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Strategic partnerships are most impactful when they combine innovation, expertise, and a shared commitment to inclusive economic transformation. Centafrique Consulting is pleased to partner with Innobid to co-design and deliver capacity-building programmes that expand market access while strengthening circular economy capabilities for women and youth-led MSMEs across Kenya. This collaboration brings together Innobid's AI-powered e-procurement platform and practical expertise in preparing businesses to compete for procurement opportunities, alongside Centafrique Consulting's pan-African advisory experience in green economy, climate and green finance, circular economy, just transition, and climate-smart agriculture. As procurement ecosystems evolve and sustainability becomes central to business competitiveness, MSMEs require more than opportunity they need the knowledge, networks, and strategic support to participate and thrive. Together, we are committed to equipping entrepreneurs with the capabilities, market linkages, and practical tools needed to unlock procurement opportunities, embrace circular business models, and build resilient, future-ready enterprises that contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth across Africa. #MarketAccess #CircularEconomy #MSMEs #WomenInBusiness #YouthEntrepreneurship #GreenEconomy #ClimateFinance #SustainableDevelopment #Innovation #Kenya

Thank you Pamela Coke-Hamilton for this spotlight, and for the International Trade Centre's research and thought leadership backing that help make the case for inclusive procurement. That 1% number is exactly why Innobid exists. Complex tenders, financing gaps, and information asymmetry keep capable MSMEs out of trillions worth of public and private procurement markets. The businesses we support are proof that when you simplify the tendering journey and connect financing at the point of need, small businesses start winning. Grateful for the support as we push towards scaling across more markets.

Innobid and Centafrique Consulting are entering a strategic partnership to design and deliver capacity building programmes that strengthen #MarketAccess and advance #CircularEconomy practice for women and youth-led MSMEs in #Kenya. The partnership brings together Innobid's AI-enabled e-procurement platform and hands-on experience preparing entrepreneurs to compete for tenders and trade opportunities, with Centafrique Consulting's pan-African advisory footprint and deep expertise in green economy work; including climate and green finance, circular economy, just transition, and climate-smart agriculture. As procurement markets continue to formalize across the region and circularity becomes a defining feature of competitive, sustainable enterprise, it is increasingly important that #MSMEs, especially those led by women and youth, have the tools, training, and market linkages to participate fully in both. Together, we aim to deliver more accessible pathways into procurement markets, stronger circular economy capability among entrepreneurs, and a joint model for programme design that draws on Innobid's market access infrastructure and Centafrique's continental advisory reach.

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Session 3: AI for Good: Youth Leadership in the Age of Intelligent Innovation ORGANIZATION NAME: MAI Foundation, NeuroSoul, Palo Alto Networks Inc, Internet Society Colombia Chapter, LUMINA Global & AKOWE xyz, Innobid Procurement Limited, The Meta-Layer Initiative,  Privaia Asociación Civil, also Internet Governance Forum, University of Ilesa, Climiradi Roberts Foundation (CRF), All African Youth Forum, The Echo Room, Energyz Black, University of Nottingham, Mator Design, Zerobionic, ThinkCyber Solutions LTD, AdunConsolidated Ventures Limited, Brave voices, Albhukhary International University Malaysia, Auralis Productivity, Worldline Global Services, African Union Students Platform MODERATORS: Mohammad AbdurRehman Farooq - Founder/Ceo, NeuroSoul (Pakistan) Keynote Presentation: Hritesh Yadav - Senior Principal Software Engineer, Palo Alto Networks Inc (United States) Umut Pajaro Velasquez - President, Internet Society Colombia Chapter (Colombia) Gonzalo Carrasco Pini - President / Committee, Privaia Asociación Civil, also Internet Governance Forum (IGF) (Argentina) James Paek - Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, MAI Foundation (United States) Norah Kimathi - Co-founder, Zerobionic (Kenya) Reyna Simone Gowie - Independent Researcher / Founder, Auralis Productivity (United States) Multi-stakeholder Panel moderated discussion: Eliud Luutsa - Co-Founder, Innobid Procurement Limited (Kenya) Micheal Olawale - Youth Representative (United Kingdom) Daveed Benjamin - Director, The Meta-Layer Initiative (United States) Gabriel Ogundele - Founder & CEO, LUMINA GLOBAL ID & AKOWE xyz (Nigeria) Michael Osei-Antwi, PhD, PE. - Youth Representative (United States) Oladipo Bamidele - Lecturer, University of Ilesa (Nigeria) Eunice Adewusi - Founder & Executive Director, Climiradi Roberts Foundation (CRF) (Rwanda) Mohamed Laghdaf - Head of Legal Affairs, All African Youth Forum (Sierra Leone) Abel Igono - Founder/Director, The Echo Room (Switzerland) Edwin Ehiorobo - Co-founder, Partnership and Innovation Lead, Energyz Black (United Kingdom) Bibek Poudel - Youth Representative (United States) Chioma Nwankwo - AI Researcher, University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) Upenyu Machingambi - Founder and CEO, Mator Design (Zimbabwe) Abubakari Saddiq Adams - Founder, ThinkCyber Solutions Ltd (Ghana) Oluyemi Ajunwon MBA, PMP, CISA, CPM, CC - Principal Consultant, Adun Consolidated Ventures Limited (Nigeria) Renad baomar - Founder, Brave Voices (Oman) Sajjad Hussain - Student, Albhukhary International University (Malaysia) Abhishek Herbert Samuel - Full-Stack Engineer (India) Nathan Kimutai - Head of Information Technology Department, African Union Students Platform (Kenya)

