Global Business Labs (GBL) is a Swedish NGO with the mission to accelerate entrepreneurship globally. GBL is an initiative sprung from Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), one of the leading business schools in Europe. Today a separate entity, GBL strives to support driven entrepreneurs in building their ventures through a network of business labs. We provide infrastructure, coaching, knowledge an
d networks to ensure faster time to market, faster growth and higher survival rate. GBL’s research-based and award winning model of incubation increases return on investment for the entrepreneur, partners, investors and the local communities in which we operate. The target group of the initiative is young, highly educated, high potential entrepreneurs with an ambition to grow their business on an international level. By cooperating with organizations close to the academic world, GBL gets access to qualitative deal flow, expertise and experience from academic staff and an important network of alumni and stakeholders from universities. Our process is based on over 15 years of research and experience from over 1000 start-ups. The GBL Network leads to a two-way knowledge exchange not only between people and teams but also across borders and continents. Currently, we have business labs in Botswana, Namibia, Uganda and looking to expand to South Africa, Mozambique and Zambia
The Labs are set up in partnership with the leading university in each country. The academic partners are providing GBL with facilities and are catering for operational costs once the Lab is up and running.
