{"id":11,"date":"2023-06-02T18:52:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:27:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">A vibrant startup ecosystem can only be achieved through an environment where entrepreneurs have the support they need to thrive, funding flows for startup growth, and lessons learnt and knowledge of how things work in the startup world are shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">The <b>Pan-African Policy Taskforce<\/b> is a participant-led platform co-led by <a href=\"https:\/\/smartafrica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Smart Afric a Alliance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/i4policy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" >i4Policy<\/a> , The Tony Blair Institute and  <a href=\"https:\/\/agcae.africa\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Allan Gray Centre for Africa Entrepreneurship (AGCAE)<\/a> . The Taskforce was created from a collective need voiced by the African startup ecosystem to cultivate connections, enable the flow of information, and provide a venue where specific expertise, learnings and best practice can be shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">The Taskforce convenes policymakers<strong> <\/strong>and broader startup ecosystem players to both learn about and co-develop policies that strengthen startup ecosystems across the continent. It supports peer-to-peer learning and partnership across entrepreneurs, startups and ecosystem players, and it facilitates the identification of areas where legislation can be strengthened and\/or introduced to support startup ecosystems as well as the development of actions for implementation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vibrant startup ecosystem can only be achieved through an environment where entrepreneurs have the support they need to thrive, funding flows for startup growth, and lessons learnt and knowledge of how things work in the startup world are shared. The Pan-African Policy Taskforce is a participant-led platform co-led by Smart Afric a Alliance, i4Policy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"home-template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taskforce.ecosystem.build\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}