November 11: [Call for Participants] Business Co-Creation Ideathon Workshop: Turning Real-World Questions from Rwanda into Value

Outline

This workshop draws on real-world contradictions and challenges—the “real-world questions”—that the facilitators encountered in Rwanda, including in urban areas, rural communities, and technology hubs. Following a structured process that includes defining an MVV and developing a Lean Canvas, participants will work in teams to create business plans.

Participants can take away and apply the perspectives they gain to their own future initiatives and career development. They may also share their ideas with people in Rwanda, contributing insights that could be useful locally.

Main Content:
1. Opening, icebreaker, and introduction to the workshop
2. Introduction to Rwanda’s “real-world questions,” reflecting diverse realities
3. Selecting a challenge to address and forming teams
4. Introduction to the business plan development process
5. Business plan development
Step 1: Defining the MVV (Mission, Vision, and Values)
Step 2: Brainstorming solutions
Step 3: Developing a Lean Canvas
6. Final pitches and peer feedback
7. Closing

Facilitators

Yukino Shimbo
-Undergraduate student, School of Science, Institute of Science Tokyo
-Member of the Rwanda Student Conference
-Representative of AFRIJWI, an Africa-focused problem-solving project (operating as a sole proprietor)

Seiya Moro
-Doctoral student in Graduate Major in Engineering Sciences and Design, Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, and Master’s student in the Professional Master’s Degree Program in Technology Management (dual-degree program) at Institute of Science Tokyo
-Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) student, Institute of Science Tokyo
-Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

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