Over the past weekend, we marked this year's MSME Day, celebrating the businesses that are the true backbone of our economies and recommiting to removing the barriers that hold them back. This year's theme — Empowering MSMEs through Innovation and Sustainable Industrial Development — could not be closer to home for us at Innobid, it describes exactly what we wake up every day to do. MSMEs represent more than 90% of businesses worldwide. They are the primary source of jobs, income, and community resilience, especially for women, youth, and vulnerable groups across Sub-Saharan Africa. And yet, too many of them remain locked out of the very markets, technologies, and financing systems that could transform their trajectory. Complex procurement processes, information asymmetry, limited capital, and inadequate business support continue to stack the odds against the entrepreneurs who deserve every opportunity to compete and win. At Innobid, we believe AI and green innovation are not luxuries reserved for large corporations, they are tools that belong in the hands of every small business owner ready to use them. Our AI-powered e-procurement platform turns complex, intimidating tender documents into submission-ready outputs, matches MSMEs to opportunities they would otherwise never find, and levels a playing field that has been tilted against them for too long. Our capacity building arm ensures that accessing a tender is only the beginning, entrepreneurs leave our programmes with the procurement readiness, financial management, green business practices, and strategic thinking to compete credibly and grow sustainably. And our co-working space ensures that even the earliest-stage founder has a professional, affordable, community-rich environment to build from. For us, empowerment is not charity, it is architecture. It is building the systems, tools, and support structures that make success accessible, not just possible. That is the work. And we are nowhere near done. To every MSME founder navigating the odds today; we see you, we are building for you, and we are proud to be in your corner. #MSMEDay #WorldMSMEDay #Innobid #AIForGood #GreenInnovation #Procurement #Entrepreneurship #SmallBusiness #InclusiveGrowth #CircularEconomy #African

Meet and engage with our team and partners Centafrique Consulting at this year’s Financing Agri-food Systems Sustainably (FINAS) summit from 30 June to 03 July 2026 in Nairobi, #Kenya to learn more about our work of connecting African agri-enterprises to markets, investment, and the systems they need to scale. Thanks to a special invitation by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA NEPAD), we will also be participating in the Home-Grown Solutions Agribusiness Accelerator (HGSA-A) Capacity Building and Strategic Stakeholders Engagement Programme, on the sidelines of the summit. We look forward to forging meaningful strategic partnerships and unlocking targeted capacity building that will support our work of strengthening the technical, business, investment readiness, financing, and strategic engagement capacities of the agri-MSMEs we support, thereby enhancing their regional market integration and sustainable growth within Africa’s agrifood systems ecosystem. Reach out for a conversation through hello@innobid.net and check out our work at www.innobid.net

Our Team Leader, Eliud Luutsa, will be speaking at the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) 2026 by MAI Foundation He'll be joining Session 3: AI for Good: Youth Leadership in the Age of Intelligent Innovation as a speaker and panelist. This is a conversation at the heart of everything we do at Innobid; harnessing AI to break down the structural barriers that keep women- and youth-led MSMEs locked out of procurement markets. At Innobid, we believe #access is the innovation. We're proud to have our voice in a room of global leaders shaping the future of AI, entrepreneurship, and youth empowerment. 📅 Wednesday, 24 June 2026 | 17:00 UTC | Hybrid — Washington, D.C. + Virtual Join the summit as a delegate and be part of the movement: https://lnkd.in/e_f_UWVC #GLS2026 #YouthAtTheHelm #AIForGood #Innobid #MSMEsAfrica #GlobalLeadershipSummit

Our AI-enabled e-procurement platform is here to help you access market for your products and services. The platform also matches your business to relevant procurement and trade opportunities. We are ensuring you never miss the opportunity or the submission deadline. Get Started Today at www.innobid.net