NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

ANDE South Asia Convening is an initiative to bring this ecosystem of entrepreneur support organizations, in South Asia, together to initiate discussion and catalyze cross-border collaboration to further economic growth through entrepreneurship and strengthen the SGB ecosystem.

South Asia Convening 2025 is taking place, on December 2-4, 2025, in the context of unprecedented global upheavals, the impacts of which are reverberating across the South Asia region as well. In this context, the main theme of the South Asia convening is: Building Tomorrow’s Ecosystems: Connect, Innovate, Transform.

ANDE would like to invite its partners to nominate themselves for designing, facilitating, or participating in sessions falling under these sub-tracks.

Track One: Nascent & Developed Ecosystems in South Asia
Track Two: Corporate Engagement
Track Three: Diversifying Funding Models

There has been a steady increase in entrepreneurial activity and the Small and Growing Business (SGB) support ecosystem over the past few years across the South Asian region. Though the countries in this region have different nuances, there has always been an underlying current of similarities in the challenges and opportunities the SGB ecosystem across them presents. This regional convening will follow up on the momentum built in the previous three editions around bringing the ecosystem of entrepreneur support organisations together to catalyse cross-border collaboration to accelerate on-ground action towards achieving the SDGs, especially in the changed political scenario globally.

South Asia Convening 2025 is taking place in the context of unprecedented global upheavals, the impacts of which are reverberating across the South Asia region as well. In this context, the main theme of the South Asia convening is: Building Tomorrow’s Ecosystems: Connect, Innovate, Transform.