ITU Global Innovation Forum: Mainstreaming digital ecosystems for impact
Channel: ITU
Date: 2020-12-09

With an estimated 300 million start-ups located in various clusters around the world, few unicorns exist, and most are concentrated in a few countries. The search for unicorns —and creating the next Silicon Valley— has been elusive, especially in the Global South.
With a widening digital divide, improving entrepreneurs’ odds and mainstreaming entrepreneurship has risen worldwide as a priority for policy-makers, community developers and countries. In this session, moderated by Victoria Masso, Director of Behaviour Hackers, experts provide insight on mainstreaming entrepreneurship and share practical example of success stories using innovation and entrepreneurship frameworks to create remarkable companies.