Welcome to ‘The Startup State’ - a weekly bulletin from the GEN Policy and Research team highlighting key entrepreneurship news, reports, commentary and features from around the world.
News
- Dubai has launched the 'Entrepreneurship Programme', an initiative to train 10,000 Emiratis in entrepreneurship skills that will enable them to transform their ideas into scalable ventures. The Crown Prince also launched 'Dubai Founders HQ', a new physical campus and digital ecosystem that consolidates and strengthens Dubai's startup ecosystem (DIFC)
- Senegal has announced it will implement a Startup Act by the end of the year. The framework aims to bring the country closer to the standards adopted by Nigeria, Tunisia and other countries that already have similar legislation (La Nouvelle Tribune - in French)
- Cape Verde has launched the 'Morabeza Fund', a new $100m fund to support local startups. The initiative is part of the government's wider efforts to develop the country's digital ecosystem and increase its share of GDP to 5% (Extensia)
- Nigeria has appointed four tech leaders to the National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship - the main coordinating body for implementing the Nigerian Startup Act (Technext)
Research and resources
- The young and the restless: The contribution of young firms to the economy
This e61 Institute paper uses Australian Bureau of Statistics data to find that young businesses create six in ten new jobs in Australia. Summary - The inaugural 100 women in tech in Europe list
This Sifted, Station F, and Sistafund list celebrates Europe's leading female tech leaders. - Transformational entrepreneurship for jobs and growth
This World Bank report argues that Latin America and the Caribbean must foster transformational entrepreneurship by improving education, expanding access to finance, and strengthening the enabling environment to generate jobs and sustainable growth.
Comment and analysis
- How Italy is shaking up European tech (Amandine Durand, writer, Maddyness - in French)
- Entrepreneurs face nearly five-year wait for Canada's start-up visa (Josh Scott, lead reporter, Betakit)
- Brazil points the way forward for competition policy and digital sovereignty in the global south (Paulo Henrique de Oliveira, chief of staff, Tribunal of CADE - the Brazilian competition authority)
- As nations battle for AI dominance, state-backed funds pile $60 billion into startups (Leah Hodgson, senior venture capital reporter, PitchBook)
- Korea enters the global top four in innovation - now it must turn knowledge into scaled firms (Sejin Kim, associate director, Center for Korean Innovation and Competitiveness, ITIF)
- Two decades of championing entrepreneurship in the Philippines (Joey Concepcion, founder, Go Negosyo)
Features
- Atlanta's blueprint for becoming a top-five tech hub (Revolution)
- From hustle to scale: How Uganda's national startup database is powering innovation and investment (UNDP)
- Moscow Startup Summit displays technologies of the future from startups worldwide (Arab News)
- Silicon Valley 'neoprimes' startups attract billions, reshaping US national security (The American Bazaar)
GEN community news
- The Global Entrepreneurship Network and Alibaba.com have joined forces for CoCreate Pitch, the world's leading product-driven startup competition. Applications remain open for the European event (taking place in London on November 14) until mid-October. Learn more and apply | View the digital media toolkit and create co-branded promotional graphics
- Global Entrepreneurship Week is almost here! This year's theme is "Together We Build" - shining a spotlight on the collective power of community, collaboration, and shared ambition. Explore the ideas bank | Promotional toolkit | Add your event to the GEW calendar
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The opinions expressed in the articles above are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Global Entrepreneurship Network.