500 jobs in the region, with £19.5m of private investment raised.”

To find out more, and submit an expression of interest, please visit: https://go.uwe.ac.uk/s4g


Find out more about our previous funding schemes on YouTube:

Funding: Scale Up 4 Growth has been made possible with Regional Innovation Funding, provided by Research England: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-60-million-regional-innovation-fund-among-measures-to-boost-research-and-development

Why UWE Bristol are so invested in Higher and degree apprenticeships

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Simon Flenley-Pond, Assistant Director of Apprenticeships, explains how apprenticeships develop real-world skills to apply into the workplace and why higher and degree apprenticeships are so important for the employer, university, and apprentice.  

Find out more about our higher and degree apprenticeships and explore the many higher and degree apprenticeship courses on offer with us. 

To choose UWE Bristol as an employer means that your apprentices are going to gain from high quality teaching and learning from staff who have often got industry experience and have worked in the kind of roles that they’re delivering to the apprentices.

We also work closely with employers through the design process, so when we are designing or redesigning apprenticeships, we often work with employers to make sure that the curriculum that we’re offering is right for the role that apprentices are in, or going to be in.

And what we also do is partner with employers throughout the program. So, we take your feedback, we look at that as part of our program redesign, and we’re always looking to support your voice within our continuous improvement plans for any of our programs.

The university are really invested in apprenticeships. It speaks to our core offer around vocational learning and training. We also know that our apprenticeships are working. We’ve delivered to over 2,500 apprentices since we’ve become an apprenticeship training provider. We’re now delivering across 25 apprenticeship standards across health, science, protective services, engineering, construction, and management.

With that, we’re also delivering to over 300 employers and on a national basis. So, we know that our provision is reaching corners of the country where there perhaps isn’t provision available. We also know that apprentices and employers are benefiting from this, allowing them access to higher education that they may not have been able to get elsewhere.

The apprenticeship offer at UWE Bristol is flexible and programs are often delivered in a hybrid model. So, apprentices have the flexibility to learn online when they are perhaps local, or perhaps when they have work commitments. That is balanced out with time at the university, which is really beneficial not just to the apprentice, but also to the employer. So, for instance, apprentices will have access to lab space, which gives them the real-world skills to be able to take back into the workplace and enhance their career development. Also allowing their productivity in the workplace to be much more efficient.

What we also find with our hybrid offer is that we are reaching a broader range of employers and apprentices across the country as well.

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Higher and degree apprenticeship spotlight – April

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April explains how her higher and degree apprenticeship at UWE Bristol has given her the skills and confidence to explore new opportunities.

Here’s what April has to say about her Chartered Town Planner higher and degree apprenticeship.

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April shares her experiences of higher and degree apprenticeships

I chose to do a higher degree apprenticeship because I graduated in 2013 and for a long time, I really wanted to do a masters. I didn’t know what I wanted to do it in, there were issues with funding and trying to find the balance of going part time at work and going back to university. So, for me, the higher and degree apprenticeship gave me the opportunity to do the degree alongside a relevant job and gave me opportunity to get back to university.

Prior to the apprenticeship, I had absolutely no planning knowledge. So, I’m doing the Chartered Town Planner apprenticeship and yeah, I didn’t know anything about planning. I had very minimal knowledge. By doing the degree alongside the work experience it sort of opened my eyes up to different areas within the sector that I could work in and helped me to understand what it is that I enjoy about planning and where I want to go in the future. I’ve met a lot of people within the field, whether that’s people I work with, people I’ve studied with, or people I’ve met at training events. And it’s just set me up to do something completely new.

For me, the reason to do the apprenticeship was to get that balance between work and studying. And I think that having to make the decision to do one or the other means that you miss out on a lot of things. The apprenticeship has been challenging, it’s taken a lot of commitment and motivation, but it’s meant that I’ve been able to sort of pursue both of those routes at the same time, and I think that’s what’s worked for me.

I think that doing an apprenticeship means that you have to be really strict with your time management. You’re trying to juggle, effectively, a full-time job with one day a week that you get to study alongside a qualification. So, it’s really being strict with yourself, but also giving yourself space to really focus on both of those things.

