Launched in early June, the Tunisian start-up accelerator The Dot aims to become the national hub for digital entrepreneurship. Attaining this objective will be premised, in particular, on improved employability of youth.

As part of the post-Covid recovery, atingi, a digital learning platform designed and developed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), uses digital technology to assist young job seekers into the labor market.

I4Policy Foundation, in collaboration with its partners, Briter, Digital Africa, GIZ and AFD, launched a continent-wide survey on the impact of the health crisis on African entrepreneurs and to assess the measures and strategic interventions to be put in place to support them. Explanations given by Freda YAWSON, Lead Researcher, Startup & SME Policy Research, Innovation for Policy Foundation.