Throughout the project, specific objectives were meticulously pursued, resulting in notable results across various tasks:
1.Exploration of Digital Innovation Ecosystems:
-- Conducted 60 in-depth interviews and received 298 survey responses.
-- Organized 4 roundtable discussions with 165 participants.
-- Report analysing the local innovation ecosystem in Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana and Tanzania [D2.1].
2.Development of Capacity Building flagship programme:
-- Designed 4 sub-programs that were implemented through the following events: 20 webinars, 12 local workshops and 8 masterclasses.
-- Created 1 online repository of capacity building resources and ready to use training material: 1 repository available in project website (Resources webpage);
3.Development of the Trans-continental Partnership flagship programme:
-- Conducted 4 online focus groups with 101 participants to prepare the events of this sub-programme.
-- Organized 1 international design workshop with 23 participants.
-- Designed 4 sub-programs that were implemented through the following events: 4 design-thinking bootcamps, an international brokerage event and a capitalization and celebration event.
4.Delivery of Capacity Building and Partnership Activities:
-- Engaged >3146 stakeholders, >76% from Africa.
-- Attracted 557 participants to webinars, with 62% from Africa.
-- Engaged 378 participants in 8 online masterclasses.
-- Conducted 12 local networking and training workshops with 592 participants.
-- Hosted an international brokerage event with >168 onsite and >200 online participants.
-- Facilitated 33 strategic partnerships during the brokerage event.
-- Engaged 441 participants in 4 design-thinking bootcamps, resulting in 30 joint projects.
-- Attracted 1010 attendees to the final capitalization and celebration event.
-- Involved 1011 stakeholders and final beneficiaries in evaluation activities.
5.Community Engagement and Synergy Creation:
-- Reached 3146 stakeholders through the Online AfriConEU Community.
-- Established 45 synergies with relevant networks and initiatives.
6.Dissemination and Uptake of Project Results:
-- Developed the AfriConEU Deployment Toolkit (
https://toolkit.africoneu.eu/(opens in new window)).
-- Conducted 4 policy roundtables with 202 participants.
-- Reached >260 policymakers with policy recommendations.
-- Produced 1 Blueprint for transcontinental collaboration.
-- Implemented a comprehensive communication and dissemination strategy.
-- Attracted 2791 unique visits to the AfriConEU website per month.
-- Published 105 YouTube channel videos with 722 views.
-- Distributed 2000 promotional materials.
-- Gained 8738 followers across social media platforms.
-- Sent out 6 newsletters and 9 press releases.
In terms of the exploitation and dissemination of the project's results, the Exploitation and Sustainability plan (D6.15) identifies three Key Exploitable Results (KERs) that derive from the AfriConEU project: the AfriConEU Deployment Toolkit; the AfriConEU Community of Practice; and the AfriConEU Policy Roadmap and the Blueprint for transcontinental collaboration of DIHs. For each one of these KERs, the main target groups that are going to benefit from them are identified, as well as the business model plans and respective exploitation pathways at the consortium and partners’ level.
