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Innovators

By combining its online platform with on-the-ground partners, GIST creates education and training opportunities for young innovators in more than 130 countries around the world by providing access to U.S. experts and through in-country entrepreneurship networks and support systems.

Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builders aim to bolster networking and entrepreneurial skills to build durable, long-term, supportive networks. The ultimate goal is to stimulate local entrepreneurial activity and ensure participants can grow their skills and scale their businesses together – both in their home country and through the GIST Network’s global connections.

Investors

GIST partners with in-country stakeholders in entrepreneurial ecosystems to bolster local financial support for startups. GIST is able to bring American investment experts to different regions around the world and provides an opportunity for in-country investors to learn how to create and sustain investor networks for entrepreneurs.

Partners

Since 2011, GIST has partnered with the private sector to reach over 27 million innovation community members globally and has provided training for over 15,000 startups who have gone on to generate over $250 million in revenue. This is done through competitions, startup trainings, and interactive online programs, implemented by AAAS and VentureWell. If you would like to explore partnership opportunities please contact Hillary LeBail.

General Pitch Competition

GIST runs a variety of Pitch Competitions that do not fall into the same category as Tech-I or Catalyst. These are usually associated with specific conferences or themes.

Business Incubation

The U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology, or GIST, Initiative launched this new program in the fall of 2019 for entrepreneurs in emerging economies.

The GIST Network is a public-private partnership created by the U.S. Department of State to give science and technology entrepreneurs access to needed resources and advice.

In order to create sustainable investment networks, the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative has created the Investor Mobilization Training program (GIST Investors).

GIST Startup Trainings

GIST Startup Trainings empower young science and technology innovators and entrepreneurs through on-the-ground training and mentoring delivered by top U.S. mentors and in-country partners.

GIST Tech-I Pitch Competition

The GIST Tech-I Competition is an annual competition for science and technology entrepreneurs from emerging economies worldwide.

GIST Catalyst Pitch Competition

Applications open 2 August for the 2021 GIST Virtual Pitch Competition!

The GIST Innovates program is a multi-component training program to provide innovators with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to bring their ideas out of the university lab and into the market.

Resources

GIST TechConnect

GIST TechConnects provides entrepreneurs around the world with direct access to leading U.S. experts from business and academia, but without the travel and other related costs.

GIST Innovation Hubs

Innovation Hubs, or IHubs, are designed to build strong and vibrant networks of young science and technology entrepreneurs around the world.

GIST Masterclass Series

Through partnerships with U.S. Embassies and in-country startup incubators, the GIST Masterclass Series brings U.S. experts in entrepreneurship to a specific country for face-to-face interactions with stakeholders.

News

Seedstars Africa entrepreneurship summit to kick off in Morocco

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Morocco to host Hub Africa investment conference

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The third Hub Africa conference is to take place in April in Morocco, with entrepreneurs and investors invited to collaborate to build the investment ecosystem in Africa.

Morocco's Maqtoob takes its mission on the road

Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach

wamda.com - When Zineb Yacoubi returned to Morocco after eight years abroad, she was struck by how difficult it was to book a medical appointment. Early 2014, she launched DabaDoc, a service that lets people book doctors’ appointments online.

Morocco's Young Entrepreneurs Face Barriers

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Ali Aaouine had no job but one big dream; to start a rental car company in this town near the historic city of Fez.

Morocco, American MCC to Provide Technical Assistance to African Countries

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Morocco, Senegal Sign Fifteen Economic Partnership Agreements

moroccoworldnews.com - Dakar – Fifteen public-private and private-private economic partnership agreements were signed, on Monday at the presidential palace in

Morocco, Top Destination for Investments in the Maghreb: UN Report

moroccoworldnews.com - Morocco came in top in terms of foreign direct investment in the Maghreb region with total investments of USD 3.6 billion in 2014, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in its World Investment Rep

Morocco-Guinea-Bissau Sign 16 Partnership Agreements

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The agreements are as follows:

Morocco: App Allows Citizens To Track Potholes

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The app helps users detect potholes, driving obstacles, faulty street lights and illegal occupations of public places and send a report into the relevant authorities in their cities.

More Than Tinder: How Apps Help Form Connections in Smart Cities

1776.vc - The stereotype of urbanites absorbed in their phones is not unfounded; look around any downtown coffee shop, and you’ll find people checking email or playing games—and not interacting with each other.

Start-up Opportunities Abound In The Age Of Infinite, Resilient, Immutable Infrastructure

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As we wind down 2014, a wave of innovation is sweeping infrastructure software and providing outsize opportunities for start-ups.