Government Advisory · Founder Experience
Building Rwanda's first national innovation strategy and a $20M financing facility
National government · Rwanda Ministry of ICT & Innovation, via the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
2023–2025 · Kigali, Rwanda
- early-stage financing facility
- $20Mearly-stage financing facility
- person implementation team built
- 20person implementation team built
The challenge
Rwanda needed a national strategy to scale its innovation economy, along with the institutions to run it, financing for high-growth tech firms, and the market intelligence to attract investment and global partners.
What we did
- Architected the strategic framework and roadmap for Rwanda’s first National Innovation Strategy, including the frameworks to scale a new Innovation Authority.
- Hired and trained a 20-person implementation team, and advised ministerial-level leaders on institutional capability and global tech partnership design.
- Designed and established a $20M early-stage financing facility for high-growth, tech-enabled firms, negotiating its structure with venture capital partners.
Results
- Rwanda’s first National Innovation Strategy and the framework for its Innovation Authority.
- A $20M early-stage financing facility for tech-enabled firms.
This was Jason Eaves’s role at the Tony Blair Institute, held alongside running Discovered Markets. It was not a Discovered Markets engagement.
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