OUR PROGRAMS

We work with multi-sectorial audiences and focus on diverse industries and disciplines where innovation is needed in Africa, always exploring opportunities for making impactful interventions. Our core programs seek to support & strengthen the African innovation ecosystem, promote African local innovative content and realize social impact. 

Made in Africa 2020

What is "Made in Africa 2020"?

"Made in Africa 2020" is an initiative to comprehensively upgrade Africa Innovative content by applying the tools of information technology to production, This primarily means using ‘the Internet of Things’ to connect small and medium-sized entrepreneurs and companies more efficiently in global production and innovation networks so that they could not only brings more efficiently engage in mass production but just as easily and efficiently customize products. Multiple challenges need to be overcome in a short amount of time if Africa is to avoid being squeezed by both newly emerging low-cost producers and more effectively cooperate and compete with advanced industrialized economies.

What are the key contents of Made in Africa 2020?

 "Made in Africa 2020" has clear principles, goals, tools, and sector focus.

• Its guiding principles are to have manufacturing be innovation-driven, emphasize quality over quantity, achieve green development, optimize the structure of Africa innovative and entrepreneur industry, and nurture human talent.

• The goal is to comprehensively upgrade Africa innovation and entrepreneur industry, making it more efficient and integrated so that it can occupy the highest parts of global production chains. The plan identifies the goal of raising domestic content of core components and materials to 55% by 2020.

• Although there is a significant role for African countries in providing an overall framework, utilizing financial and fiscal tools, and supporting the creation of manufacturing innovation centers  by ‘2020’ the plan also calls for relying on market institutions, strengthening intellectual property rights protection for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the more effective use of intellectual property (IP) in business strategy, and allowing firms to self-declare their own technology standards and help them better participate in international standards setting.

• Although the goal is to promote and upgrade Africa locally made innovative and entrepreneur industry content., the plan highlights 10 priority sectors: 1) New advanced information technology; 2) Automated machine tools & robotics; 3) Aerospace and aeronautical equipment; 4) Maritime equipment and high-tech shipping; 5) Modern rail transport equipment; 6) New-energy vehicles and equipment; 7) Power equipment; 8) Agricultural equipment; 9) New materials; and 10) Biopharma and advanced medical products.

BENEFITS
Iefsafrica is committed to delivering long term Innovative and entrepreneur’s benefits to all regions of Africa. We seek to work with organizations and businesses that demonstrate clear and long-term plans delivering financial and operational sustainability, embedding processes to drive Africa local innovative contents and entrepreneur, organizations participation, workforce development and social investment in Africa. We work with different Africa countries and their governments to build sustainable and competitive African Innovative and Entrepreneur platform for all African countries, Iefsafrica seeks to develop and encourage local business participation.