technipedia - from idea to business
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from idea to business!
Charles Awono Onana
Nadja Gmelch
Technipedia
3rd Annual ConferenceUniversities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
in Africa
14th November 2014Rheinbach, Germany
Africa: land of opportunities
TECHNIPEDIA: the idea
TECHNIPEDIA: the platform
outline
Africa: land of opportunities
Africa, land of opportunities
The youngest continent in the world
With all the mineral resources
Huge agricultural potential
All is still to be done
We have:Resources, but no industryUniversities, but no innovationLand, but no modern agricultureUnemployment, poverty
WE NEED ENTREPRENEURS!
Africa, a land of paradox
Why don’t we have entrepreneurs?
Because:Knowledge in technology is poorCulture of industry is shortNo culture of serviceNo global view on chain valueNo global view on global demand
Illustrations
We have oranges all overSo what? What is the industrial importance of oranges?What can we do with oranges in terms of industrial
products?Who needs oranges? Why do they need oranges?What should we do to create an orange juice industry?
To answer them, we need a tool
A tool to inform on:The products and its global economic value Industrial transformationsGlobal geography of the productGlobal geography of the demand Is this a business opportunity or not?
These questions are fundamental
We need people who understand:
The productsThe industrial value of the productThe global geography of the productThe global geography of the demandThe global financial importance of the product
AND FIND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
To create massively entrepreneurs
The ideaTechnipedia
From an idea to business
Assistance to find a business opportunity by product, by country, by region
Assistance to create a business plan
Assistance to find legal and financial information
Create your own business network
TECHNPEDIA – The idea
TECHNIPEDIA – Ambitious and complex idea
Deal with many advanced technologies
Big data, software engineering, information systems, game theory, artificial intelligence, datamining, marketing, industrial economics, object oriented programming, semantic web… and English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic,… and ENTREPRENEURSHIP
None of our universities has all these competences on its own
We have to collaborate to solve the complex scientific and technological issues raised by TECHNIPEDIA
from idea to business
Technipedia: the platform
www.technipedia.com
www.technipedia.org
www.technipedia.net
Technipedia: the platform
Find a Business Opportunity
Find a Business Opportunity
Create your own Business
Create your own Business
Participate on Techninet
Participate on Techninet
My Profile
My Opportunities
My Opportunities
and see you there!
Thank you…
Charles Awono Onana – [email protected] Nadja Gmelch – [email protected]