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m:lab East Africa is the region’s new incubation facility for entrepreneurs and innovators with a focus on mobile technology. The lab aims to facilitate demand-driven innovation by local and regional entrepreneurs, ensuring that breakthrough low-cost, high-value mobile solutions can be developed and scaled-up into sustainable businesses that address social and economic needs.
The facility’s services include business incubation, training, consumer research and application testing. The facility will also assist developers and entrepreneurs to access capital for scale up of their innovations as well as to access markets. The lab’s activities are aimed at helping to make the East Africa region a global hub for mobile innovation.
Mobile Application Labs (mLabs) are an innovative way to foster enterprise creation, employment and competitiveness by providing open spaces where entrepreneurs and programmers can find training, mentoring, technical expertise and access to finance.
Providing both incubation facilities and a network of like-minded and knowledgeable supporters, the infoDev global network of mLabs, in partnership with Finland and Nokia, is accelerating the commercialization of innovations in developing countries. The establishment of a network of mLabs in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia is a key part of Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy program.
For more information on m:lab visit: m:lab
