Welcome to the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Support Programme
The Ecosystem Weaver training aims to empower business support organisations and network facilitators ("Ecosystem Weavers") to provide improved services and solutions to enterprises through innovation ecosystems, with a special emphasis on women and young people.
The training is part of the IYBA (Investing in Young Businesses in Africa)—SEED regional programme, an example of the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) IYBA, with funding from the EU, Germany (German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development - BMZ), France and Slovakia.
Mesopartner's role is to build the weavers' capacity and support them in improving their entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems.
On this page, you will find all the information about the capacity-building process.
If you have questions, contact Annelien or Shawn from Mesopartner or Nikolaos from GIZ.
Event 1: Innovative Ecosystem Weaver Training
Gauteng
Training venue
WomHub, 5 Wessel Rd, Rivonia, Sandton
Training dates
21 - 22 January 2025
Western Cape
Training venue
WomHub, Foyer A, Sovereign Quay, 34 Somerset Rd, Green Point, Cape Town
Training dates
28 - 29 January 2025
Group dinner
Radisson Red
No. 6, Silo, Silo Square, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
28 January @ 17:30
KwaZulu-Natal
Training venue
The Think Tank, Govlab, 6 Rosetta Road, Windermere, Durban
Training dates
11 - 12 February 2025
Group dinner
SunCoast Hotel & Towers
20 Battery Beach Road, Durban
11 February @ 17:30
Event 2: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Insight-to-Action Training
Gauteng
Training venue
WomHub, 5 Wessel Rd, Rivonia, Sandton
Training date
18 February 2025
Western Cape
Training venue
WomHub, Foyer A, Sovereign Quay, 34 Somerset Rd, Green Point, Cape Town
Training date
20 February 2025
KwaZulu-Natal
Training venue
The Think Tank, Govlab, 6 Rosetta Road, Windermere, Durban
Training date
27 February 2025
Weaving Innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Training Documentation
Now that the first weaver training phase is complete, we want to share all the documentation with you. To help you implement the innovations into your ecosystem, we have created a document to remind you of the training and the learnings.
Below, you can download the training design document: Building the capacity of weavers to foster innovative entrepreneurial ecosystems. The document refers back to the three-day sessions. You can also download the programmes if you need to remind yourself of them.
We have also created a Weaver's Kit that includes all the self-study documentation and templates you used during the training. You can print the templates and use them to analyse your ecosystem further.
We look forward to the next phase of the process! We will see more of each other in the upcoming sessions.
