The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) West Africa, Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation and Entrepreneurship to the Point have collaborated to train entrepreneurs on how to measure the impact of their businesses in the ecosystem.
The training with the theme, ‘Impact Measurement and Management: A Human-Centered Approach’, was hosted by ANDE West Africa, sponsored by the ACT Foundation, and facilitated by Entrepreneurship to the Point, South Africa.
Osayi Alile, CEO, ACT Foundation, in her address of welcome, stressed the importance of Impact measurement for organisations supporting Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) as well as the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs),
“We have partnered ANDE and Entrepreneurship to the Point, South Africa, to develop a robust training which aims to help participants appreciate the practice of measuring impact of their work within the ecosystem,” Alile said.
Also, Joshua Adedeji, programme associate, ANDE West Africa Region said, “What you do not measure, you cannot improve upon.”
Adedeji explained that ANDE’s goal for the year is to see entrepreneurial ecosystem actors, especially local organisations, understand what to measure, how to measure, as well as develop a sustainable model for impact management.
The workshop facilitator, Shawn Theunissen, CEO Entrepreneurship to the Point, South Africa, worked the participant through the human centered approach to impact measurement while engaging them in practical sessions.
Daniel Asare-Kyei of Esoko took the participants through the INSYT data collection tool and offered all participants a two-month free access to the tool.
Participants gained fresh insight into the practice of impact measurement and management and got recommendations for various tools that could be adopted.
Some of the participants at the session included Dalberg, RDF Ghana, Ashesi University Ghana, TechnoServe, Fate Foundation, LEAP Africa, PIND, Wennovation among others.
Josephine Okojie
