To ensure that the incubators have efficient systems and staff with the necessary skills, Agribusiness incubators have been identified as a major approach to supporting the creation of sustainable commercial agribusinesses, jobs and wealth among the youth and women in Africa. However, for agribusiness incubators to be successful and sustainable there is the need to ensure they have the necessary internal structures, models and resources to be able to support agribusiness incubators.
”Our Expected Impact
660
Agribusiness Incubators Hubs established and operational across Africa
5000+
Incubator Managers and Associates capacity built”
The Solution
The Incubator Systems Development and Capacity Building Service offers AAIN’s mem-bers access to a comprehensive set of essen-tial standard operating procedures (SOPs) and process manuals that every incubator needs but cannot easily develop for itself.
In addition, AAIN provides hands-on training and coaching to incubator managers and staff to enable them apply best practices in incubator and incubatee development .
The Incubator Systems Development and Capacity Building Services cover:
1. Capacity building of leaders and man-agers of incubators: AAIN provides ca-pacity building for leaders and managers of incubators to enable them carefully manage the daily operations of the incu-bators in order to meet financial and market targets. Likewise, AAIN provides training in financial management, hu-man resource management, marketing management and strategic management capacity building for leaders and manag-ers of incubators. This is needed to speed up the development of business-es within incubators.
2. Implementing Management System Development: AAIN has adopted man-agement systems for its incubator man-agers to help incubators improve their performances and manage risks, while operating in more efficient and sustaina-ble ways. AAIN supports managers of incubators to operate within a frame-work of policies, processes and proce-dures which are meant to achieve set objectives. These management systems have been tailored to suit the specific needs of each incubator.
3. Accreditation and M&E Development: AAIN has an accreditation system that aims at helping incubators upgrade and meet minimum required standards nec-essary for them to gain acceptance and access to development partners and institutions across the globe. The ac-creditation system attests to the credi-bility of incubators and the quality of their products and services. It also helps incubators to perform effectively and scale up their processes. AAIN has also developed monitoring and evalu ation systems to check the perfor-mance and progress of accredited incu-bators against set targets.
4. Coaching and Mentoring of Incubators: AAIN provides incubators with coaches/ mentors to equip them with skills and knowledge relevant for their operation and sustainability. AAIN’s mentors and coaches, with their wealth of experi-ence, help incubators identify risks and challenges and adopt measures to miti-gate them. Incubators through, AAIN’s experts and coaches, are able to lever-age technology and resources needed to reach their desired goals and objectives.
5. Agribusiness Education and Incubation Programme support: AAIN provides training and incubation support pro-grammes for incubators. These support programs are based on identified needs of incubators and incubatees. Incuba-tion support programs are carried out with assistance from local and interna-tional development partners.
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