ITU Academy

Innovación abierta es un concepto relativamente nuevo que promueve el uso intensivo de conocimiento interno conjugado con conocimiento externo, en favor de encontrar nuevas iniciativas a nivel procesos, productos y modelos de negocios que sean innovadoras y de valor para el mercado.

El objetivo principal de este curso es introducir al participante en el desarrollo de habilidades y conocimientos necesarios para comprender y gestionar los procesos de innovación en las organizaciones.

Introductory course which aims at providing basic leadership and project management skills for women entrepreneurs in the tech sector. To improve the success of women entrepreneurs in Tech, we have designed this course to cover basic but critical skills needed for daily operations of companies already established by women. The course covers two areas: Leadership and Project Management.

Note: This course is by invitation only.

The Digital Innovation Ecosystem Training (DIET) is a six-session curriculum designed to empower policy-makers, academics, innovators and ecosystem-builders who wish to build thriving entrepreneurial communities that can navigate technological revolutions and create competitive ICT industries.

This boot camp, which uses a joint Smart Africa Digital Academy and Digital Innovation Ecosystem ITU Academy curriculum, draws on toolkits, ecosystem assessments and roadmaps, forums and good practice research.

This training will support the participants in understanding how business incubators work, who they are right for, how to quantitatively measure their success through business modeling, as well as the financial theories behind them. Its structure, made up of 4 modules, provides a pragmatic approach from theory to practice as well as different models and tools that will allow students to understand the current or future business needs.

The course is Intended for policy-makers, decision-makers, innovators and ecosystem builders who wish to build thriving entrepreneurial communities that can navigate technological revolutions and create competitive ICT industries.

The course introduces key terminologies, concepts, tools and steps to assess your country's innovation capacity through practical information.

Upon completion of the course, you will understand: Innovation, digital ecosystems and digital transformation, and their relationship to national development priorities.

Le cours s'adresse aux responsables de l'élaboration de politiques, aux décideurs, aux innovateurs et aux acteurs d'écosystèmes qui souhaitent bâtir des communautés entrepreneuriales prospères à même de faire face aux révolutions technologiques et de créer des entreprises des TIC compétitives.