In terms of transferable skills by undertaking the qualification at the same time as working. It means that you get to obtain that knowledge at university, but then also apply it to real life practice. So, you’re doing that sort of on your day-to-day job. And I think that supplementing the work experience with the qualification, at the same time, means that you can progress a lot quicker, and you can become a lot more confident in both those areas.

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Higher and degree apprenticeship spotlight – Emma-Jean

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Find out how a higher and degree apprenticeship has supported Emma-Jean in her day-to-day role as a Physiotherapist. Emma-Jean is currently studying a higher and degree apprenticeship in Applied Physiotherapy at UWE Bristol. Here’s what she had to say.

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Question 1: What motivated you to become a higher or degree apprentice?

I’ve been working in therapy services in the NHS for 10 years as a support worker, initially as a band 3 in the community for four years and as a Band 4 in the acute sector for the last six years. My colleagues have encouraged me to develop my career and challenge myself. I strive to deliver the best care and feel I owe it to myself, my team, and my patients to be the best possible version of myself – hopefully as a practising physiotherapist.

Question 2: What skills have you gained during your apprenticeship which will benefit your career development?

I’ve gained significant fundamental knowledge in anatomy, assessment, and treatment skills, which I’ve been able to demonstrate and evidence in my day-to-day role. I’ve also covered the basics of physiology, allowing a better understanding of general health when reading patient notes. The end of year 1 has introduced us to different concepts and models of care within physiotherapy and has encouraged us to question the model that we follow in our day-to-day roles. We’re encouraged to consider whether there are opportunities for us in service development and in patient-centred care, which is in line with NHS guidelines and physiotherapy standards. We’ll build on this knowledge as we progress through the remaining years of the course.

Question 3: What are the top three things you would recommend to someone thinking about becoming a higher or degree apprentice?

1. Get organised – coming from someone who is very organised, it’s chaotic and overwhelming at times when working full-time as well. Familiarise yourself with the university and work-related learning resources as soon as possible, talk to student reps/other apprentices and ask anything – no question is stupid. Make sure you know how to find help if it’s needed.

2. Start planning your spare time from the start of the course. And establish a regular routine that works for you. ‘Spare’ time is a rarity when you’re also working full-time and trying to live a normal life.

3. Surround yourself with people that support your journey – it gets tough at times, and you need that work/life balance and a pick me up every now and then. Make sure you dedicate down time to maintain wellbeing and a good mental health. Forge connections with your peers as soon as possible, a shared experience and understanding can really help make sense of a situation. Also consider becoming a student rep so your voice is heard, and you can help implement change.

Question 4: What are your future goals on completion of your apprenticeship?

I aspire to gain clinical experience by rotating through services, which I believe will be the case within the acute sector at the end of my apprenticeship. I hope to progress to a leadership role, whether as a clinical lead and part of a team (for which there would be much competition in our trust) or supporting the development and training needs of the workforce. I love the specialty I work within (neurosurgery and neurology) but I’m open to exploring other areas. I hope to find somewhere that makes me feel I’m making a positive impact on patients, as much as I feel I am now. I only wish to feel valued in the role I hold – if that’s the case then every day at work is a good one.

Question 5: Tell us a bit about your experience whilst doing your apprenticeship at UWE Bristol? (E.g. have you overcome any challenges?)

My first year has been a journey of highs and lows. I’m extremely pleased with my module and placement results but acknowledge it was a challenging journey to achieve them. I’ve learned resilience and have needed to know when to be kind to myself and not to create too much pressure. The most challenging aspect so far has been time management: the placement team, my peers, family, and friends have been more supportive than I could have imagined and I’m so grateful. I feel ready to tackle the start of year 2 in January but first it is time for a well-deserved break.

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The importance of higher and degree apprenticeships

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Steve West, Vice-Chancellor, President and Chief Executive Officer at UWE Bristol, explains how higher and degree apprenticeships provide a platform to learn, develop skills and gain confidence.

