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SUMMARY:Member Orientation 2026
DESCRIPTION:Member Orientation is designed to help you find your footing within the Pollinate Impact network. It’s a shared space for members to connect\, understand how the network functions\, and explore the tools\, opportunities\, and convenings available to support your work. The session offers practical guidance on how to engage meaningfully and make the most of being part of Pollinate. Our Community Choreographer\, Ruod Ariete\, and Membership Mobilizer\, Sophia Morita\, will guide you through all that’s available to you as a member of our Network\, including fundraising resources\, tools\, and upcoming opportunities. During the session\, you’ll explore: \n\nOur Tool Library – Curated resources to help impact incubators run smarter\, scale bigger\, and better support their entrepreneurs.\nFundraising Opportunities – Including our curated grants and opportunities emailer\, plus Fundraising Office Hours.\nConvenings – Updates on learning spaces and member-only sessions with funders and ecosystem leaders.\n\nYou’ll also get a snapshot of what’s unfolding across the Network\, including: \n\nUpcoming Collaborative Action Teams (CATs)\nResearch Projects & Communities of Practice \n\nThe session also creates space to connect with fellow members navigating similar challenges and opportunities across the Global South. Join us to get oriented\, understand what’s available\, and begin engaging with the network in ways that matter most to your work.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/member-orientation-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed to participants)
CATEGORIES:Member Orientation
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SUMMARY:Reimagining ESO Futures with WDI: Building Pathways Forward for East Africa and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Across the Global South\, ESOs are navigating shifting markets\, rising expectations\, and tightening resources — and East Africa is no exception. In partnership with the William Davidson Institute (WDI)\, this Seeds of Success session takes a closer look at the research behind Reimagining the Future of Enterprise Support Organisations in East Africa to surface the region’s most urgent challenges and the practical solutions that can move us forward. \nWe’ll unpack key insights from the report\, explore the evidence-backed recommendations WDI has put forward\, and most importantly\, open the space for ESOs to reflect on what these findings mean in their own contexts. Because at Pollinate Impact\, we’ve seen these same challenges echoed across Southeast Asia\, South Asia\, and Sub-Saharan Africa — and we know that real progress happens when we turn shared pain points into shared solutions. \n  \nThis session is designed not just to inform\, but to mobilise. Together\, we’ll identify high-potential solutions\, explore what can be adapted or piloted across the network\, and collectively imagine what the future of enterprise support could look like if we move beyond insights and into action. \n  \nWhether you’re an ESO leader\, practitioner\, or ecosystem builder\, join us as we chart a path toward a stronger\, more resilient support ecosystem in East Africa and beyond. \n  \nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nWendy Taylor\, President and CEO\, William Davidson Institute at University of Michigan\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nRajat Chabba\, Sr. Director of Innovation & Partnerships\, William Davidson Institute at University of Michigan\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nYaquta Fatehi\, Program Manager\, Impact Management & Measurement\, William Davidson Institute at University of Michigan\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nKarnika Yadav\, Partner\, Director – Africa\, Intellecap\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/reimagining-eso-futures/
CATEGORIES:Seeds of Success
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SUMMARY:What Evidence Says About Incubator-Incubator Collaboration and Value Alignment
DESCRIPTION:Collaboration between incubators is often touted as essential\, but in practice\, it can be hard to get right. Partnerships form with good intent\, yet many struggle to deliver real value\, sustain momentum\, or align around shared priorities.\n\n \nSignals from the Field is an interactive session that steps back to ask: what does the evidence really show about when incubator collaboration works and when it does not?\n\n \nDrawing on Pollinate Impact’s latest literature review\, this session invites members to examine what research and real-world experience say about collaboration\, value alignment\, and what makes partnerships truly meaningful. We’ll highlight key findings\, discuss what aligns with your experience\, and make time for open conversation across the network.\n \nWhat you’ll take away\n\nGet a clear snapshot of what research says about collaboration between incubators\nUnderstand why value alignment matters and where misalignment often shows up\nExplore common collaboration models and see where they tend to succeed or face challenges\nGain practical language to assess partnerships more thoughtfully\nHelp shape Pollinate Impact’s ongoing research agenda\n\nWho should attend\n\nLeaders and team members from incubators and accelerators\nPartnership\, research\, or strategy teams\nDecision-makers who are thinking about cross-organisation collaboration\n\nFeaturing\n\nHimakshi Chaudhary (Pollinate Impact)\nAnand Sri Ganesh (NSRCEL)\nGertrude Mawuena Goh (RUG Hub Ghana)\nKeni Kariuki (Impact Hub Nairobi)\nPeninah Kanyua (Dimewise)\nSaurabh Lall (University of Glasgow)\nTony Sheldon (Yale School of Management)\n\nIf collaboration is part of your work now or in the future\, this session will be helpful.\n\nWe’d love to see you there.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/incubator-collaboration/
CATEGORIES:Signals from the Field
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SUMMARY:The Elephant & the Match: Incubators and Investors in Discovery
DESCRIPTION:Incubators and investors often talk about each other\, but rarely with each other.\nWhen they do connect\, it’s usually through pitches\, panels\, or assumptions rather than an honest exchange. \nThe Elephant & the Match creates space for a different kind of conversation. This focused\, in-person session brings incubators and investors together for direct\, structured dialogue—designed to move beyond surface introductions and explore where real value\, alignment\, and collaboration may exist. \nBuilding on earlier Pollinate Impact discussions\, the session shifts from diagnosing the gap to engaging with it—one conversation at a time. \n👍What you’ll gain \n\n\n\nClearer insight into how incubators and investors define value\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStronger questions for future fundraising or partnership conversations\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA small number of meaningful connections built through honest dialogue\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreater confidence in navigating incubator–investor relationships\n\n\n\n🌟Who this is for \n\n\n\nLeaders and teams from incubators and accelerators\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvestors and partnership leads\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnyone working at the intersection of incubation and investment\n\n\n\nIf bridging the incubator–investor divide is part of your work\, this session offers a practical place to start.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/incubators-and-investors-in-dialogue/
LOCATION:ABC Place Nairobi\, Waiyaki Way\, Nairobi\, Kenya
CATEGORIES:Elephant in the Room
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