“Startup Ethiopia” Annual Summit Organized by The Ministry of Innovation and Technology in collaboration with Stakeholders Launching

Purpose

• To create a continuous engagement platform for Startups across the country to exchange information among startups, startups ecosystem builders, Research institutions and Universities, international startups, and related actors
• Communicate policy recommendations, and evaluate annual performance of the Summit
• Establish Partnership among startups, and Local and international innovation actors
• Local, and international Ecosystem harmonization
• Show case of product and services
• Nominating, and providing award to startups demonstrating innovation excellence demonstrated

Approaches

• Conduct national yearly competition, Pitching, talent demonstration and selection Stages to get the Nominees best startups of innovation excellence.
• Forming teams from government and ecosystem actors to design and develop, and present the proposal of the “startup Ethiopia” annua summit
• Connecting the summit to the annual STI award Events and other related events