ICT Financing: Guestpost: Inside the Global Innovation Through Science & Technology (GIST) West Africa BootCamp .

In the light of its main purpose, GIST BootCamp groups together the best West African young entrepreneurs in technology projects.

On July 10, 2012, Mr. Robert Yamate, Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Dakar, along with the representative of the Minister of Telecommunications, chaired the opening ceremony of the Global Innovation through Science & Technology (GIST) West Africa BootCamp "Financing Innovative Companies".  GIST BootCamp is part of a partnership between the “Dakar Information and Communication Technologies Incubator” (CTIC) and GIST Dakar, supported by the U.S. State Department, the Foundation of ICT Incubators in Senegal, the World Bank’s infoDev program, the ARTP, Microsoft, and Sonatel.

The interactive seminar allowed young entrepreneurs at different stages of development (working on ideas, pilot projects, or growth) in ICT.

During his remarks at the opening, Chargé d’Affaires Robert Yamate said:  “The GIST initiative aims to strengthen technology development in entrepreneurship at the local, regional, and global levels through a partnership focused on start-ups, development, and funding.”

You can listen to the interview given by Dr Jeffrey J. Margolis of the Department of State who took part in the event Here !