MAIN TAKEAWAYS

  • 88%

    Promote role models

    21 out of 24 countries (88%) currently have national awards and policies in place to actively promote role models in the startup community

  • 63%

    Direct engage with startups

    15 out of 24 countries (63%) shared clear evidence of directly engaging with startups to tackle marginalisation and social inclusion

  • 33%

    Incentivise diversity hiring

    Eight out of 24 countries (33%) have programmes in place to incentivise diversity hiring.

  • 33%

    Support founder from underprivileged backgrounds

    Eight out of 24 countries (33%) demonstrated that they support founders from underprivileged backgrounds