Abbreviation IRAO Type Business incubator | Formation 2010 Headquarters Abidjan
Côte d'Ivoire | |
Motto Hissons haut l'Afrique !
(Hoist up Africa !) Region served West Africa and
Central Africa | ||
The Regional Incubator for West Africa (French: Incubateur Régional d'Afrique de l'Ouest) or IRAO is an African institution whose head office is located in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.
Aims
The IRAO is a business incubator and a member institution of the Network of Universities of Science and Technology of the Countries of Africa south of the Sahara (French: Réseau des Universités des Sciences et Technologies des pays d'Afrique au sud du Sahara (RUSTA)).
Common to several universities in West Africa, the IRAO's role is to facilitate immersion and professional integration of African students providing internships and various services to project business creation.
The IRAO has also a foundation that distributes scholarships to students from Sub-Saharan Africa.