Why join us
TechEmerge innovators and adopters receive grant funding and support to enter new markets and grow their businesses. Along with our expert industry advisors, they are helping to strengthen vital sectors in emerging market countries and forging global connections.
Adopters
Innovators
Advisors
Our adopters are leading corporates and organizations in emerging markets, working in a wide range of key sectors.
Benefits
Tailored expert assessment
TechEmerge leverages IFC’s deep industry and emerging market expertise and to pinpoint adopters’ unique needs and innovation opportunities.
Awareness of innovative solutions
Adopters can access new and emerging solutions from innovators across the world.
Investment potential
IFC will help assess financing needs and may invest in scalable solutions.
De-risking innovation
Adopter companies can field test cutting-edge innovations before committing to buy, lowering costs and de-risking innovation projects.
Financial and technical support
Access to grant funding and guidance from TechEmerge and its network of industry advisors supports pilot implementation.
Global visibility
Participation in TechEmerge will help to raise your profile as an innovative company addressing some of the world’s most critical challenges.
Adopters who are already with us
Our innovators come from across the globe, and offer new technologies, services, and business models applicable in a wide range of key sectors.
Benefits
New business opportunities
Awareness of emerging market opportunities and access to leading corporates and organizations who are potential buyers/adopters of new solutions.
Access to partners
Access to other innovators with complementary solutions and local delivery partners (engineering firms, manufacturers, distributors) in local markets.
Financial and technical support
Access to grant funding and guidance from TechEmerge and its network of industry advisors to support pilot implementation.
Market entry facilitation
IFC’s deep industry expertise, global presence, and emerging market network ease market entry and tech transfer.
Investment potential
IFC will help assess financing needs and may invest in scalable solutions.
Global visibility
Participation in TechEmerge will help to raise your profile as an innovative company addressing some of the world’s most critical challenges.
Innovators who are already with us
Our advisors are leaders in industry, technology, sustainability, and investment, and bring decades of technical expertise and insight to the Tech Emerge selection process. After shortlisted innovators are matched with local organizations and corporates, our advisors help to evaluate their joint proposals for design quality, technical feasibility, and potential for impact.
Benefits
Knowledge sharing
Share your knowledge and expertise to accelerate the adoption of affordable, accessible, sustainable technologies in key sectors in emerging markets.
Worldwide networks
Grow your network and connections with the World Bank Group and IFC, while helping to build linkages between some of the world’s most cutting-edge innovators and leading corporates and organizations in emerging markets.
Global visibility
Participation in TechEmerge will help to raise your profile as an expert in innovative solutions that address some of the world’s most critical challenges.
Advisors who are already with us
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Prof. Robert Morgan
Professor of Thermal Propulsion Systems, School of Computing, Engineering, and Math at the University of Brighton.
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Akin Sawyerr
Executive Secretary, Agricultural Fresh Produce Growers & Exporters Association of Nigeria
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Angélica Ospina
Technical Director, Colombia Green Building Council
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Amanda Brondy
Senior Director of International Projects
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David Aitken
Associate Director
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Dr. Alessandro Romagnoli
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Co-Director, Surbana Jurong-NTU Corporate Laboratory, Cluster Director on Multi-Energy Systems and Grids at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
