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ASTU Team won ABIC 2022 National Competition
ASTU Team won ABIC 2022 National Competition
Three of our startup teams won the ABIC2022 national competition. Team 1)Green Ethiopia producer of fertilizer from waste 2) BammGo Bamboo bike producer, and 3) Sozoo a tea producer from coffee leaf was among the winners from ASTU. Each team was awarded 5000 euro (230 thousand ETB) as grant money to establish their startup company.
በሃዋሳ፣ አዳማ፣ ደብረማርቆስ እና ባህርዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች መካከል የአግሮ ኢንዱስትሪ የሥራ ፈጠራ ውድድር እየተካሄደ ነው
በሥራ እና ክህሎት ሚኒስቴር የአዳዲስ ሥራ ዕድል ፈጠራና ፕሮጀክቶች ዳይሬክቶሬት እና የተለያዩ አጋር አካላት በትብብር በአራት በዩኒቨርሲቲዎች መካከል ሲያካሂዱት የቆየው ውድድር ዛሬ አምስት በአግሮ ኢንዱስትሪ ዘርፍ የተሻለ ሥራ የሚፈጥር ሃሳብ እና ምርት ያቀረቡ ወጣቶችን በመለየት ይጠናቀቃል፡፡
ወጣቶቹ በነበሩባቸው ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች ድጋፍ ሲደረግላቸው የቆዩ መሆናቸውን አውሮፓ ህብረትን በመወከል የተናገሩት አቶ ቴሬሳ ጃለታ ለወጣቶች እና ሴቶች በአግሮ ኢንዱስትሪ ዘርፍ የሥራ ዕድል እንዲፈጠር በአውሮፓ ህብረትና ሌሎችም አካላት በተነደፈው ፕሮጀክት ሥራ ፈጣሪዎች የተሻለ መረጃ እንዲኖራቸው ማድረግ ተችሏል፡፡
እንደ ጀርመን ትብብር(GIZ)ተወካይ ላሪስ ፊቼል ገለፃ በየዓመቱ የሥራውን ዓለም የሚቀላቀሉ ወጣቶች ለአገሪቱ ብልፅግና ትልቅ ዕድል ሲሆኑ ሥራ እንዲፈጠርላቸው ከትምህርት ተቋማት ጋር መሥራት አስፈላጊ ነው፡፡ በዚህ የዩኒቨርሲቲዎች ውድድር 17 ቡድኖች ዩኒቨርሲቲዎቻቸውን ወክለው ምርቶቻቸውን ይዘው ተገኝተዋል፡፡
የውድድሩ አስተባባባሪ አይስ አዲስ የተባለው ድርጅት ምስራች አቶ ማርቆስ ለማ አገራችን ውስጥ ያሉ ችግሮችን እንደ ዕድል ተጠቅሞ ሥራ መፍጠር ተገቢ ነው ብለዋል፡፡ Source
Entrepreneurship Training Workshop (ETW) successfully held at ASTU.
Entrepreneurship Training Workshop (ETW) successfully held at ASTU.
Entrepreneurship Training Workshop (ETW) successfully held at ASTU
IASTU-EDC and EDC-Ethiopia jointly organized a successful Entrepreneurship Training Workshop (ETW) at ASTU from December 20 to 25, 2021. The ETW is an intensive workshop that aims to help student entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into actions, change their attitudes, and develop their personal entrepreneurial skills. It enables the participants to test their personal entrepreneurial competencies (PECs) in a lab setting and improve them later. The ETW also equips the participants with the necessary knowledge to implement green practices in their businesses.
Associate Dean for ASTU-EDC Mr. Solomon Solomon said that ASTU-EDC is striving to unlock the inner entrepreneurial journey of the students. He explained that unlocking the inner entrepreneurial journey is about changing the state of mind, being curious, embracing complexity, dealing with ambiguity, facing the unknown, seeing patterns, synthesizing data, experimenting, testing ideas, prototyping, taking risks, accepting responsibility for decisions, involving customers in the experience, and learning from failure. He emphasized that these are all entrepreneurial attributes that are needed to be successful in an entrepreneurial venture. He added that it is not enough to think like an entrepreneur, but one must act like one.
Mr. Chemeda, a lead trainer of the session, stated that “change is a door that is opened from the inside” and “success in business ultimately calls for developing entrepreneurial attributes and putting them into action”. The participant students expressed that the training was very helpful for them as they are going to graduate soon. They said that the training showed them the future direction of their life.