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“As we are thinking about developing our apprentices for the future, what we must be able to provide for them is a platform, a platform to continue to develop beyond the time that they graduate. And that requires us to give them basic skills, of course, but also to give them the confidence to continue to learn, the confidence to continue to develop and invent for themselves.
 
They need to be curious; they need to be entrepreneurial. They need to be innovative. That’s what employers are going to require. That’s what we require as a country so that we can continue to develop new possibilities in the employment markets. I have no idea what the world is going to look like in 10, 15, 20 years’ time. And yet we’re creating graduates who are going to be leading in that space.

We need to make sure that we provide them with the platform and the confidence to continue to develop, to reinvent themselves, to accept new knowledge, and then apply it in very innovative ways in the workplace. That’s the beauty of what we can do through the apprenticeship pathways.”

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Fully funded training available to develop work-based skills across the construction, manufacturing, engineering and legal services sectors

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UWE Bristol are pleased to announce their new Skills Pathway Programme (SPP), which aims to develop work-based skills across the construction, manufacturing, engineering and legal services sectors. This innovative modular training provides accessibility to those upskilling in work and is funded through Mayor Dan Norris’s Mayoral Priority Skills Fund.

The SPP is a challenge-led, flexible skills programme which will help over 80 workers to develop the knowledge and expertise required to boost their career.  By addressing current challenges or opportunities an individual may face in the workplace, the SPP will enhance an organisation’s capabilities and help build the region’s economic growth. 

Focused on supporting individuals in the West of England’s small and medium sized enterprise (SME) community, individuals can pick the pathway that best suits their needs. Learning will be blended directly into their day-to-day work operations so that an immediate impact can be seen, all under the guidance of industry experts.  

The project is specifically funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Tracey John, Director of Research, Business and Innovation at UWE Bristol and project sponsor said: “We are excited to be able to offer further focused skills support for individuals in the region, to address the essential skills required by these sectors and support regional growth. Our expert team will work with you to identify your skills gaps and develop a bespoke programme of learning in order for you to fill those gaps.”

The SPP consists of a suite of short, flexible modules for learners to choose from, to help them build the skills required to address specific work-based challenges. Through an initial needs assessment, learners will join one of our four pathways:

Specialised Industry:

Aimed at individuals from the engineering & manufacturing sectors who wish to develop their skills and capabilities to support the integration of digital technologies into their workplace. Will cover digital design and manufacturing, digital twins and smart factories, applied artificial intelligence and data analytics.

Sustainability:

Aimed at supporting the Construction & Built Environment sector, this pathway will focus on developing retrofit capabilities around practical measures & best practice, assessment & surveys, thermal improvement and moisture risk and assessment, evaluation and new technology of services.

Collaborative Working:

Aimed at supporting individuals working in the Legal Services sector, this pathway will develop skills and best practice around collaborative working and effective communication with colleagues and clients, utilising key office-based technologies (i.e. Microsoft365, Doc-u-sign etc…)

Leadership:

Aimed at individuals in a leadership or management position, this pathway will develop strong leadership skills in inclusive leadership to managing remote and hybrid teams to drive the region’s businesses and economy from strength to strength.

Alongside the modular training, each learner will have access to a dedicated industry subject specialist mentor to support them to apply their new expertise to overcome the challenges faced in the real-world business environment.

Register your interest today.

Find out more about the Skills Pathway Programme.


“The West of England Combined Authority, led by Metro Mayor Dan Norris, is working in partnership with UWE Bristol to deliver the Mayoral Priority Skills Fund. This fund provides flexible grant to meet current priority skills gaps in the region. This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.”

Mayoral Priority Skills Fund – West of England Combined Authority

Spotlight on Gamu Matarira

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In this blog post, we spotlight Gamu Matarira, who is one of our START programme facilitators.

START is a fully-funded programme designed to take individuals from tech-based business idea to starting and scaling a company. It’s a West of England Combined Authority funded programme, led by UWE Bristol, in collaboration with University of Bristol, University of Bath, Bath Spa University and techSPARK.


