AfriAlliance hosts first innovation bridge event
The AfriAlliance team is organising its first of five Innovation Bridge Events (IBE) in Gaborone, Botswana, in collaboration with the 17th WaterNet Symposium.
The team says that the IBE aims to match universities, research organisations, science councils and industrial companies showcasing innovations in water and climate change with potential collaborators, and investors to facilitate commercialisation of the innovations.
The first IBE will be composed of two elements – a water and climate change innovation exhibition on 26 October under the theme, ‘Building Climate-Resilience in Agriculture and Water Sector’, and a plenary session on 27 October under the theme, ‘Bridging the gap between innovators, industry, funding partners and policy makers’.
The event will include policy dialogues and plenary discussions, focusing on innovations and technology in water and climate change, the challenges faced by innovators, industry, funding partners and policy makers, and possible solutions to these problems.
AfriAlliance will organise a total of five IBEs during the course of the five-year project in different regions.
The main objective of the AfriAlliance project, which is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, is for African and European stakeholders to work together in the areas of water innovation, research, policy and capacity development to prepare Africa for future climate change challenges.
