Inclusive Business Empowerment
Inclusive Business Empowerment
To operate in BoP markets, you need a set of non-traditional (business) skills and know-how to understand low-income population demands and behavior.
We design and implement training and knowledge tools that bring these skills and know-how into practice. We call this ‘Inclusive Business Empowerment’.
TAILORED LEARNING IN-DEPTH SKILLS TRAINING APPLICABLE INSIGHTS & TOOLS
Inclusive Business Bootcamps
Bringing insights and know how on inclusive business to a practical application, BoP Innovation Center has developed several online bootcamps on topics relevant to inclusive business. These bootcamps are an easy and accessible way for companies, entrepreneurs and other inclusive business actors to dive deeper into topics such as marketing & distribution to the BoP or inclusive innovation. The online bootcamps are presented by leading experts from business academia and NGO’s.
Read the story of entrepreneur Derrek Hosea who participated in one our bootcamps.
Inclusive Business Toolkits
To strengthen inclusive business model development for companies and entrepreneurs as well as consultants and NGO staff, BoP Innovation Center has developed two practical training approaches, called Inclusive Business toolkits, and trained numerous companies and consultants on these toolkits over the past years.
- The Inclusive Business Toolkit is based on the ‘Business Model Canvas’, and consists of 21 advisory tools covering the entire Canvas. The focus on inclusiveness sets this Toolkit apart from mainstream business development tools.
- The Inclusive Innovation Toolkit is unique in its approach. It provides facilitative and practical tools for innovating on products, services and business models for the BoP. The toolkit supports the implementation of these innovation processes from A to Z.
For several organizations, BopInc has tailored the toolkits to the specific needs of companies involved in their programs.
Benjamin van der Hilst, one of the driving forces behind the toolkits, explains the ‘how’ and ‘why’.
Do you want to know more about our work in IB Empowerment?
Get in touch with our IB Empowerment lead
Rutger Bults
Inclusive Business Accelerator
The toolkits and bootcamps described above have been developed by BoP Innovation Center and its partners under the Inclusive Business Accelerator project, a 3 year project (2014-2016) funded by the Dutch government. Together with SNV, VC4A and Nyenrode Business University, this project was implemented in Vietnam, Mozambique and Uganda, working with multiple local inclusive businesses. It also featured the largest online platform for Inclusive Business, iba.ventures, bringing multiple practitioners and inclusive businesses and impact investors together.
Inclusive Business Empowerment Updates
Photo credit: "Carrying water in Woukpokpoe village" by Arne Hoel/World Bank is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Female entrepreneurs at Aya training in Ghana
Inclusive Business Empowerment Projects