My name is Gamu Matarira, Founder and CEO of Gen A Consultancy – a Bristol-based, Africa-facing company helping impact-driven businesses achieve international growth through strategic partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa. My driving force is bringing visibility to SMEs, strengthening business connections through global partnerships and cultivating sustainable solutions across various industries.

What is often overlooked is that Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies globally. The population is projected to reach 1.7 billion by 2030 with rising incomes across much of the continent, generating new business opportunities in the consumer market. Annual spending by African consumers and businesses is to reach $6.7 trillion by 2030. Therefore, Africa’s fast-growing population and markets present important opportunities because the world needs new supply chains away from China.

Furthermore, a report published in 2020 by the Overseas Development Institute shows that British companies made bigger profits investing in Africa than in any other region in the world! This has encouraged more businesses to seek profits rather than seeing Africa as a place to do charitable work.

Gen A’s core business is therefore to provide strategic consultancy, coaching, mentoring and training to startups, growth phase businesses and corporations anywhere in the world, with a particular focus on those businesses that are interested in putting Africa on the map. We believe in collaboration as the central facet for creating added value and integrating international business with African opportunities. We have worked with clients from the UK, Ireland, USA, South America, the Middle East, Hong Kong and several European and African countries. Since 2021 Gen A has provided bespoke support to over 50 SMEs and has worked with larger institutions to support their Leaders and Entrepreneurs in training.

In the Southwest of England alone, Gen A has delivered one-to-one business coaching and advisory services to several entities operating in the region, from the hight tech to low-tech businesses in the region. We pride ourselves on the strong and reliable relationships built with partners in the UK as well as the various African countries we have engaged. Through these relationships Gen A is able to facilitate the development of an ecosystem of interconnected stakeholders from universities, business incubators and accelerators, entrepreneurs, government entities, investors and professionals on both sides of the continent.

In June of 2023, Gen A Consultancy was invited to apply to be the Content Delivery Partner on the START Programme, a new and exciting pilot programme for the West of England region, delivered by a consortium of four universities: The University of the West of England, Bristol, The University of Bristol, The University of Bath, and Bath Spa University. The START Programme was set up to support and develop 150 start-ups and early-stage businesses across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. What has made this opportunity exciting for me personally, is the focus on addressing the underrepresentation of Tech founders across the region, including women, disabled, and those from Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse backgrounds.

Nowadays, we speak so much about Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the world of Entrepreneurship and work, however I often ask myself what that actually means for leaders determined to embrace the concept. In my view, allies are amongst the best of us and they realise that it is not about them, it is about the communities they support. Diversity wins now more than ever and being an ally that promotes inclusivity is simply the right thing to do. Our focus is building that pipeline of entrepreneurs from wherever they are, provide the opportunity for them to collaborate and co-create solutions on a global scale, facilitating a win-win situation. Through a combination of needs identification, the co-creation of optimal solutions and leadership support, I believe we can drive these ventures forward through training, supporting long-term partnerships and the collaboration efforts that grow from there.

It is my hope that as the pipeline of innovators and creators grows across the Southwest, so will the follow-on interest in exploring strategic partnerships in international markets, particularly in Africa. Although it is widely accepted that Africa is the last frontier and an exciting ‘blue ocean’ of opportunity as the major source of growth for the world, some of the concerns I often address with some of my Africa-facing clients are:

  • Is it safe to do business in Africa?
  • Do I have to travel to Africa to find partners? and
  • What about risk?

Many businesses have not been able to expand internationally because they have never been able to shift from the fear that holds so many people back when it comes to making major decisions for themselves and their businesses. Ultimately, business needs to be informed and to understand how the so-called barriers to expanding into Africa have opened up in order to reduce risk.

As a starting point for any business thinking about exploring Africa as a destination for growth, I would highly recommend researching a country you are somewhat familiar with or have some level of connection to. If neither of these conditions apply to you then start by considering the African countries higher up on the ‘Ease of doing business’ index, such as South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius. Either way, strategic partnerships can make the process of internationalisation smoother for your project or venture.

To find out more about our work or if you are interested in learning more about new markets that you could tap into in Africa, please feel free to get in touch either via the website or directly via our email.

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