Across Africa, indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) have long served as the foundation for resilience, innovation, and socio-economic survival. From traditional medicine and craft industries to food systems and local environmental management, indigenous knowledge is deeply rooted in the wisdom, culture and norms of the people. It is rooted in community life and offers tremendous untapped potential for entrepreneurship and inclusive economic growth.
Africa’s youth—who make up over 60% of the continent’s population face the perennial urgent challenges around unemployment, underemployment, and limited access to dignified economic opportunities. In this webinar, speakers will explore how the intersection of indigenous knowledge and entrepreneurship offers a promising pathway for business development, youth empowerment, and sustainable livelihoods, especially when scaled and supported with enabling policies, finance, and innovation ecosystems.
This webinar aims to foster dialogue, share insights, and showcase success stories and innovations that demonstrate how youth in Africa are transforming indigenous knowledge into scalable business ventures. It also seeks to examine how academic institutions, policymakers, private sector actors, and development organizations can collaborate to amplify these efforts and create an ecosystem for sustainable indigenous entrepreneurship.
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The Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network was created to undertake research geared towards identifying, re-centering and harnessing Indigenous knowledge in Africa.
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