Innovation

Startups

Provide entrepreneurs with the opportunity to join Accelerate, the open innovation program dedicated to accelerating their projects through personalized support. Selected startups benefit from accommodation within Yiri, a development springboard for their innovative solutions and services, and the opportunity to develop a pilot project with the AGL group to test their solution concretely. A real boost to foster their growth and the success of their ideas.

Employees

Spread the culture of innovation within the AGL group and promote the development of intrapreneurial projects. All our employees can actively contribute to the company’s evolution and creative dynamics by benefiting from internal project acceleration mechanisms. They can propose ideas for solutions to develop for their profession and realize them through the Yiri ecosystem and dedicated formats, such as hackathons. An approach that stimulates engagement, values initiatives, and brings innovations closer to the field.

Universities

Inspire the desire to develop and promote the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation among students in the region by offering them concrete opportunities to move from idea to action. Through the X Incubation program, Yiri incubates young entrepreneurs’ projects and gives them access to the Yiri ecosystem and dedicated support to guide them throughout their journey. A concrete way to prepare the next generation of innovators.

AGL Clients

Allow our clients to discover innovative projects and co-create solutions that meet their needs. The center thus offers AGL’s various clients the opportunity to actively participate in the development of tailor-made technologies and services.

Innovation Ecosystem

Benefit from a place that supports entrepreneurship and digital professions. This dynamic space promotes local economic and technological development.

Accelerate

This open innovation program is dedicated to startups developing technological solutions in key sectors or related to the AGL group’s activities, such as logistics, transport, and digital. Designed to accelerate their growth, it offers expert coaching, training, events, and accommodation within our innovation hub. Startups also have the opportunity to develop a pilot project with AGL group teams to test their solution in real conditions and validate its business relevance. At the end of the acceleration, they can sign strategic partnerships with AGL and access potential investors, both in Africa and internationally.

X Incubation

An incubation program for young entrepreneurs, designed to support them in developing their MVP (Minimum Viable Product). Participants work on concrete use cases related to their idea, proposed by the AGL group, to quickly confront their solution with real challenges. The program offers them a structured framework, including access to Yiri center resources, as well as personalized support provided by an innovation coach, a dedicated mentor, and AGL teams.

Empower

This program is dedicated to all AGL group employees and complements the innovation challenges organized within the group. It aims to stimulate internal innovation by allowing employees to propose, develop, and realize their intrapreneurial ideas within the company and through the YIRI ecosystem.

Yiri’talk: Open conferences on specific themes addressed by key players, aimed at inspiring, exchanging, and benefiting from advice & feedback.

Yiri’class: Sessions led by coaches and experts to enrich knowledge in the fields of innovation, digital transformation, and entrepreneurship.

Innovation Challenges: Occasional organization of hackathons, intensive collaborative creation workshops, and innovation competitions to develop disruptive solutions.

Yiri’cheers: Organization of convivial moments, sharing, and mutual enrichment allowing the entire Yiri ecosystem to meet and exchange around topics that inspire and drive them.

Open Days: An immersion at the heart of innovation to discover the center’s activities and programs, as well as the initiatives carried out by the AGL group.