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Emerging African Innovation Leaders, Milan Italy 2018 (Fully Funded)




Emerging African Innovation Leaders Italy 2018 (Fully Funded)

Deadline: July 20, 2018 before 3:00 PM (CET) and July 28, 2018 before 12:00 PM (CET)

As recently stated by the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations, ever than ever the role of emerging
technologies is considered crucial for the claimed achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs
in 2030. The Next Production Revolution (NPR) with new digital technologies, materials and processes will
reshape design, engineering and production, enabling further leapfrogging in Africa. Among the cluster of
emerging technologies, Digital and Green Tech (energy and mobility) appear as the most relevant for the
achievement of the SDGs and those which can at best comply with the Africa situation.
The project is sponsored by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation AICS.

The general objective of the Emerging African Innovation Leaders project is to boost Africa embracement of the Next Production Revolution while enforcing the EU-AU cooperation on the matter and achieving the
mutual benefits and socio-economic innovation that may come when coping this approach with Sustainable
Development Goals to promote an equitable and long-lasting prosperity in Africa.

The specific objective of AfrInLead is to accompany empowerment and ownership of at least 6 priority African
Countries, namely Tunisia, Niger, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mozambique, toward the embracement of the
NPR with special reference to digitalisation, energy and mobility.

Benefits

  • Scholarship for covering the costs of the in-presence activities (fees, travels, accommodation and food) is provided by the Emerging African Innovation Leaders project.
  • Participants will receive a certificate of attendance from Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino at the end of the project. To receive this certificate, participants have to be present at almost all of the sessions over the training courses.

Two are the main expected results of the project:

1. A qualified community of AFRICA INNOVATION BROKERS (AIBs) is created as the seed for the next generation of African Leaders equipped with the right and verified capacity and competences for boosting Africa leapfrogging, so to favour the embracement of NPR and the diffusion of its benefits.

2. A platform for innovation, the AFRICA INNOVATION CRADLE, working as a digital tool to enable the AIBs to replicate and expand their pilot experience toward a larger number of local innovation networks.
Three candidates for each country will be selected to participate to the programme, composed by the
following modules.

I. Learning component for COMPETENCE: 5 weeks of in presence training on managing innovation and
relevant infrastructures in Italian Academies PoliMi and PoliTo, starting indicatively on the 20th of September

II. Exposure component for CAPACITY: equivalent of 2 weeks international exposure tour to the Italian innovation ecosystem with learning experience reporting

III. On line component: specialised Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on online platform to accompany the AIBs for the whole Capacity Building training (Project work) complementing competence and capacity components

IV. Learning by doing as RESTITUTION: the trainees become trainers of a second generation of innovators
Training may cover several topics ranging from digitalization (e.g. 3D printing, Internet of Things, advanced
robotics, data driven production, artificial intelligence, synthetic biology), to sustainable energy solutions (sustainable technologies for centralised and decentralised generation, business model and financial
mechanism) and smart mobility (from private to public transportation, enabling environment for e-sharing
and pooling).

As well as Management of Innovation Projects, Development & Deployment of Industry 4.0 National Policy, Principles of a Business Incubator, Industrial eco-efficiency policy and Financing alternative options for innovation projects.

The community and the Cradle platform will count at least 200 members. AIBs will be trained and mentored for roughly 350 hours equivalent and will benefit of on-line MOOCs.

The second generation AIBs will be trained for at least 100 hours equivalent including on-line MOOCs. Access to MOOCs will open up additional trainees in a number that will be likely to be one order of magnitude greater. The sessions will be distributed along 12 months and they will not require a continuative attendance and will be compatible with other
professional activities. It has a strong focus on building capacity and competence for the AIBs but also including a restitution phase from the AIBs to their home country.

Requirement profile for trainees:

The professional or academic experiences of potential trainees are used to help determine their potential
to meet the requirements of the project. To be eligible for admission it is required that trainees:
• are involved in the Innovation field
• preferably with business or engineering education background
• should have proven experience in Innovation
• should have proven experience in leadership and team working
• should have excellent communication skills
• are willing to extend their knowledge about the Next Production Revolution
• are able to understand English effectively and are able to communicate clearly and accurately in
spoken and written English
• are committed to train other colleagues after their return from the trainings
• priority selection will be given to national citizens of Tunisia, Niger, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mozambique

Necessary documents
The following documents should be handed in to support the application that must compulsorily be sent to
[email protected]

:
• Motivation letter (in English) highlighting reasons to participate and commitment of the candidate to
the project (MAX 1 page)
• CV (in English, including section specifying points listed in section 5, academic background and
professional experiences, including personal contacts such as Skype, e-mail, LinkedIn, Telephone)
• Additional Document containing other information that may highlight experiences in innovation or
experiences as trainer (Max 2 pages).

Timeline:

Spreading the call for applications June 26, 2018
• Early Bird Deadline for application (with Priority Selection) July 20, 2018
Second Deadline for application July 26, 2018
• Deadline for Trainee Selection Report August 6, 2018

  • Week for Interviews: July 27, 2018 – August 3, 2018
  • Visa Application Period: August 7, 2018 – September 15, 2018

For any information you may contact

[email protected]

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