At the closing ceremony, the best performers/winners in different categories received awards, and all participants who completed the workshop received certificates of participation.
4th Round Holistic Entrepreneurship and Business Idea Development held
4th Round Holistic Entrepreneurship and Business Idea Development held
Aiming to inspire female students to become entrepreneurs and establish their startups.EDC successfully conducted 4th round of Entrepreneurship and Holistic business idea Development Training workshops for female students. The training was conducted for 6-consecutive days from 14th to 19th February 2022. During the training, many potential future business ideas and strong teamwork were observed. Three teams/ business idea were selected for further Incubation and will be supported by ASKAMAR, Mela microfinance and ASTU-EDC.
TOT on Holistic Entrepreneurship Skill and Business Idea Training workshop Held at ASTU
TOT on Holistic Entrepreneurship Skill and Business Idea Training workshop Held at ASTU
ASTU EDC successfully offered TOT on Holistic Entrepreneurship and Business Idea development for ASTU academic staff.
ASTU EDC successfully offered TOT on Holistic Entrepreneurship and Business Idea Development for ASTU academic staff The workshop was held six days from February 7 to 12, 2022. Twenty-two members of ASTU academic staff from different Schools/Departments attended the training. The TOT training covered topics such as entrepreneurial motivation, basics of business modeling and business strategies, how to build a holistic business model canvas, basics of prototype planning, feasibility check and action plan, presentation techniques, and conducting investor presentations. The training followed a LEARNING BY DOING approach to empower the participants to start their businesses or relevant services. The participants are expected to serve the university by delivering training, coaching, and advising the start-up students. Mrs. Beza Tadele and Mr. Solomon Dufera were the trainers of the workshop.
On the last day, the participants presented the business ideas they developed during the training. After the final presentation, a motivational speech was delivered by an entrepreneur of this age, Mr. Abera Dechasa, a founder of Mekdes Printing, who offers a combined solution of commercial print, packaging, and promotional items under one roof. In his motivational speech, he stressed that nothing is impossible if one deals with ambiguity and faces the unknown. He added that the key to success is knowing oneself, changing one’s state of mind, shifting one’s thinking, and taking the first initiative in harnessing existing opportunities.
On the closing ceremony, Dr. Alemu Disassa, VPRTT, delivered the closing remark and congratulated the participants for their achievements. The top performer team received an award and all participants received certificates of participation.
PUM Netherland and ASTU to extend Partnership
PUM Netherland and ASTU to extend Partnership
A fruitful discussion has been made between ASTU and PUM Netherland seniors experts to extend the partnership started 2 years. The partnership aims to support and strengthen the ASTU-EDC Incubation center and the business ecosystem. The two organizations also agreed to collaborate on a solid waste management system of Adama City. This project aims to develop usefully marketable products by recycling and or reusing the wastes and to create job opportunities for youth. At the end of the meeting, the country director for PUM seniors experts enjoy riding bamboo bicycles developed by our own budding startup.
ABIC 2021 Competition successfully held at ASTU
ABIC 2021 Competition successfully held at ASTU
Aiming to foster entrepreneurial skills of the youth and introduce self-employment opportunities to university graduates, through linkage of students’ business ideas to the needs of the agro-industry. ASTU-Entrepreneurship Development Center in partnership GIZ-Ethiopia and other institutions successfully organized the Agro-industry Business idea Competition 2021 at the university level on October 21, 2021. The selected five startups incubated at ASTU pitched their startup to the panel of judges composed of experts from different organizations. The jury has selected 3 finalists who will go for the National pitching event in the next months and culminate in the finale at Addis Ababa. Accordingly, the Bammgo team won 1st rank, SOZO Coffee leaf tea secured 2nd rank and Green Ethiopia Team won 3rd rank. The Top three teams were received in-kind awards and certificates on the events and will go for the national Pitching event.
Start up Pitching Events
Start up Pitching Events
ASTU-EDC is inviting all ASTU communities to attend Agro-Industry Business Idea Competition (ABIC 2021) startup pitching event on 21 October 2021. ABIC2021 ASTU incubates will pitch their business ventures for national pitching qualifications and regional awards. At the National level, the selected startup will pitch their ventures for funding and/or acceleration and potential investments. This program is supported by ASTU and GIZ-ethiopia
BioScience Innovation BootCamp
BioScience Innovation BootCamp
Our incubate and budding entrepreneur Mr. Abel Mulugeta CEO of #bammgo is rocking the stage on biosciences innovation Boot camp 2021 ongoing in Kenya, Nairobi. We wish you all the best.
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