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Endnotes
i
www.idiainnovation.org/innovation
ii www.sharedvalue.org/about-shared-value
iii Definitions of “scale” and “diffusion” in https://youngfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/
Davies-Simon_Growing-social-innovation_ISIRC-2013.pdf
iv www.uwezeshaji.go.tz/uploads/publications/en1566552839-Annual%20Report%202019%20
Final%20-%204%20June%202019.pdf
v www.investopedia.com/terms/a/angelinvestor.asp
vi www.springaccelerator.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/0.-Building-businesses-for-girl-impact-
Executive-summary-250919_web.pdf
vii A cluster is a geographic concentration of related companies, organisations, and institutions in a
particular field that can be present in a region, state, or nation. The term cluster was introduced and
popularised by Michael E. Porter in The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990).
viii ‘Exit’ is the event where an investor sells his/her stake in a firm to realise the gains (or losses) to get a
return for the investment
ix Part of the government’s broader ‘Digital Tunisia 2020’ strategy to boost socioeconomic
development and expand technological infrastructure (see [in French]: www.mtcen.gov.tn/index.
php?id=startupact&L=2).
x Hubs use various names to describe themselves and their service offering. The terminology is not
standardised in any way, and what is behind a certain term sometimes varies enormously.
xi The hubs featured in this table are just some of the many hubs operating in Tanzania. It is not intended
to be a comprehensive list.
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